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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1999
Shin Yoneda, Izumisano, JP;
Kiyoyuki Higuchi, Izumisano, JP;
Atsushi Taniguchi, Izumisano, JP;
Yuji Kuwabara, Izumisano, JP;
Fuji Oil Company, Limited, Osaka-fu, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for formation of fat crystals by standing, which has a container, distribution pipes and crystallization trays arranged in parallel, the container being divided into plural compartments with vertical partitions each upper part of which has an opening to permit a fat-and-oil feedstock to be fed into each compartment, the compartments communicating with each other at a certain height from the bottom of the container so that the fat-and-oil feedstock can be uniformly fed into respective compartments, and the distribution pipes being connected to the bottoms of respective compartments so that the fat-and-oil feedstock to be fed therein can be distributed to the crystallization trays, respectively.