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Process for extracting fat from an animal material

US4746464A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 17, 1986
Grant dateMay 24, 1988
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Expiry dateApr 17, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB30B9/16
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a process and apparatus for extracting fat from an animal material in which the fat is continuously melted and then extracted by passing the animal material through two successive zones, namely a melting zone (B) and an extraction zone (C), of a single housing in the form of an elongate sleeve (1) equipped, in the melting zone (B), with heating means (13) and, in the extraction zone (C), with filtering walls (16) for the passage of the melted fat, the sleeve (1) encasing two overlapping conveyor screws (2) driven in rotation.

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