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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1987
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
William J Balaam, West Boxford, MA (US);
Thomas E Szemplenski, Overland Park, KS (US);
Assignee:
Mars, Inc., McLean, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G / ; A23G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
99470 ; 99483 ; 99517 ; 1651091 ; 366149 ;
Abstract
A closed system for continuous processing of a pumped food product and scraped surface liquid adjustment devices for use therein are described. In the system, a pumped product is heated or sterilized by a scraped surface heat exchanger from which it is pumped to a scraped surface liquid adjustment device wherein liquid is either added or drained off in a continuous manner as required by the particular apparatus.