Cleaning and Sanitizing in the Meat Packing Industry
AssigneeNuGeneration Technologies, LLC dba NuGenTec
InventorDonato Polignone
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Abstract
A cleaning system for a meat-packing plant includes a tank with a potassium-based cleaner disposed in the tank. A track has a gambrel disposed on the track. The track includes a dip over the tank to dip the gambrel into the potassium-based cleaner as the gambrel moves along the track. A processed animal carcass is removed from the gambrel prior to the gambrel being dipped into the potassium-based cleaner. A fresh animal carcass is disposed on the gambrel after the gambrel is dipped into the potassium-based cleaner.
Claims20
A method of cleaning in a meat-packing plant, comprising:
- providing a tank;
- disposing a potassium-based cleaner in the tank;
- providing a track including a gambrel disposed on the track, wherein the track is configured to dip the gambrel into the potassium-based cleaner as the gambrel moves along the track;
- removing a processed animal carcass from the gambrel prior to the gambrel being dipped into the potassium-based cleaner;
- and
- disposing a fresh animal carcass on the gambrel after the gambrel is dipped into the potassium-based cleaner.
A method of cleaning in a food processing plant, comprising:
- providing a tank;
- disposing a potassium-based cleaner in the tank;
- and
- disposing a gambrel into the potassium-based cleaner.
A cleaning system for a food processing plant, comprising:
- a tank;
- a potassium-based cleaner disposed in the tank;
- a track including a dip in the track disposed over the tank;
- and
- a gambrel disposed on the track, wherein the gambrel extends into the potassium-based cleaner when positioned within the dip of the track.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.