Internal shield system for fluids and solids processing devices and uses thereof
AssigneeKiinns Foodtech Ltd.
InventorsEhud Furman, Tzvi Furman
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Abstract
A device for the processing of liquids and/or solids includes a disposable layer adapted to shield a working surface from coming into contact with, and being fouled by, the processed liquids and/or solids, and apparatus suitable to apply a negative pressure in a gap between the disposable layer and the working surface, thereby causing the disposable layer to adhere to the working surface.
Claims18
A device for processing of liquids and/or solids having a working surface and at least one moving element configured to operate adjacently to said working surface, and comprising a disposable layer adapted to shield said working surface from coming into direct/unmediated contact with the processed liquids and/or solids and the at least one moving element, and apparatus configured to apply a negative pressure in a gap between said disposable layer and said working surface at least during the entire operation of the at least one moving element, so as to cause said disposable layer to removably adhere to said working surface;
- the moveable element is configured to operate so adjacently to said working surface such that it would cause the disposable layer to be detached from the working surface during the operation thereof if no negative pressure were applied.
A shielding aid for use with a device for processing of liquids and/or solids having a working surface and at least one moving element configured to operate adjacently to said working surface, said shielding aid consisting of a disposable layer adapted to fit the internal dimensions of a working surface and shield said working surface from coming into contact with a liquid and/or a solid that is processed in said liquid and/or solid processing device, and from unmediated contact with said at least one moving element thereof, said shielding aid being configured to removably adhere to the working surface of said device when a negative pressure is applied in a gap between said shielding aid and said working surface, at least during the entire operation of the at least one moving element,
- characterized in that the shielding aid is configured to withstand sufficient negative pressure such that the at least one moving element is enabled to operate adjacently to the working surface that would cause the disposable layer to be detached from the working surface if no negative pressure were applied.
A device comprising:
- (a) a source configured to apply negative pressure in a gap between a disposable layer and a working surface having sidewalls of said device;
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- (b) a moving element configured to operate adjacently to said sidewalls of said working surface selected from a group consisting of a whisk, rotating blades and a dough beater;
- wherein the source is configured to apply said negative pressure throughout the entire operation of the moving element, and configured to apply the pressure such that a shielding aid removably adhered to at least said sidewalls of said working surface will withstand adjacent operation of the moving element that would cause the disposable layer to be detached from the sidewalls of said working surface if no negative pressure were applied.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.