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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
May. 24, 2006
Applicants:
Ashok Shashikant Dhruv, Englewood, CO (US);
Amos Rei-young Wu, Palatine, IL (US);
Inventors:
Ashok Shashikant Dhruv, Englewood, CO (US);
Amos Rei-Young Wu, Palatine, IL (US);
Assignee:
Stokely-Van Camp, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 3/00 (2006.01); A23L 3/18 (2006.01); A23L 3/10 (2006.01); A23L 3/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An improved method and apparatus for pasteurizing filled food containers having contents to be pasteurized includes spraying a heat transfer fluid onto the containers. As the contents increase in temperature, the flow rate of heat transfer fluid is decreased. The heat transfer fluid is at least about 20° F. hotter than the initial average temperature of the contents. In one embodiment, the temperature of the spent heat transfer fluid typically does not vary more than about 6° F. to 9° F.