Patent ID: 6029569
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: A23L,B04B,B07B

Abstract:
A system for removing contaminants from food to thereby improve quality of the food as a finished product or as an ingredient in a processed food, said system comprising:a first container formed of a mesh screen for catching a portion of the contaminants while allowing passage of the food therethrough, wherein the first container has an entry port therethrough for the introduction of contaminated food, and wherein the first container is disposed so as to rotate about a central axis;a means for rotating the first container;a second container formed of a mesh screen for catching a portion of the contaminants while allowing passage of the food therethrough, wherein the second container is disposed so as to rotate in a direction opposite to the first container about the central axis, wherein the first container is disposed co-axially inside the second container, and wherein the diameter of the second container is greater than that of the first container;means for rotating the second container;a housing in which the first container and the second container are disposed, and which provides a barrier to catch the food which passes through the mesh screen of the first container and the second container when the containers are rotated;a first conveyance means for transporting the food and the contaminants mixed therein to an open top of the first container where the food enters into the first container when the first conveyance means is in operation; anda second conveyance means for transporting the food from the housing, and which is collected within the housing after rotation of the first container and the second container.