Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for mixing polyunsaturated fatty acids into a fluid food product
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Application No.: US15438387Application Date: 2017-02-21
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Publication No.: US10279322B2Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Elle Ann Clarke , Dennis Keith Chapman , Gary Thomas Jerger
- Applicant: WhiteWave Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CO Denver
- Assignee: WhiteWave Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: WhiteWave Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Denver
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Main IPC: B01F3/00
- IPC: B01F3/00 ; A23C9/00 ; B01F3/08 ; A23C9/152 ; B01F5/10 ; B01F15/00 ; A23C11/02

Abstract:
An apparatus for distributing oil into fluid food product includes a batch tank, a transfer line, a pressure tank, a funnel, an oil dispenser, an inline shear mixer, and a flow line. The batch tank holds a volume of fluid food product. The transfer line is in fluid connection with the batch tank. The pressure tank holds a volume of oil. The funnel is disposed through a top opening in the pressure tank and dispenses oil into the pressure tank. A stem portion of the funnel extends at least halfway into an interior of the pressure tank. The funnel includes at least one vent. The oil dispenser dispenses oil from the pressure tank into a flow of fluid food product from the batch tank. The inline shear mixer mixes the fluid food product and the oil. The flow line flows the fluid food product-and-oil mixture to the batch tank.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180236418A1 System and Method for Mixing Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids into a Fluid Food Product Public/Granted day:2018-08-23
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