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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 1986
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerd Naumann, Langenhagen, DE;
Gerhard Syrbius, Grossburgwedel, DE;
Assignee:
Hermann Berstorff Maschinenbau GmbH, Hanover, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; A23L / ; H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426233 ; 219 / ; 426241 ; 426521 ;
Abstract
A method of continuously sterilizing foodstuff and an apparatus suitable for carrying out the method are disclosed. The invention, which permits a considerable saving in the amount of microwave energy to be achieved, is attained by providing a plurality of sequential stages in each of which the foodstuff is subjected to microwave radiation, the temperature of the article being sterilized being monitored in each stage and the amount of microwave energy being reduced from stage to stage in a stepwise manner in dependence upon the temperatures monitored.