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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:
Jul. 21, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert P Simpson, II, Barrington, IL (US);
Assignee:
APV Crepaco, Inc., Rosemont, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23C / ; A23C / ; A23C / ; A23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426580 ; 99452 ; 99453 ; 99456 ; 99458 ; 426 34 ; 426491 ; 210167 ; 210639 ; 210652 ;
Abstract
A system for recovery of dairy product from a milk storage tank includes a recovery tank disposed to receive raw milk product from the storage tank, a fluid treatment section disposed to apply treated fluid to the storage tank to loosen residual milk solids from the storage tank and to provide a diluted milk fluid when the storage tank is emptied, and a filtering system disposed to receive the diluted milk fluid from the storage tank, filter the diluted milk fluid, and pass a treated fluid to the recovery tank.