Patent ID: 7677164

Claim:
A reactor for food processing comprising: a main body, wherein the main body includes an external wall, an internal wall, a top portion having a cylindrical shape, a middle portion having a conical shape, and a bottom portion having a cylindrical shape; a bottom base connected to the bottom portion of the main body; a top cover connected to the top portion of the main body; an upper fast action valve connected to the top cover, wherein the food slides through the upper fast action valve before entering the top portion of the reactor; a spiral grooved to the internal wall of the main body; wherein a hot fluid is introduced into the bottom base of the reactor by at least one nozzle; wherein the at least one nozzle allows the injection of a hot fluid into the reactor, wherein the at least one nozzle is placed at an angle in reference with the horizontal side of the bottom base to create a helicoidally effect inside the main body; wherein the spiral and the nozzle work together to maintain the helicoidally spiral effect in the hot fluid inside the main body.