An inlet for a tank
AssigneeTetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
InventorMax Leufstedt
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Abstract
The invention relates to an inlet for a tank which is intended for a liquid food product. The inlet is placed in the side wall of the tank and at the upper end of the tank. The inlet is further designed so that the inflowing product is distributed in fan-shape along the inside of the tank. The application also includes a method of supplying liquid food product to a tank.
Claims15
An inlet (8) for a tank, intended for a liquid food product, where the inlet is positioned in the side wall of the tank and at the upper end of the tank, wherein the inlet inside the tank is designed so that the inflowing product is distributed in fan-shape along the inside of the tank.
A method of supplying a liquid food product to a tank, comprising:
- supplying the liquid food to an inlet which passes through a side wall of the tank so the liquid food enters the tank as inflowing product, the inlet being positioned above a liquid surface in the tank so the liquid food enters the tank above the liquid surface in the tank, the tank possessing an inside;
- and distributing the inflowing product in fan-shape along the inside of the tank.
A balance tank through which liquid food product circulates, the tank comprising a side wall possessing an inner surface, an inlet positioned in the side wall of the tank and passing through the side wall of the tank, the inlet being located at an upper end of the tank so that the liquid food product enters the tank above a liquid surface of liquid in the tank, the inlet being connected to a socket which possesses a downwardly directed opening which opens into the tank, the downwardly directed opening spanning less than 360° so that the liquid food product exiting the opening of the socket is distributed in fan-shape along the inside of the tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.