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US 8,802,018 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for radiation processing of fluent food products
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsShekhar Patel, Laurence J. Kiely
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Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method of irradiating fluent food products. The present invention utilizes a transmissive wall having a convex surface. A source of radiation is positioned on a side of the transmissive wall that is opposite the convex surface so that when the radiation source is emitting radiation energy, the radiation energy passes through the transmissive wall, thereby irradiating fluent food product that is flowing in contact with the convex surface.
Claims23
An apparatus for radiation processing of fluent food products comprising:
- a radiation source for emitting a radiation energy;
- a radiation chamber defining a product flow path and having an inlet, an outlet, a first wall, and a second wall with the first wall being positioned between the radiation source and the second wall, at least a portion of the first wall being transmissive to at least a fraction of the radiation energy emitted by the radiation source to permit the radiation energy to pass into the product flow path,
- wherein the transmissive portion of the first wall extends about the radiation source at an angle of less than 360° and has an inner surface configured in a way that the radiation source is an equidistance from substantially the entirety of the inner surface of the transmissive portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.