APPARATUS FOR PREPACKAGING AND STEAM CONTACT HEATING OF CANNED FOODS Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC A23L3/04 

FIELD: canned food industry.

SUBSTANCE: apparatus has spring-biased cylindrical chambers, bubblers, pouring media feeding branch pipes, and fruit dosing device. Fruit dosing device is made sectioned, and consists of three pairs of sections having volumes of 0.65 dm³, 1 dm³, 3 dm³ , respectively. Bubblers are positioned at an angle of 3-5 deg to walls of movable cylindrical sleeves positioned within cylindrical chambers. Bubblers and branch pipes for feeding of pouring media are extending through slots provided within walls of movable sleeves.

EFFECT: increased efficiency and uniform thermal treatment of food product.

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