Internal clean-in-place method and apparatus
US11344045B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 26, 2021 |
| Grant date | May 31, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 26, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB08B9/0325
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A Clean in Place assembly for a food processor includes a self-cleaning valve assembly, wherein the self-cleaning valve assembly is in fluid communication with a food flow path in the food processor. The self-cleaning valve assembly includes a valve receiving chamber and valve configured to selectively fluidly connect a food flow path inlet port to a food flow path outlet port; fluidly connect the food flow path inlet port to a multivalent port; and fluidly connect a treating solution to a dead space between the valve and the valve receiving cavity. Food product can be selectively drained or retained in food flow path, wherein the self-cleaning valve can be continuously or intermittently exposed to a treating solution for treating non-food flow path portions of the self-cleaning valve assembly.
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