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

Claim 6:
7. 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 extending from the mixture inlet opening to a location within the vacuum chamber volume so that the mixture flow path includes a portion located within the vacuum chamber volume, the mixture flow path being defined at least in part by (i) an inner surface of a hold conduit which extends from the mixture inlet opening to a hold conduit outlet connected to the vacuum chamber, and (ii) an inner surface of a dispersal wall which comprises one of the walls of the vacuum chamber defining the vacuum chamber volume;
(d) a vacuum chamber coolant fluid circulating chamber located along the dispersal wall and extending from a level of the hold conduit outlet downwardly to a lower level of the vacuum chamber; and
(e) a coolant fluid supply operatively connected to the vacuum chamber coolant fluid circulating chamber.