Patent ID: 11864572
Assignee: EMPIRICAL INNOVATIONS, INC.
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 8:
9. A system for receiving an output of a direct steam injector, the system including:
(a) a vacuum chamber which includes walls defining a vacuum chamber volume, the vacuum chamber further including a vacuum port to the vacuum chamber volume and a product outlet port from the vacuum chamber volume;
(b) a vacuum source operatively connected to the vacuum port;
(c) a mixture flow path having a mixture inlet opening adapted to be connected to receive the output of a direct steam injector, the mixture flow path being defined at least in part by a hold conduit which extends from the mixture inlet opening to a hold conduit outlet within the vacuum chamber volume so that the hold conduit includes a hold conduit portion located inside the vacuum chamber volume, the hold conduit portion located inside the vacuum chamber volume including a first hold conduit segment inner surface; and
(d) a first hold conduit segment cooling structure located at least partially inside the vacuum chamber volume in substantial thermal communication with the first hold conduit segment inner surface.