Patent ID: 6509049
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: A21C

Abstract:
An apparatus for injecting a fluid additive into a viscous fluid food flow stream, comprising:a passageway having an interior and an exterior and including an interior wall, to accommodate a fluid food flow through the interior of said passageway; means disposed in said passageway for injecting a fluid additive into fluid food flow in said passageway wherein said means for injecting includes at least one rib having an upstream surface and a downstream surface, said downstream surface of each rib having an elongated slot aperture disposed therein extending longitudinally along said rib and further comprising on each rib an elongated fin disposed between the interior wall and the end of the slot aperture, said fin extending downstream of its respective rib for preventing fluid injected through said slot from said manifold and into said passageway from contacting the interior wall of said passageway.