Patent ID: 6257286
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A valve comprising:(A) a food product chamber, said food product chamber comprising a cylinder and a piston adapted to move within said cylinder, said cylinder having an inlet and an outlet, said outlet providing a food product outlet direction through said valve;(B) a fluid chamber adapted to actuate said piston in a reciprocating motion comprising an uptake stroke and an expulsion stroke, the diameter of said fluid chamber being greater than the diameter of said food product chamber to facilitate placing a product in said food product chamber under at least about 700 psi of pressure during said expulsion stroke;(C) an inlet valve adapted to open said inlet during said uptake stroke, and to close said inlet during said expulsion stroke;(D) an outlet valve adapted to open said outlet during said expulsion stroke, and to close said outlet during said uptake stroke; and(E) a spray nozzle in fluid communication with said outlet;wherein said spray nozzle is adapted to spray said product in a direction substantially transverse to said food product outlet direction during said expulsion stroke.