Liquid scale and method for liquid ingredient flush thereof
First Claim
1. In an industrial process system having means for preparing a batch of ingredients for a foodstuff, said batch comprising a large number of servings of said foodstuff, the improvement comprising a hopper, said hopper having a discharge, means for feeding a measured amount of each of a plurality of liquid ingredients into said hopper, and means for flushing substantially all of said pre-fed liquid ingredients out of said hopper discharge with a liquid ingredient.
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Abstract
A liquid weigh scale hopper receives a plurality of liquid ingredients for dumping into a receiver/mixer and includes a pair of high flow rate spray nozzles near the top thereof for spraying chilled water into the hopper. As a discharge valve at the bottom of the hopper is opened, chilled water is sprayed into the hopper and fills it to create a gravitational pressure head helping to force the liquid batch out of the hopper.
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40 Claims
- 1. In an industrial process system having means for preparing a batch of ingredients for a foodstuff, said batch comprising a large number of servings of said foodstuff, the improvement comprising a hopper, said hopper having a discharge, means for feeding a measured amount of each of a plurality of liquid ingredients into said hopper, and means for flushing substantially all of said pre-fed liquid ingredients out of said hopper discharge with a liquid ingredient.
- 19. An industrial process system for preparing a batch of food ingredients, said process system including a hopper for pre-mixing a batch of liquid ingredients, a mixer into which said liquid batch is dumped, a delivery tube extending between and communicating with both said hopper and said mixer, and means for flushing substantially the entirety of said liquid batch out of said hopper through said delivery tube, and into said mixer with a liquid ingredient.
- 28. In an industrial process system for preparing a liquid batch comprising a large number of servings of a foodstuff, said system including a hopper, means for feeding a measured amount of each of a plurality of liquid ingredients into said hopper to thereby prepare said liquid batch, and a delivery tube communicating between said hopper and a mixer, the improvement comprising means for automatically flushing substantially all of said liquid batch out of said hopper and through said delivery tube into said mixer.
- 32. A process system for preparing a foodstuff, said system including a hopper, a discharge valve in said hopper, means for feeding a measured amount of each of a plurality of liquid ingredients into said hopper to prepare a liquid batch, at least one of said ingredients being water, said ingredient water being fed so that it creates a pressure head tending to force the other of said liquid ingredients out of said hopper prior to the ingredient water so that said hopper is flushed substantially clean by said ingredient water as said discharge valve is opened.
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36. In an industrial process system for preparing a liquid batch comprising a foodstuff, said system including a mixer for mixing a plurality of ingredients comprising said foodstuff, the improvement comprising a hopper connected to said mixer for pre-mixing a plurality of liquid ingredients into said liquid batch, said hopper having means for self-flushing to thereby flush substantially all of said liquid ingredients through said connection into said mixer.
- 37. In an industrial process system having means for preparing a batch of ingredients for a foodstuff, said batch comprising a large number of serving of said foodstuff, the improvement comprising a hopper for holding a pre-mix of a plurality of ingredients at least some of which are liquid ingredients, said hopper having a discharge, means for feeding a measured amount of each of said ingredients into said hopper, and means for flushing on demand substantially all of said ingredients out of said hopper through said hopper discharge with a liquid ingredient.
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