Fluid displacement of noncondensible gas from voids in products
CA 1071116 A · Owner: Fmc Corporation · Inventors: Wilson, Donald C.
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A method and apparatus for excluding a noncondensible gas from voids in a particulate product and thereafter filling the degassed product into a container. If the product includes only entrapped voids a liquid is, directed upwardly through the product in a degassing chamber to purge noncondensible gases from the voids. The upper end of the chamber is then closed at a point below the liquid level and the lower end of the chamber is opened to discharge the degassed product and liquid into a separating mechanism which causes the product to gravitate into the container and the liquid to be collected in a sump for recirculation. If the product is a low free liquid porous food product that …
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- Granted February 5, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 5, 1997.
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