Disclosed are various embodiments an auger of an immersion treatment system. The auger can include auger panels that move a product and a treatment liquid in a treatment tank. A first auger panel can include at least: a leading edge and a trailing edge. The at least one of the leading edge and the trailing edge can include one or more gaps that form corresponding grille passages where the at least one of the leading edge and the trailing edge are connected to another auger panel at a weld joint.
B01F 27/1144 - Agitateurs de forme hélicoïdale, c.-à-d. agitateurs comprenant une bande de forme hélicoïdale ou des sections de bande de forme hélicoïdale avec une pluralité de lames suivant une trajectoire hélicoïdale sur un arbre ou un support de lames
37 - Services de construction; extraction minière; installation et réparation
Produits et services
Providing technical support, namely, technical advice
concerning the installation, repair and maintenance of
electric or electronic apparatus, equipment and devices used
for automated or partly automated industrial operations.
37 - Services de construction; extraction minière; installation et réparation
Produits et services
(1) Providing technical support, namely, technical advice concerning the installation, repair and maintenance of electric or electronic apparatus, equipment and devices used for automated or partly automated industrial operations.
Disclosed are various embodiments for immersion treatment system fluidized unloading. In one embodiment, a product is immersed in a treatment liquid in a chamber of an immersion treatment system. A product mixture is discharged from the chamber to an entry point of a fluidized unloader. The product mixture is transported from the entry point to an exit point via the fluidized unloader. A residence time of the product in the treatment liquid while in the chamber and the fluidized unloader is controlled. The product is separated from the treatment liquid at the exit point of the fluidized unloader.
A23L 3/3589 - Appareils pour la conservation utilisant des liquides
A23L 3/00 - Conservation des aliments ou produits alimentaires, en général, p.ex. pasteurisation ou stérilisation, spécialement adaptée aux aliments ou produits alimentaires
37 - Services de construction; extraction minière; installation et réparation
Produits et services
Providing technical support, namely, technical advice concerning the installation, repair and maintenance of electric or electronic apparatus, equipment and devices used for automated or partly automated industrial operations
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
Produits et services
Electronic devices for monitoring and controlling industrial food chilling and processing equipment, and monitoring environmental and system conditions during industrial food processing operations; downloadable computer software and computer hardware for monitoring and controlling industrial food chilling and processing equipment, and monitoring environmental and system conditions during industrial food processing operations; all of the foregoing expressly excluding electronic devices, software and hardware used in retail operations or sold to retail customers
7.
DECONTAMINATION TANK AND METHOD FOR TREATING FOOD PRODUCTS
Disclosed are various embodiments for a decontamination tank and method for treating reducing microbial contamination of a food product. In one embodiment, decontamination tank comprises a first chamber for holding a first antimicrobial bearing liquid for reducing a microbial contamination on a surface of the food product. The decontamination tank further comprises a second chamber for holding a second antimicrobial bearing liquid of different content than the first antimicrobial bearing liquid in the first chamber, for further reducing the microbial contamination on the surface of the food product. The decontamination tank further comprises a first unloader configured to remove the food product from the first antimicrobial bearing liquid in the first chamber and to deposit the food product toward the second chamber. The decontamination tank further comprises a second unloader configured to remove the food product from the second antimicrobial bearing liquid in the second chamber.
A23L 3/3589 - Appareils pour la conservation utilisant des liquides
A23L 3/00 - Conservation des aliments ou produits alimentaires, en général, p.ex. pasteurisation ou stérilisation, spécialement adaptée aux aliments ou produits alimentaires
A water treatment system for a poultry chiller including a chiller tank is described herein. The system includes a float holding tank at a downstream section of the chiller tank; a fan at the downstream section of the chiller tank that is configured to blow float formed on a surface of the water in the chiller tank into the float holding tank; and a float removal mechanism at the float holding tank that is configured to remove the float from the float holding tank. Related methods are also described.
C02F 103/22 - Nature de l'eau, des eaux résiduaires ou des eaux ou boues d'égout à traiter provenant du traitement d'animaux, p. ex. de volaille ou de poissons, ou de parties de ceux-ci
9.
