Patent ID: 11957150
Assignee: LYCO MANUFACTURING, INC.
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A rotary drum blancher/cooler for processing food, comprising a drum, wherein the drum comprises:
a skinsheet, comprised of a plurality of sections;
a plurality of clamps having a clamping position and a release position, wherein each of the plurality of clamps includes a clamp base, a bail connected to the clamp base, a draw connected to the bail, and at least a portion of a skinsheet clamp bar, wherein the draw extends through the at least a portion of the skinsheet clamp bar;
a plurality of structural channels, wherein each skinsheet section is disposed adjacent a respective one of the plurality of structural channels, such that the drum is defined by the adjacent plurality of skinsheet sections and the plurality of structural channels;
wherein for each of the respective clamps of the plurality of clamps, the base is attached to and within the respective one of the plurality structural channels and the bail is within the respective one of the plurality structural channels, and wherein the draw extends from within the respective one of the plurality of structural channels to outside the respective one of the plurality of structural channels, and wherein the skinsheet clamp bar is outside the respective one of the plurality of structural channels, such that when the respective clamp is in the clamping position, the at least a portion of the skinsheet clamp bar holds a respective one of the plurality of skinsheet sections to the respective one of the plurality of structural channels in an operating position, and when the respective clamp is in the release position, the at least a portion of the skinsheet clamp bar allows the respective one of the plurality of skinsheet sections to move away from the respective one of the plurality of structural channels in a cleaning position.