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US 5,018,440 AGranted
Tank for treating units of a product
OwnerNorman L. Johnsoninventor
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Novel apparatus for liquid treatment of units of a product such as blocks of cheese wherein the units are floated in a flowing stream of the treatment liquid and are conveyed by the treating liquid from an inlet of the tank to an outlet of the tank. For some embodiments, a minimum turning radius is defined. Also, for some embodiments, the tank comprises a pair of first and second side-by-side conveying channel members converging from an outer perimeter defined by an outermost loop to an innermost loop defined by innermost portions of the pair of channel members and wherein portions of the first and second conveying channel members of the innermost loop are separated from side-by-side relationship over a portion of the innermost loop, and join to each other as in end-to-end relationship, such that liquid entering the innermost loop through one of the first and second conveying channel members leaves the innermost loop through the other of the first and second conveying channel members.
A tank for treating units of product with a liquid, the units of product having length dimensions, said tank comprising a conveying channel, said conveying channel being configured a series of loops, and having inner wall surfaces of said conveying channel disposed toward the inside of said loops, said conveying channel converging from an outer perimeter defined by an outermost one of said loops to an innermost one of said loops, said innermost loop defining a minimum turning radius in said conveying channel at said inner wall surface of said innermost loop, the numerical dimension of said minimum turning radius being at least 0.4 times said length dimension through the longest one of said units of product to be treated.
A tank, said tank comprising an elongated conveying channel, said elongated conveying channel comprising (i) a first innermost liquid flow loop, (ii) a second liquid flow loop disposed outwardly of, and entirely circumscribing, said first innermost liquid flow loop, and (iii) a third liquid flow loop disposed outwardly of, and entirely circumscribing, said second liquid flow loop, said first and second liquid flow loops, and said second and third liquid flow loops, being connected to each other, respectively, by segments of said elongated conveying channel extending therebetween.
A tank, said tank comprising a conveying channel, said conveying channel comprising a pair of first and second side-by-side conveying channel members arranged in loops, said loops converging from an outer perimeter defined by an outermost loop, to an innermost loop defined by portions of said pair of said channel members, said innermost portions of said first and second conveying channel members being separated from side-by-side relationship over a portion of said innermost loop and joining with each other as in end-to-end relationship such that liquid entering said innermost loop through one of said first and second conveying channel members leaves said innermost loop through the other of said first and second conveying channel members.
A system for treating units of product with a liquid, said system comprising:
A system for treating units of a product with a liquid, said system comprising:
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