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US 2024/0315288 A1Published application
Automated clean in process (cip) system
AssigneeCms Technology, LLC
InventorsJordan Koerwitz, Daniel Marken, Douglas Kroitsch, Mark Bramlett, Drew Dalton
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Abstract
Provided are foodstuff treatment systems that are convertible between a processing mode in which foodstuffs are processed (e.g., disinfected) and a clean-in-place mode in which the system operates to clean material (e.g., biological buildup) that has accumulated within the system.
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A method, comprising operating a system, wherein operating the system comprises one or more of:
- (State 1) communicating the foodstuff disinfecting fluid to the first foodstuff treatment module via the delivery section and the first supply section while the first foodstuff treatment module is in fluidic isolation from the return section;
- (State 2) communicating the cleaning fluid to the first foodstuff treatment module via the delivery section and the first supply section while the first foodstuff treatment module is in fluidic isolation from the return section;
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- (State 3) communicating the cleaning fluid to the first foodstuff treatment module via the delivery section and the first supply section while the first foodstuff treatment module is in fluidic communication with the return section.
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A method, comprising:
- (State 1) communicating a foodstuff treatment fluid via a fluidic pathway to a first foodstuff treatment module so as to disinfect a foodstuff disposed within the first foodstuff treatment module;
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- at least one of:
- (State 2a) communicating, via a first portion of the fluidic pathway, a cleaning fluid to the first foodstuff module so as to disinfect the first portion of the fluidic pathway and the first foodstuff module, and
- (State 2b) communicating, via the first portion of the fluidic pathway, the cleaning fluid to a second portion of the fluidic pathway that at least partially forms a loop with the first portion of the fluidic pathway, the communicating disinfecting the first potion of the fluidic pathway and the second portion of the fluidic pathway.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.