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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:
Dec. 28, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sherman Howell Creed, Fresno, CA (US);
Rey A Elizondo, Fresno, CA (US);
Robert Leland Frenkel, Fresno, CA (US);
Lloyd F Hay, Oakdale, CA (US);
Wesley W Walter, Madera, CA (US);
Assignee:
FMC Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ; A23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426231 ; 426615 ; 426626 ; 426478 ; 426479 ; 426482 ;
Abstract
A tomato peel material acidification system (10) including a receiving tank (32), a pump (36), acid injection devices (46, 48), mixing devices (38, 39), and a return line (52) for recirculating tomato peel material with an acid level that is too high. PH sensor probes (56, 58, 60) test the pH level of the tomato peel and acid mixture and appropriate controls direct the opening and closing of valves (50, 51, 54, 55) to re-direct the mixture back into the receiving tank.