US 11,957,150 B2Granted

Rotary drum skinsheet clamp

AssigneeLyco Manufacturing, Inc.

InventorsDaniel D. Maupin, Steven J. Schultz

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Abstract

A rotary drum blancher/cooler for processing food includes a skinsheet comprised of a plurality of sections, clamps, and structural channels. Each clamp has clamping and release positions, and includes a base, a bail connected to the base, a draw connected to the bail, and at least a portion of a skinsheet clamp bar connected to the draw. The sections are disposed between structural channels, such that the drum is defined by the skinsheet sections alternating with the structural channels. The base is attached to a structural channel, and the draw extends from within to outside the structural channel. The skinsheet clamp bar is outside the structural channel. When the clamp is in the clamping position the clamp bar holds a skinsheet section to the structural channel in an operating position. When the clamp is in the release position configuration the clamp bar allows skinsheet section to move away from the structural channel in cleaning position.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A rotary drum blancher/cooler for processing food, comprising a drum, wherein the drum comprises:

a skinsheet, comprised of a plurality of sections;
a plurality of clamps having a clamping position and a release position, wherein each of the plurality of clamps includes a clamp base, a bail connected to the clamp base, a draw connected to the bail, and at least a portion of a skinsheet clamp bar, wherein the draw extends through the at least a portion of the skinsheet clamp bar;
a plurality of structural channels, wherein each skinsheet section is disposed adjacent a respective one of the plurality of structural channels, such that the drum is defined by the adjacent plurality of skinsheet sections and the plurality of structural channels;
wherein for each of the respective clamps of the plurality of clamps, the base is attached to and within the respective one of the plurality structural channels and the bail is within the respective one of the plurality structural channels, and wherein the draw extends from within the respective one of the plurality of structural channels to outside the respective one of the plurality of structural channels, and wherein the skinsheet clamp bar is outside the respective one of the plurality of structural channels, such that when the respective clamp is in the clamping position, the at least a portion of the skinsheet clamp bar holds a respective one of the plurality of skinsheet sections to the respective one of the plurality of structural channels in an operating position, and when the respective clamp is in the release position, the at least a portion of the skinsheet clamp bar allows the respective one of the plurality of skinsheet sections to move away from the respective one of the plurality of structural channels in a cleaning position.

1 more element

A clamp for a rotary drum blancher/cooler for processing food having a drum, wherein the drum comprises, a skinsheet, comprised of a plurality of sections, a plurality of structural channels, wherein each skinsheet section is adjacent a structural channel, such that the drum is at least partially defined by the adjacent plurality of skinsheet sections and the plurality of structural channels, wherein the adjacent skinsheet sections and structural channels are held together by the clamp, the clamp comprising:

a clamp base, attached to and within a respective one of the plurality of structural channels;
a bail connected to the clamp base and within the respective one of the plurality structural channels;
a draw connected to the bail, wherein the draw extends from within the respective one of the plurality of structural channels to outside the respective one of the plurality of structural channels;
and
at least a portion of a skinsheet clamp bar, wherein the draw extends through the at least a portion of the skinsheet clamp bar, and wherein the skinsheet clamp bar is disposed outside the respective one of the plurality of structural channels, such that when the clamp is in a clamping position the at least a portion of the skinsheet clamp bar holds a respective one of the plurality of skinsheet sections to the respective one of the plurality of structural channels in an operating position, and when the clamp is in a release position the at least a portion of the skinsheet clamp bar allows the respective one of the plurality of skinsheet sections to move away from the respective one of the plurality of structural channels in cleaning position.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/030,246Filed 23 Sep 2020 · us provisional application
Priority: 23 Sep 2019
Published: US 2021/0084959 A125 Mar 2021
Granted: 16 Apr 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

A23N 12/04
For washing or blanching: for blanching
A23B 7/06
Preservation of fruit or vegetables; Chemical ripening of fruit or vegetables: blanching
A23L 5/13
General methods of cooking foods, e.g. by roasting or frying: using water or steam
A47J 27/002
Cooking-vessels: construction of cooking-vessels; Methods or processes of manufacturing specially adapted for cooking-vessels