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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sherman Howell Creed, Fresno, CA (US);
Rey A Elizondo, Fresno, CA (US);
Robert Leland Frenkel, Fresno, CA (US);
Assignee:
FMC Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23N / ; A23N / ; A23N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
99483 ; 99487 ; 99516 ; 99534 ; 99584 ; 99623 ;
Abstract
A tomato lye applicator (10) including a pre-heat apparatus (14) mounted to the shell (16) of applicator (10) for pre-heating tomatoes prior to submerging in a lye solution bath (28). Pre-heat apparatus (14) includes a conveyor (42) and steam connections (64, 66) for heating enclosure (40) so that as tomatoes move from inlet (18) to applicator inlet (20), the skins of the tomatoes are pre-heated an amount sufficient to enhance skin loosening by the lye solution.