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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1999
Robert C Wilson, Redmond, WA (US);
Jerome D Leising, Shorewood, MN (US);
John Strong, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jon Hocker, Bothell, WA (US);
Jerry O'Connor, Issaquah, WA (US);
Frigoscandia, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for destroying pathogens on food, including a steam chamber having an entrance opening and an exit opening. An entrance door structure nominally closes the entrance opening in the steam chamber and an exit door structure nominally closes the exit opening of the steam chamber. Each of the entrance and exit door structures are composed of a plurality of closely vertically adjacent segments that are mounted to the entrance and exit openings to open and close independently of each other. Flanges extend horizontally from the upper and lower edges of the door segments to maintain a relatively close seal with the adjacent door segment even though the door segments are opened or closed a relatively differing amount.