Method and apparatus for monitoring a continuous cooking process based on particulate residence time
CA 2089227 C · Owner: Grabowski, Paul P. · Inventors: Parker, Elizabeth M.; Dan, George; Grabowski, Paul P.
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A method and apparatus for monitoring the residence time of food particles in a continuous flow process utilizing simulated food particles each including, a transponder having a predetermined identifying signal to, be subjected to the process along with the actual food particles. The method and apparatus relates to a continuous pasta cooking process in which a transponder in a simulated product emits an identifying signal received at various stations along the process to indicate the time of passage between the stations.
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- Filed February 10, 1993 and granted July 15, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 10, 2013.
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