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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ernest Badertscher, Orbe, CH;
Gerald Bernard, Orbe, CH;
Paul-Henri Poget, Bretonnieres, CH;
Nadine Tripier, Baulmes, CH;
Assignee:
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
366147 ; 366192 ; 366316 ; 99348 ; 99453 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for heat treating a food product by injection of steam therein in order to provide a sterilization, pasteurization and/or a homogenization of the product. The apparatus comprises a mixing chamber comprising a steam injection inlet, a product inlet and an outlet for the treated product, a rotatable shaft disposed within the mixing chamber, a plurality of discs, each disc comprising at least one product passage opening, wherein the discs are disposed substantially co-axially upon the shaft, and a device for rotating the shaft with the discs.