Patent ID: 7296922

Claim:
An apparatus for processing a liquid or paste product, said apparatus comprising: at least first and second storage chambers; an interconnecting conduit configured and arranged to interconnect the first and second storage chambers, the interconnecting conduit having a first end communicating with the first chamber and a second end communicating with the second chamber; first and second additional cylinders connected to and communicating with the interconnecting conduit adjacent the first and second ends, respectively, wherein each of the additional cylinders has a volume larger than the volume of the interconnecting conduit; processing means within the interconnecting conduit, for processing the product while it is in the interconnecting conduit; an axially displaceable storage chamber piston in each of the storage chambers, the storage chamber pistons being operable for the displacement of the product from one of the storage chambers to the other through the interconnecting conduit, such that the product is processed by the processing means during the displacement; and an axially displaceable cylinder piston in each of the first and second additional cylinders, the cylinder pistons being operable to displace the product from each of the additional cylinders to an adjacent one of the storage chambers.