A cooling device for products disposed in an arrangement including an elongate plenum having a length that approximates the transverse dimension of the arrangement and a passageway extending from its first end to its second end. A structure coupled to the elongate plenum is adapted for positioning the elongate plenum across arrangement. A blower is coupled to the first end of the elongate plenum for providing a pressurized fluid to the passageway. The elongate plenum has a substantially continuous nozzle extending along its length for directing pressurized fluid front the passageway for travel over a side wail of the plenum towards the arrangement. The side wall has a configuration so that the pressurized fluid traveling over the side wall entrains fluid external of the elongate plenum for amplified cooling of products in the arrangement.
F25D 13/06 - Stationary devices associated with refrigerating machinery, e.g. cold rooms with conveyors carrying articles to be cooled through the cooling space
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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CUTTING AND CLEANING ELONGATED FOOD PRODUCTS UTILIZING A FLUID VORTEX
A method of cutting a generally elongated food product comprising creating a fluid vortex in a container, the vortex having an axis substantially centered on the outlet of the container. The generally elongated food product is deposited into the container. The fluid vortex aligns the generally elongated food product with the axis of the vortex and directs the generally elongated food product into the outlet to a product slicing element to form a plurality of sliced products. An apparatus for cutting a generally elongated food product and a method for washing a food product in a first container, slicing the food product to form a plurality of sliced products and washing the sliced products in a second container are provided.
B26D 7/32 - Means for performing other operations combined with cutting for conveying or stacking cut product
B04C 3/00 - Apparatus in which the axial direction of the vortex remains unchanged
B08B 3/04 - Cleaning involving contact with liquid
B08B 3/14 - Removing waste, e.g. labels, from cleaning liquid
B26D 7/06 - Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
B26D 7/08 - Means for treating work or cutting member to facilitate cutting
B26D 1/02 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a stationary cutting member
B26D 1/03 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a stationary cutting member with a plurality of cutting members
B26D 3/00 - Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut madeApparatus therefor
B26D 1/14 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a circular cutting member, e.g. disc cutter
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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING OIL FROM FRIED FOODS
A method for removing excess oil from a plurality of food items is provided and can include placing the plurality of food items in a sequential manner on a conveyor advanceable in a direction of travel. Each of the plurality of food items can be inclined upwardly at an angle relative to the direction of travel of the conveyor. A stream of hot air can be blown downwardly towards a side periphery of the plurality of food items to remove excess oil from the plurality of food items. An apparatus relating to the method is provided.
An apparatus (10) and method for packaging brittle fragile goods of several shapes are disclosed. The method and apparatus carefully fill a stacking tower (14) with brittle or fragile goods or products which later will be gently veiled with a bag, cover or package by a shutter (18) system, then the goods filled veiled stacking tower is conducted to a bagged product receiving area where is placed upside down promoting the detachment of the goods and bag, cover or package due to the effect of gravity.
B65B 5/06 - Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles
B65B 5/10 - Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
B65B 7/04 - Closing containers or receptacles deformed by, or taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. bags, sacks by tucking-in mouth portion to form two flaps and subsequently folding-down
B65B 11/54 - Wrapping by causing the wrapper to embrace one end and all sides of the contents, and closing the wrapper onto the opposite end by forming regular or irregular pleats
Present invention refers to an apparatus and method for cutting products with a generally elongated shape, preferably food products like fruits or vegetables such as bananas, cucumbers, zucchini, carrots, yucca, sweet potato, taro, malanga, among others. The apparatus comprises a main support structure, a conveyor and a cutting element for cutting the fed products. In an additional embodiment, the apparatus comprises a tub containing some adequate fluid (water or oil, for example) for receiving the cut products and clean them from surface substances, such as starch or latex.