ROCKER-STYLE LIQUID TREATMENT TANKS WITH INSTRUMENTATION
Disclosed are various embodiments of a rocker-style treatment tank equipped with instrumentation. In one embodiment, a rocker treatment tank includes a dasher configured to oscillate within treatment liquid in the rocker treatment tank. The dasher includes a dasher shaft, one or more dasher arms coupled to the dasher shaft, and at least one dasher blade coupled to the dasher arm(s). The rocker treatment tank also includes one or more sensors configured to provide data directly or indirectly indicating a torque transmitted to the dasher to effect oscillation.
B01F 35/221 - Commande ou régulation des paramètres de fonctionnement, p. ex. du niveau de matière dans le mélangeur, de la température ou de la pression
B01F 27/112 - Agitateurs caractérisés par la configuration des agitateurs avec des bras, des pales ou des lames
B01F 35/212 - Mesure des données du système de conduite, p. ex. des données relatives au couple, à la vitesse ou à la puissance
A method for automated cleaning of an immersion tank (14) includes: substantially enclosing an interior volume (30) of the immersion tank (14); increasing the temperature and humidity in the interior volume (30) of the immersion tank (14); then applying cleaning solution to interior surfaces of the immersion tank (14); and rinsing the cleaning solution and soil off the interior surfaces of the immersion tank (14).
Industrial treatment machines for use in food processing, namely, machines for use in food processing for washing and massaging food items Industrial treatment machines for use in food processing, namely, machines for controlling the temperature of food items through chilling
14.
Water treatment systems and methods for poultry chillers
A water treatment system for a poultry chiller including a chiller tank is described herein. The system includes a float holding tank at a downstream section of the chiller tank; a fan at the downstream section of the chiller tank that is configured to blow float formed on a surface of the water in the chiller tank into the float holding tank; and a float removal mechanism at the float holding tank that is configured to remove the float from the float holding tank. Related methods are also described.
C02F 103/22 - Nature de l'eau, des eaux résiduaires ou des eaux ou boues d'égout à traiter provenant du traitement d'animaux, p. ex. de volaille ou de poissons, ou de parties de ceux-ci
15.
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED CLEANING OF IMMERSION TANKS
A method for automated cleaning of an immersion tank (14) includes: substantially enclosing an interior volume (30) of the immersion tank (14); increasing the temperature and humidity in the interior volume (30) of the immersion tank (14); then applying cleaning solution to interior surfaces of the immersion tank (14); and rinsing the cleaning solution and soil off the interior surfaces of the immersion tank (14).
A poultry chiller includes a tank and an auger rotatably held in the tank. The auger includes a first auger section and a second auger section. The first auger section includes a first auger shaft and a first auger flight. The first auger flight includes a first helical portion on the first auger shaft and a first flight extension that extends away from the first helical portion. The second auger section includes a second auger shaft coupled to the first auger shaft and a second auger flight. The second auger flight includes a second helical portion on the second auger shaft and a second flight extension that extends away from the second helical portion. The chiller includes a hanger bearing assembly between the first and second auger sections and extending to an upper portion of the tank.
F25D 13/06 - Dispositifs fixes associés à des machines frigorifiques, p. ex. chambres froides avec transporteurs faisant traverser la chambre de refroidissement aux produits à refroidir
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
Produits et services
Electronic devices for monitoring and controlling industrial food chilling and processing equipment, and monitoring environmental and system conditions during industrial food processing operations; downloadable computer software and computer hardware for monitoring and controlling industrial food chilling and processing equipment, and monitoring environmental and system conditions during industrial food processing operations; all of the foregoing expressly excluding electronic devices, software and hardware used in retail operations or sold to retail customers
A system for vacuum chilling poultry product includes: a vacuum chamber configured to be evacuated to chill poultry product in the vacuum chamber; at least one inclined or vertical conduit coupled to the vacuum chamber, with the at least one conduit configured to hold at least one water seal when the vacuum chamber is evacuated; and a conveying mechanism that is configured to continuously convey the poultry product upwardly through the at least one conduit, then into and through the vacuum chamber, and then downwardly through the at least one conduit.
