AUTOMATED CLEAN IN PROCESS (CIP) SYSTEM

• Main Authors: KOERWITZ, JORDAN, KROITSCH, DOUGLAS, MARKEN, DANIEL, BRAMLETT, MARK, DALTONEW
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 16.03.2023
• Subjects: CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES; CLEANING; CLEANING IN GENERAL; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PRESERVING, e.g. BY CANNING, MEAT, FISH, EGGS, FRUIT,VEGETABLES, EDIBLE SEEDS; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL; THE PRESERVED, RIPENED, OR CANNED PRODUCTS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRANSPORTING

Provided are foodstuff treatment systems that are convertible between a processing mode in which foodstuffs are processed (e.g., disinfected) and a clean-in-place mode in which the system operates to clean material (e.g., biological buildup) that has accumulated within the system. L'invention concerne des systèmes de traitement d'aliments qui sont convertibles entre un mode de traitement dans lequel des aliments sont traités (par exemple, désinfectés) et un mode de nettoyage en place dans lequel le système fonctionne pour nettoyer une matière (par exemple, une accumulation de matière biologique) qui s'est accumulée à l'intérieur du système.