Patent ID: 8293025
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: A23B,A23L,A23N

Abstract:
1. A method of washing a product in a fluid, the method comprising the steps of: introducing a plurality of the product into a first end of a tank containing a quantity of the fluid; propelling the product through a first distance from the first end of the tank toward a second end of the tank from which the product is extracted by using at least one first nozzle discharging the fluid, the product floating at a top surface of the fluid in the tank and being disposed at a first position in the tank as a result of being propelled through the first distance; pushing the floating product through a second distance from the first position toward the second end of the tank by using a plurality of protruding panels connected to a moving conveyor, the plurality of protruding panels being substantially disposed in the fluid in the tank, a portion of each of the floating product protruding above the top surface of the fluid in the tank, the floating product being disposed at a second position in the tank as a result of being pushed through the second distance; impacting the protruding portion of each of the product with a flow of the fluid from at least one second nozzle positioned between the first and second positions; and extracting the product from the second end of the tank.