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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Linde Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventor:
Keith Nicholson, Oakley, GB;
Assignee:
Linde Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22B 7/00 (2006.01); A23L 3/375 (2006.01); A22B 5/00 (2006.01); A22C 21/00 (2006.01); A23B 4/06 (2006.01); F25D 3/11 (2006.01); A23B 4/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 3/375 (2013.01); A22B 5/0082 (2013.01); A22C 21/0007 (2013.01); A22C 21/0053 (2013.01); A22C 21/0061 (2013.01); A23B 4/062 (2013.01); A23B 4/09 (2013.01); F25D 3/11 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tunnelfor the in-line anti-bacterial treatment of plucked poultry carcasses (or other animal carcasses) with a liquid cryogen or a cold gas at a temperature of less than 0° C. has an entranceand an exitfor the poultry carcasses. A monorail conveyorextends from the entranceto the exitand passes thorough the tunnel. Poultry suspension shacklesare able to pass along the conveyor. Thus, poultry carcasses are able to be conveyed through the tunnel. The conveyormay follow a path which reverses direction at least once.