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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2013
Teo, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Pagotto Amedeo, Brescia, IT;
Renato Giordano, Newport Beach, CA (US);
TEO, INC., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A tunnel is provided for conditioning of food products, especially for sterilization of food in containers or vessels of the heat-sealed type, in which the conditioning unit has: 1) an active pressure control system corresponding to at least one heating stage, which provides for balancing of the pressure within the heat-sealed vessels or containers; and 2) a conveyor which conveys the heat-sealed vessels or containers through the stages along the conditioning unit which contains mechanisms that move the conveyor outside of the conditioning tunnel, and 3) doors operating like check valves that separate the stages of the conditioning unit; and 4) a cross section of the tunnel of the polygonal type; and 5) the conditioning unit including inlets for introduction of washing liquids with a corresponding discharge outlet.