B65G 15/30 - Courroies ou porte-charges sans fin analogues
A23B 4/16 - Conservation au moyen de produits chimiques non couverts par les groupes ou sous forme de gaz, p. ex. fumigationCompositions ou appareils à cet effet
A23L 3/015 - Conservation des aliments ou produits alimentaires, en général, p.ex. pasteurisation ou stérilisation, spécialement adaptée aux aliments ou produits alimentaires par un traitement utilisant une variation de pression, une secousse, une accélération ou un cisaillement
A rocker chiller includes a chilling tank and a baffle assembly. The baffle assembly includes a drive shaft, a baffle blade extending along a bottom of the tank and a plurality of spaced-apart and elongate baffle members extending in a radial direction from the drive shaft towards the bottom of the tank. The elongate baffle members contact the drive shaft at spaced-apart locations along the drive shaft and define a plurality of openings therebetween. The elongate baffle members are sized and shaped to push at least a majority of the carcasses laterally through the heat exchanging liquid in a direction generally orthogonal to a lengthwise forward movement of the carcasses from the first end of the tank to the second end of the tank.
F28F 5/00 - Éléments spécialement adaptés au mouvement
F28F 9/00 - CartersBoîtes de distributionSupports auxiliaires pour les élémentsÉléments auxiliaires dans les carters
F28F 13/12 - Dispositions pour modifier le transfert de chaleur, p. ex. accroissement, diminution en affectant le mode d'écoulement des sources de potentiel calorifique en créant une turbulence, p. ex. par brassage, par augmentation de la force de circulation
21.
Auger type poultry chillers with enhanced hanger bearing configurations and related assemblies
A poultry chiller includes a tank and an auger rotatably held in the tank. The auger includes a first auger section and a second auger section. The first auger section includes a first auger shaft and a first auger flight. The first auger flight includes a first helical portion on the first auger shaft and a first flight extension that extends away from the first helical portion. The second auger section includes a second auger shaft coupled to the first auger shaft and a second auger flight. The second auger flight includes a second helical portion on the second auger shaft and a second flight extension that extends away from the second helical portion. The chiller includes a hanger bearing assembly between the first and second auger sections and extending to an upper portion of the tank.
F25D 13/06 - Dispositifs fixes associés à des machines frigorifiques, p. ex. chambres froides avec transporteurs faisant traverser la chambre de refroidissement aux produits à refroidir
A rocker chiller includes a chilling tank and a baffle assembly. The baffle assembly includes a drive shaft, a baffle blade extending along a bottom of the tank and a plurality of spaced-apart and elongate baffle members extending in a radial direction from the drive shaft towards the bottom of the tank. The elongate baffle members contact the drive shaft at spaced-apart locations along the drive shaft and define a plurality of openings therebetween. The elongate baffle members are sized and shaped to push at least a majority of the carcasses laterally through the heat exchanging liquid in a direction generally orthogonal to a lengthwise forward movement of the carcasses from the first end of the tank to the second end of the tank.
F25D 13/06 - Dispositifs fixes associés à des machines frigorifiques, p. ex. chambres froides avec transporteurs faisant traverser la chambre de refroidissement aux produits à refroidir
F25D 17/02 - Dispositions pour la circulation des fluides de refroidissementDispositions pour la circulation de gaz, p. ex. d'air, dans les enceintes refroidies pour la circulation des liquides, p. ex. de la saumure
F25D 25/02 - Introduction, port ou déchargement des produits à refroidir par étagères
F28F 13/12 - Dispositions pour modifier le transfert de chaleur, p. ex. accroissement, diminution en affectant le mode d'écoulement des sources de potentiel calorifique en créant une turbulence, p. ex. par brassage, par augmentation de la force de circulation
F28F 9/00 - CartersBoîtes de distributionSupports auxiliaires pour les élémentsÉléments auxiliaires dans les carters
F28F 5/00 - Éléments spécialement adaptés au mouvement
26.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VACUUM CHILLING POULTRY PRODUCTS
A system for vacuum chilling poultry product includes: a vacuum chamber configured to be evacuated to chill poultry product in the vacuum chamber; at least one inclined or vertical conduit coupled to the vacuum chamber, with the at least one conduit configured to hold at least one water seal when the vacuum chamber is evacuated; and a conveying mechanism that is configured to continuously convey the poultry product upwardly through the at least one conduit, then into and through the vacuum chamber, and then downwardly through the at least one conduit.
