Patent ID: 8569667
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: A23B

Abstract:
1. An in-shell egg pasteurization installation which includes a temperature raising stage comprising a microwave cavity or microwave cavity portion into which microwaves can be radiated; a pasteurization stage comprising a microwave cavity or microwave cavity portion into which microwaves can be radiated; heating means to provide radiant or conductive heat to an in-shell egg located in the temperature raising stage and to an in-shell egg located in the pasteurization stage, the heating means being configured to heat an in-shell egg located in the temperature raising stage and an in-shell egg located in the pasteurization stage with radiant or conductive heat simultaneously with said in-shell egg located in the temperature raising stage and said in-shell egg located in the pasteurization stage being radiated with microwaves; and displacement means to provide relative displacement between an in-shell egg and the microwave cavities or microwave cavity portions.