Rotary screw blancher
AssigneeLyco Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorDaniel D. Maupin
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Abstract
A food processing apparatus including a tank having an inlet end for receiving food product and an outlet end for discharging food product, the tank having a rotatable auger mounted in a compartment, the auger for advancing food product within the compartment from the inlet end toward the outlet end, the auger including flights having a flight wall with a radial edge, a clearance space being defined between the radial edge of the flights and a solid, imperforate wall portion of an inner wall. One of the inner wall and the flight wall may include a perforated wall portion. A transition zone includes a moveable surface to contain food product while in use.
Claims22
A food processing apparatus comprising:
- a tank having an inlet end for receiving food product and an outlet end for discharging food product, the tank having an inner wall defining a compartment and including a solid, imperforate wall portion, fluid being contained in the compartment;
- a rotatable auger mounted in the compartment, the auger for advancing food product within the compartment from the inlet end toward the outlet end, the auger including flights having a flight wall with a radial edge, the flight wall separating a first auger section from a second auger section;
- wherein the outlet end includes a moveable transition having a first operating position for maintaining the food product in a desired product transfer area and a second cleaning position to allow access to a cleaning area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.