A23L 3/015 - Conservation des aliments ou produits alimentaires, en général, p.ex. pasteurisation ou stérilisation, spécialement adaptée aux aliments ou produits alimentaires par un traitement utilisant une variation de pression, une secousse, une accélération ou un cisaillement
F25D 31/00 - Autres appareils de refroidissement ou de congélation
27.
Auger type poultry chillers with enhanced hanger bearing configurations and related assemblies
A poultry chiller includes a tank and an auger rotatably held in the tank. The auger includes a first auger section and a second auger section. The first auger section includes a first auger shaft and a first auger flight. The first auger flight includes a first helical portion on the first auger shaft and a first flight extension that extends away from the first helical portion. The second auger section includes a second auger shaft coupled to the first auger shaft and a second auger flight. The second auger flight includes a second helical portion on the second auger shaft and a second flight extension that extends away from the second helical portion. The chiller includes a hanger bearing assembly between the first and second auger sections and extending to an upper portion of the tank.
F25D 13/06 - Dispositifs fixes associés à des machines frigorifiques, p. ex. chambres froides avec transporteurs faisant traverser la chambre de refroidissement aux produits à refroidir
A water treatment system for a poultry chiller including a chiller tank is described herein. The system includes a float holding tank at a downstream section of the chiller tank; a fan at the downstream section of the chiller tank that is configured to blow float formed on a surface of the water in the chiller tank into the float holding tank; and a float removal mechanism at the float holding tank that is configured to remove the float from the float holding tank. Related methods are also described.
C02F 103/22 - Nature de l'eau, des eaux résiduaires ou des eaux ou boues d'égout à traiter provenant du traitement d'animaux, p. ex. de volaille ou de poissons, ou de parties de ceux-ci
29.
Auger type poultry chillers with enhanced hanger bearing configurations and related assemblies
A poultry chiller includes a tank and an auger rotatably held in the tank. The auger includes a first auger section and a second auger section. The first auger section includes a first auger shaft and a first auger flight. The first auger flight includes a first helical portion on the first auger shaft and a first flight extension that extends away from the first helical portion. The second auger section includes a second auger shaft coupled to the first auger shaft and a second auger flight. The second auger flight includes a second helical portion on the second auger shaft and a second flight extension that extends away from the second helical portion. The chiller includes a hanger bearing assembly between the first and second auger sections and extending to an upper portion of the tank.
F25D 13/06 - Dispositifs fixes associés à des machines frigorifiques, p. ex. chambres froides avec transporteurs faisant traverser la chambre de refroidissement aux produits à refroidir
A poultry chiller includes a tank and an auger rotatably held in the tank. The auger includes a first auger section and a second auger section. The first auger section includes a first auger shaft and a first auger flight. The first auger flight includes a first helical portion on the first auger shaft and a first flight extension that extends away from the first helical portion. The second auger section includes a second auger shaft coupled to the first auger shaft and a second auger flight. The second auger flight includes a second helical portion on the second auger shaft and a second flight extension that extends away from the second helical portion. The chiller includes a hanger bearing assembly between the first and second auger sections and extending to an upper portion of the tank.
A22B 5/00 - Accessoires utilisés pendant ou après l'abattage
F25D 13/06 - Dispositifs fixes associés à des machines frigorifiques, p. ex. chambres froides avec transporteurs faisant traverser la chambre de refroidissement aux produits à refroidir
A rocker chiller includes a tank having a bottom wall and a dasher assembly, which includes an axle extending in a lengthwise direction and a dasher blade extending adjacent the bottom wall. The dasher blade is mechanically coupled to the axle by a plurality of support arms extending in a radial direction between the axle and the dasher blade. A carcass deflector is provided, which is attached to the axle so that each back-and-forth oscillation of the axle and dasher blade during operation of the rocker chiller causes a back-and-forth oscillation of the carcass deflector in unison with the back-and-forth oscillation of the axle and dasher blade. The carcass deflector is spaced longitudinally along a longitudinal axis of the axle and has a carcass deflection region therein that extends above a top surface of the axle and in a plane that is generally orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the axle.