B26D 1/29 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a non-circular cutting member moving about an axis substantially perpendicular to the line of cut and rotating continuously in one direction during cutting with cutting member mounted in the plane of a rotating disc, e.g. for slicing beans
B26D 7/06 - Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
B26D 7/08 - Means for treating work or cutting member to facilitate cutting
B26D 7/02 - Means for holding or positioning work with clamping means
A23N 12/02 - Machines for cleaning, blanching, drying or roasting fruits or vegetables, e.g. coffee, cocoa, nuts for washing or blanching
B26D 1/00 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor
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METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MULTILAYERED COATED FOOD PRODUCT
The present invention provides a method of producing a multilayered coated edible snack product comprising the steps of: a) providing an edible raw core with an outer surface; b) applying at least a first compound coating layer over the outer surface of the raw core; c) cooking the raw core covered with the at least a first compound coating layer in order to form a first cooked layer, said first cooked layer having a first thickness; d) applying at least a second compound coating layer over the first cooked layer; e) cooking the at least a second compound coating layer in order to form a second cooked layer. The product obtained with this method is crisp but soft on the palate and presents an expansion of the at least a second compund coating layer greater than 35%.
A23P 20/10 - Coating with edible coatings, e.g. with oils or fats
A23P 20/20 - Making of laminated, multi-layered, stuffed or hollow foodstuffs, e.g. by wrapping in preformed edible dough sheets or in edible food containers
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PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF VEGETABLE DOUGH
A process and system is provided for the manufacture of vegetable dough using only water as an ingredient of the dough, and for a time interval ranging between 5 minutes and up to 10 minutes, wherein the vegetable is selected from vegetables and grains.
A mass shaped detaching razor device for detaching mass shapes from a laminating roller without damaging the same is provided, said device comprises a main support coupled on its upper section with a lower end of a pressure arm by means of a 5 pivot coupling, the main support is coupled on its lower section with a razor support having on a frontal end a detachment razor, a shock absorber coupled on its lower end to a back end of the main support and coupled by its upper end to an upper end of the pressure arm.
A tilted roller system for preparing laminated products having different figures,, including three - dimensional rolled figures, wherein said roiier system comprises a conveyor band, a start roller band, a roller band and an unloading band.
A system for converting whole kernel corn into mesa within a brief period of time. A system including apparatus for removing the pericarp and stem from the kernels and residuals being ground into a flour of suitable particle sizes. This flour is combined with lime and water and mixed for 6 - 12 minutes reaching a terminal temperature of about 50 degrees Celsius or and wherein gelatization occurs, forming a masa. Further apparatus then fragments the masa into sizes for further processing.
A roller system laminates products in different shapes of any type of mass and/or combination thereof, for obtaining different rolled tri-dimensional shapes, to be later baked and/or fried. A roller system comprises a horizontal conveyor belt, set on the upper part of a main support structure, which receives laminated products and conveys them in a first direction at a first velocity towards a start roller belt; said start roller belt which is perpendicular to the horizontal conveyor belt, is set over a second mobile support structure, to begin the rolling of the laminated products at a second velocity and in a second direction, said start roller belt transports the laminated products with the rolling having started towards a rolling belt; the rolling belt on an inclined plane under the horizontal conveyor belt.
A process for preparing a comestible product from a root vegetable, masa or fruit by first subjecting the starting product to a heating phase to reduce moisture content to a range of 3% to about 12% and then treating the product to an inert, virtually oxygen free, fast moving atmosphere at about 115°C until reaching a moisture content in the range of 0.5% to about 2.0% for a resulting acrylamide content of under 200ppb and thereafter supplying the finishing treatments of the food product such as weighing and packaging.
G09G 3/20 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix
A conveyor (10) includes an elongate tray (12) for supporting goods thereon, and a powered drive (16) to move goods along the tray. In one embodiment, a gate (24) is supported on this tray for closing an opening in the tray or for opening to allow goods to drop through the tray opening. The gate has a first magnet (34) supported thereon. A gate drive (22) moves the gate between the open and closed positions, and has a second magnet (32) which cooperates with the first magnet such that the magnets separate if the gate encounters an obstruction when closing.
A centrifuge operative in successive low speed and high speed modes serves to remove surface cooking oil from a continuous stream of fragile snack food products wherein the oil removal occurs in the high speed mode and products are discharged from the centrifuge with relatively low kinetic energy in the low speed mode.
B01D 24/28 - Filters comprising loose filtering material, i.e. filtering material without any binder between the individual particles or fibres thereof with the filter bed moving during the filtration
B01D 33/00 - Filters with filtering elements which move during the filtering operation
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