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Adjustable steam injector

US10004244B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 13, 2009
Grant dateJun 26, 2018
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Expiry dateJan 28, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF28C3/06
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to an adjustable steam injector of the type which has an injector housing with an inlet for a product which is to be heated and an inlet for steam. The injector housing also has an outlet for the product mixed with steam. The injector also includes an injector body displaceable in the injector housing. About the front end of the injector body there are disposed concentric gaps for product and steam, respectively. The injector body has a recess in its front end. The recess has the same extent as the cross sectional surface of the injector body and has its greatest depth in the center of the injector body.

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