US 12,377,445 B2
Food processing system capable of cleaning-in-place and cleaning method of same
Sung Yang Moon, Suwon-si (KR); Doo Seong Jeong, Suwon-si (KR); and Gun Woo Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 18/027,620
Filed by CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Aug. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/011484
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 21, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/108059, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0154069 (KR), filed on Nov. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0381828 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B08B 3/02 (2006.01); A47J 27/04 (2006.01); A61L 2/18 (2006.01); A61L 2/24 (2006.01); B05B 1/14 (2006.01); B05B 3/02 (2006.01); B08B 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B08B 3/024 (2013.01) [A47J 27/04 (2013.01); A61L 2/18 (2013.01); A61L 2/24 (2013.01); B05B 1/14 (2013.01); B05B 3/02 (2013.01); B08B 3/003 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01); A61L 2202/15 (2013.01); A61L 2202/17 (2013.01); B08B 2203/027 (2013.01); B08B 2230/01 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A food processing system comprising:
a transport unit configured to continuously transport foods;
a processing unit through which the transport unit passes and which is provided with an internal space in which the foods transported by the transport unit are processed; and
a cleaning unit comprising a plurality of nozzles configured to inject liquid, which is any one of cleaning material and cleaning water, into the internal space so as to clean the interior of the processing unit, and a liquid supply module configured to selectively supply any one of the cleaning material and the cleaning water to the plurality of nozzles,
wherein the processing unit comprises a first processing unit and a second processing unit, wherein one of a steaming unit, a cooling unit, a pre-freezing unit and a freezing part is the first processing unit, and the other is the second processing unit,
wherein a flow rate of the liquid injected by a nozzle of the plurality of nozzles, which is disposed in the first processing unit, and a flow rate of the liquid injected by a nozzle of the plurality of nozzles, which is disposed in the second processing unit, are controlled to be independent of each other.