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Machine for breaking up food containers and for recovering food product therefrom

  • US 4,852,817 A
  • Filed: 05/20/1988
  • Issued: 08/01/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A machine for extracting flowable food such as dairy products from crushable containers, said machine comprising an auger having an upstream end and a downstream end and supported to rotate about an inclined axis which slants upwardly upon progressing from said upstream end toward said downstream end, power-operated means for rotating said auger in a direction to advance material upwardly from the upstream end portion of said auger toward the downstream end portion thereof, a tubular barrel closely surrounding at least part of said auger, means adjacent the upstream end of said barrel for enabling crushable containers filled with flowable food to be introduced into said barrel for advancement by said auger, means adjacent the downstream end of said barrel for restricting the advance of said containers thereby to cause said auger to coact with said barrel to crush and break up said containers and release said food, the upstream end of said barrel being open to allow food to drain from the upstream end of the barrel, baffle means adjacent the upstream end of said barrel for reversing the flow of food draining from the barrel and for directing such flow downwardly beneath the barrel, and a tank below said barrel between the ends thereof for collecting the food flowing from said baffle means.

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