Patent ID: 6095035
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: A23B,A23N,A47J

Abstract:
A food processing apparatus comprising:a tank having an inlet end and an outlet end; anda pair of transport passages within the tank and arranged axially adjacent and spaced from one another, each communicating with the inlet end for urging a food product from the inlet end simultaneously through the passages to the outlet end, each of the pair of passages is a rotary drum comprising:a shaft defining an axis about which the drum rotates;a helical auger extending axially along and radially outward from the shaft for urging food product within the drum from the inlet end to the outlet end of the tank; anda perforate metal skin extending along the drum and surrounding the auger permitting a fluid held within the tank to flow into and out of the drum while retaining the food product within the drum.