US 12,653,210 B2 · Automated method for processing a viscera stream with a cooling fluid

Abstract

An automated method for processing a variable flow of an incoming viscera stream from a carcass processing facility. A cooling fluid is used to convey and cool the incoming viscera stream from an eviscerating site to an attached modular facility. The viscera stream is directed by the cooling fluid towards a divert valve and diverted between modular facilities based on a comparison of the flow rate of the incoming viscera stream with the processing capacity of the modular facility. The divert valve can divert the viscera stream to finished feed processing equipment when flow rates exceed a minimum flow rate. Flow rates below the minimum flow rate are directed to an ingredient stream. A cooked product of the viscera stream can be cooled using wastewater from the cooling fluid. The cooled product can be stored without refrigeration at the modular facility.

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Dependent claims

An automated method for processing a viscera stream comprising the following steps:

receiving a viscera stream conveyed with a cooling fluid;
filtering the viscera stream to remove the cooling fluid as a wastewater;
heating the viscera stream with a cooking device to produce a cooked product;
and
cooling the cooked product of the viscera stream using the wastewater.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Automated method for processing a viscera stream with a cooling fluid

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Automated method for processing a viscera stream with a cooling fluid

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Abstract

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