US 2025/0113835 A1 · BRINE FILTER CLEANING SYSTEM AND METHOD

Abstract

The residual brine remaining from a brine injection process is collected and filtered by a primary filter system. Thereafter, the filtered brine is routed to a saddle tank from where the brine is routed, as needed, to a secondary filter remove particulates from the brine sufficient to enable the brine then to be routed to an injection head for reuse for injection into the work product. Clean brine is used to clean the primary and secondary filter systems. Thereafter, the spent brine from cleaning the primary and secondary filters is routed to the primary filter system to undergo primary filtration in the same manner as the brine collected after being expelled by the injection process. After this primary filtration, the brine is routed to the saddle tank.

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Dependent claims

A system for injecting brine into a food product, comprising:

a brine injector unit comprising a plurality of injection needles to inject brine into a food product;
a primary filter system receiving unused and used brine from the brine injector unit and filtering particulate from the brine from the injector unit;
a secondary filter system receiving the brine filtered by the primary filter system and further filing particulate from the brine from the primary filter system;
the primary filter system comprising nozzles receiving clean brine and spraying the clean brine at the primary filter system to remove the particulate filtered from the used brine;
and
the secondary filter system comprising nozzles receiving clean brine and spraying the clean brine at the secondary filter system to remove the particulate filtered by the secondary filter system from the brine from the primary filter system.

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