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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
May. 29, 2002
Michael D. Newman, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Stephen A. Mccormick, Warrington, PA (US);
Helmut Dresselhaus, Brisbane, AU;
Michael D. Newman, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Stephen A. McCormick, Warrington, PA (US);
Helmut Dresselhaus, Brisbane, AU;
The BOC Group, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for providing treatment by impingement to a continuous supply of food product includes a treatment zone at an ambient pressure, a fluid delivery zone at an elevated pressure, and a circulation assembly. Impingement plates containing apertures separate the zones. When treatment fluid is drawn through the impingement apertures, jets of treatment fluid are produced and impinge upon food product traveling through the treatment zone. The apparatus can employ a conveyor mechanism to accommodate food product from a continuous supply, as opposed to batches.