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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dale E. Wettlaufer, East Aurora, NY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 2/212 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 2/212 ;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for infusing fruits (which may include vegetables) with sugar. The apparatus includes a series of interconnected tanks ( and ). A stratified column of infusing liquor is caused to flow from a tank ( ) via variable output pump ( ) through fruit which is placed within the tanks to cause the fruit to become saturated with sugar. In addition, at start-up, frozen fruit is placed in a warming liquid in the tanks prior to infusing, and the infusing liquor will drive the warming liquid in front of it. Fruit juice is removed from the downstream portion of the infusing liquid.