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US 11,027,314 B2Granted
Transport scheduling for low microbial bulk products
AssigneeArdent Mills, LLC
InventorsRobert Mariniello, Edith D. Akins-Lewenthal, Ryan T. Grace
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Abstract
Transport scheduling and transport processes for low microbial (“LM”) bulk products are described. The transport scheduling and processes facilitate low microbial activity in a LM bulk product during the transport of the LM bulk product.
Claims15
A process comprising:
- receiving, on a computing device, an indication that a low microbial (LM) bulk product vessel exceeds a low microbial wash (LMW) timing threshold, the LMW timing threshold being based on a product specification indicating a microbial baseline for a low microbial bulk product and being a maximum amount of time between low microbial (LM) washes for the LM bulk product vessel;
- causing the computing device to schedule a time for a low microbial wash (LMW) process;
- at the time for a low microbial wash (LMW) process, causing the LMW process to be performed, wherein the LMW process includes:
- removing vessel accessibility components from the LM bulk product vessel,
- subjecting the LM bulk product vessel to a sanitary solution bath,
- subjecting the LM bulk product vessel to a rinse operation, wherein the rinse operation includes actuating spinners by forcing hot water through the spinners to cause dispersion of the hot water within an interior of the LM bulk product vessel, and
- actuating the spinners by forcing sanitary solution through the spinners to cause dispersion of the sanitary solution within the interior of the LM bulk product vessel;
- and
- causing the computing device to update a low microbial wash (LMW) record for the LM bulk product vessel to indicate a completion date of the LMW process and to qualify the LM bulk product vessel for transporting an LM bulk product.
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A process comprising:
- receiving an indication that a low microbial (LM) bulk product vessel exceeds a low microbial wash (LMW) timing threshold, the LMW timing threshold being based on a product specification indicating a microbial baseline for a low microbial bulk product and being a maximum amount of time between low microbial (LM) washes for the bulk product vessel;
- in response to the indication, causing a low microbial wash (LMW) process to be performed, wherein the LMW process includes:
- removing vessel accessibility components from the LM bulk product vessel,
- subjecting the LM bulk product vessel to a sanitary solution bath, and
- actuating spinners by forcing sanitary solution through the spinners to cause dispersion of the sanitary solution within the interior of the LM bulk product vessel;
- and
- updating a low microbial wash (LMW) record for the LM bulk product vessel to indicate a completion date of the LMW process, the completion date being a starting time for a next LMW timing threshold determination.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.