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US 2016/0249648 A1Published application
Oil Removal From Food Surface
AssigneeGeneral Mills, Inc.
InventorDan Hunzeker
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for oil removal from food surfaces is disclosed. An air flow chamber directs air flow around a food product surface and contains the removed oil.
Claims20
A method of removing oil from a food surface comprising:
- placing a food article within an air flow chamber, the air flow chamber having an inlet air expansion zone and an opposing outlet air contraction zone and the food article is within a product zone separating the inlet air expansion zone and the opposing outlet air contraction zone;
- flowing air from the inlet air expansion zone to the opposing outlet air contraction zone to form an air flow, the product zone having a pressure being less than or equal to ambient pressure outside the air flow chamber;
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- removing oil from the food surface with the air flow.
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An apparatus for removing oil from a food surface comprising:
- an air flow chamber, the air flow chamber having an inlet air expansion zone and an opposing outlet air contraction zone and a product zone separating the inlet air expansion zone and the opposing outlet air contraction zone, the air flow chamber is configured to provide laminar air flow within the product zone;
- a food product conveyor for moving food product through the product zone in a direction orthogonal to an air flow direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.