# US 2013/0152801 A1 · Device for heat-processing co-extruded sausages > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0152801 A1 - Document ID: US20130152801A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/581,879 - Filed: 2011-03-02 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2010-03-02 - Inventors: Bernard Cadoret; OLivier Marquet - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130152801A1 ## CPC - A23L 5/13: {using water or steam} - A22C 11/001: {Machines for making skinless sausages, e.g. Frankfurters, Wieners} - A23L: FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PREPARATION OR TREATMENT THEREOF (preservation thereof A23B) - A22C: PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH (preserving A23B; obtaining protein compositions for foodstuffs A23J1/00; fish, meat or poultry preparations A23L; disintegrating, e.g. chopping meat, B02C18/00; preparation of proteins C07K1/00) ## Abstract The invention concerns a heat processing device (100, 200) for co-extruded sausages (S), said device (100, 200) comprising in series: a precooking device (104) intended to precook the sausages (S) deposited by a device (102) and consisting of a hot-water bath, the precooking device (104) taking the form of a chute (114) having a zero or slightly descending slope between an intake area (116) where the sausages (S) are deposited by the device (102) and an outlet area (118) where the sausages (S) leave the precooking device (104), the precooking device (104) comprising ejection means (124) designed to eject water upstream of the intake area (116) so that the water stream generated has an orientation substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the chute (114), a cooking device (108) intended to cook the sausages (S) thus precooked and consisting of a second hot-water bath, and a discharge device (112) intended to discharge the sausages (S) thus processed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 Heat processing device (100, 200), in particular for sausages of the co-extruded sausage (S) type, said heat processing device (100, 200) comprising in series: a precooking device (104) intended to precook the sausages (S) deposited by a device (102) and consisting of a hot-water bath, the precooking device (104) taking the form of a chute (114) having a zero or slightly descending slope between an intake area (116) where the sausages (S) are deposited by the device (102) and an outlet area (118) where the sausages (S) leave the precooking device (104), the precooking device (104) comprising ejection means (124) designed to eject water upstream of the intake area (116) so that the water stream generated has an orientation substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the chute (114), a cooking device (108) intended to cook the sausages (S) thus precooked and consisting of a second hot-water bath, and a discharge device (112) intended to discharge the sausages (S) thus processed. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) Heat processing device (100, 200) according to claim 1, characterised in that it comprises, between the cooking device (108) and the discharge device (112), a cooling device (110) intended to cool the sausages (S) thus cooked and consisting of a cold-water bath. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) Heat processing device (100, 200) according to claim 1, characterised in that the ejection means (124) take the form of a water reservoir (122) and an ejection nozzle (124) provided for ejecting the water from said water reservoir (122). ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) Heat processing device (100, 200) according to claim 1 characterised in that the chute (114) takes the form of a spiral. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) Heat processing device (100, 200) according to claim 4, characterised in that the intake area (116) is situated at the periphery of the spiral, and the outlet area (118) is situated at the centre of the spiral. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) Heat processing device (100, 200) according to claim 1, characterised in that the cooking device (108) and the cooling device (110) each comprise a cooking (130) and respectively cooling (144) vessel, and a driving device (132, 146) provided for driving the sausages (S) between a loading area (136, 142) and a discharge area (138, 150) of the corresponding device (108, 110). ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) Heat processing device (100, 200) according to claim 6, characterised in that the driving device (132, 146) takes the form of a succession of blades (134, 148) and a motorised driving means. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) Heat processing device (100, 200) according to claim 1, characterised in that it comprises, just downstream of the precooking device (104), a transfer device (106) having a transfer belt (128) and intended to transfer the sausages (S) thus precooked. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) Heat processing device (100, 200) according to claim 8, characterised in that the downstream end of the transfer belt (128) is driven in an angular reciprocating movement (140) intended to horizontally distribute the sausages (S) downstream of said transfer belt (128). ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) Heat processing device (200) according to claim 8, characterised in that it comprises, just downstream of said transfer belt (128), a drying device (250) intended to dry the sausages (S) thus transferred and having blowing nozzles (252) intended to blow hot dry air onto the sausages (S) thus transferred. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) Heat processing device (200) according to claim 10, characterised in that the drying device (250) comprises at least one conveyor belt (254a, 254b), and in that, progressing downstream, each conveyor belt (254a, 254b) is situated at a lower height with respect to the outlet from the transfer belt (128) or conveyor belt (254a) preceding it. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) Heat processing device (200) according to claim 10, characterised in that the drying device (250) comprises a cover (304) that at least partly covers the transfer belt (128).