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Food sterilizing apparatus

US5617781A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateJun 15, 1995
Grant dateApr 8, 1997
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Expiry dateJun 15, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA23B2/425
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Food sterilizing apparatus of the present invention includes an air curtain forming means for producing a steam air curtain which prevents ambient air flow into a pressure regulating chamber and a heating and sterilizing chamber. Further, a pressurized fluid tank is fluid connected via a pipe to a pressurized fluid source and the pressure regulating chamber, so that the inner pressure of the pressure regulating chamber can be rapidly increased.

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