Apparatus and process for pressing and cooking food product logs
US7069840B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 21, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jul 4, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 21, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S100/91
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for pressing and cooking and/or chilling food product logs. The apparatus and method comprise or use a tower press which has vertically compressible tiers and is positioned and mounted at one location for selectively elevating and lowering the tower press. The apparatus and method further comprise or use a container positioned at the same location such that the tower press can be lowered into the container for cooking and/or chilling the food product logs. The tower press can also be elevated out of the container for loading and removing food product logs from the vertically compressible tiers.
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