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

Claim 10:
11. A clamp for a rotary drum blancher/cooler for processing food having a drum, wherein the drum comprises, a skinsheet, comprised of a plurality of sections, a plurality of structural channels, wherein each skinsheet section is adjacent a structural channel, such that the drum is at least partially defined by the adjacent plurality of skinsheet sections and the plurality of structural channels, wherein the adjacent skinsheet sections and structural channels are held together by the clamp, the clamp comprising:
a clamp base, attached to and within a respective one of the plurality of structural channels;
a bail connected to the clamp base and within the respective one of the plurality structural channels;
a draw connected to the bail, 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
at least a portion of a skinsheet clamp bar, wherein the draw extends through the at least a portion of the skinsheet clamp bar, and wherein the skinsheet clamp bar is disposed outside the respective one of the plurality of structural channels, such that when the clamp is in a 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 clamp is in a 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 cleaning position.