In-shell pasteurization of eggs
AssigneeCsir
InventorsCorinda Erasmus, Mathys Johannes Rossouw
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Abstract
An in-shell egg pasteurization installation includes a temperature raising stage having a microwave cavity or microwave cavity portion into which microwaves can be radiated and a pasteurization stage having a microwave cavity or microwave cavity portion into which microwaves can be radiated. The installation is configured so as to provide radiant or conductive heat to an in-shell egg located in the temperature raising stage and to an in-shell egg located in the pasteurization stage, and to provide relative displacement between an in-shell egg and the microwave cavities or microwave cavity portions.
Claims9
An in-shell egg pasteurization installation which includes
- a temperature raising stage comprising a microwave cavity or microwave cavity portion into which microwaves can be radiated;
- a pasteurization stage comprising a microwave cavity or microwave cavity portion into which microwaves can be radiated;
- heating means to provide radiant or conductive heat to an in-shell egg located in the temperature raising stage and to an in-shell egg located in the pasteurization stage, the heating means being configured to heat an in-shell egg located in the temperature raising stage and an in-shell egg located in the pasteurization stage with radiant or conductive heat simultaneously with said in-shell egg located in the temperature raising stage and said in-shell egg located in the pasteurization stage being radiated with microwaves;
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- displacement means to provide relative displacement between an in-shell egg and the microwave cavities or microwave cavity portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.