F25D 17/02 - Dispositions pour la circulation des fluides de refroidissementDispositions pour la circulation de gaz, p. ex. d'air, dans les enceintes refroidies pour la circulation des liquides, p. ex. de la saumure
A22B 5/00 - Accessoires utilisés pendant ou après l'abattage
An unloader paddle for use with a poultry processing device includes an elongated arm having opposite proximal and distal ends. The elongated arm proximal end is configured to be attached to a rotatable hub and a blade is secured to the elongated arm distal end. The paddle blade includes a face, a first edge portion, a second edge portion, and a third convexly curved edge portion. The second and third edge portions of the blade extend from the first edge portion and converge to form a tip region, and the tip region is angled or bent in a direction that is transverse to the face of the blade. The blade is secured to the elongated arm distal end such that the face is oriented transverse to a longitudinal direction of the elongated arm.
A rocker chiller 10 includes a tank 12 with a dasher assembly 26 that oscillates across the curved bottom wall of the tank. A series of central deflectors 40 are positioned at intervals along the length of the tank and another series of side deflectors 46 are mounted at intervals along the upwardly extending side walls 16 and 18 of the tank. The side deflectors are offset longitudinally with respect to the central deflectors. The offset relationship of the side deflectors and central deflectors creates serpentine paths through the elongated tank on both sides of the tank that require the carcasses to move through more of the heat exchanging liquid and which reduces the tendency of carcasses passing each other.
The rocker chiller 10 includes a semi-cylindrical tank 12 filled with heat exchanging liquid and a baffle assembly 18 that rocks back and forth across the bottom wall of the tank. The baffle 26 of the baffle assembly 18 defines baffle openings 29 that are sized and shaped to pass the heat exchanging liquid through the openings in response to the rocking of the baffle, but small enough so that the baffle engages and retards the movement of at least some of the carcasses from moving through the baffle, thereby massaging the carcasses and increasing the moisture retained in the carcasses.
F25D 17/02 - Dispositions pour la circulation des fluides de refroidissementDispositions pour la circulation de gaz, p. ex. d'air, dans les enceintes refroidies pour la circulation des liquides, p. ex. de la saumure
F25D 25/02 - Introduction, port ou déchargement des produits à refroidir par étagères
F28D 11/08 - Appareils échangeurs de chaleur utilisant des canalisations mobiles plusieurs ensembles de canalisations effectuant des mouvements indépendants, p. ex. un faisceau rotatif de tubes dans un tambour rotatif
F28F 17/00 - Enlèvement de la glace ou de l'eau des appareils échangeurs de chaleur
F28F 13/12 - Dispositions pour modifier le transfert de chaleur, p. ex. accroissement, diminution en affectant le mode d'écoulement des sources de potentiel calorifique en créant une turbulence, p. ex. par brassage, par augmentation de la force de circulation
B01F 11/00 - Mélangeurs avec mécanismes à secousses, oscillants ou vibrants
B01F 7/00 - Mélangeurs à agitateurs tournant dans des récipients fixes; Pétrins
A21D 4/00 - Conservation de la farine ou de la pâte avant cuisson par stockage en atmosphère inerte
A23C 3/00 - Conservation du lait ou de préparations à base de lait
The post chill decontamination tank assembly 24 usually is positioned at the exit end of a chiller 10 of a poultry processing line. Eviscerated birds fall into the decontamination tank 25 and the paddles 42A-42D of the paddle assembly 34 revolve in the tank about the axis 37 and collect and lift the birds through the liquid and discharge the birds from the tank. An antimicrobial is added to the liquid for treating the exposed surfaces of the birds.
The post chill decontamination tank assembly 24 usually is positioned at the exit end of a chiller 10 of a poultry processing line. Eviscerated birds fall into the decontamination tank 25 and the paddles 42A-42D of the paddle assembly 34 revolve in the tank about the axis 37 and collect and lift the birds through the liquid and discharge the birds from the tank. An antimicrobial is added to the liquid for treating the exposed surfaces of the birds.
Birds are moved through chilled water by bird moving means such as an auger or by a series of paddles. The birds tend to accumulate in a predetermined path in the water. Streams of water that include an antibacterial additive are directed toward the predetermined path and engage and disperse the birds, and wash the birds with the streams of water and the antibacterial additive, thereby increasing the rate of heat transfer from the birds and increasing the effectiveness of the antibacterial properties of the agents in the chilled water.
F25D 17/02 - Dispositions pour la circulation des fluides de refroidissementDispositions pour la circulation de gaz, p. ex. d'air, dans les enceintes refroidies pour la circulation des liquides, p. ex. de la saumure
