US 12,089,603 B2
Whole bird chiller clean in place
Darin L. Chancellor, Russellville, AR (US)
Assigned to John Bean Technologies Corporation, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by John Bean Technologies Corporation, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/204,567.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/990,976, filed on Mar. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0289798 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. A22B 5/00 (2006.01); A22C 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC A22B 5/0076 (2013.01) [A22C 21/00 (2013.01); A22C 21/0053 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A poultry chiller, comprising:
a tank having a conveyor within the interior for urging poultry for movement along the tank, wherein the tank has an opening extending along a length of the tank;
a cleaning system for automatically cleaning the interior of the tank, the cleaning system comprising a plurality of distribution nozzles extending along the tank to direct cleaning fluid to the interior surface of the tank;
a cleaning fluid reservoir;
a recirculation pump having a pump inlet connected to a reservoir outlet and to a tank outlet, a recirculation pump outlet is connected to a heat exchanger and the plurality of distribution nozzles on the tank, the outlet of the heat exchanger is connected to an inlet on the tank, wherein one or more valves close the pump outlet to the heat exchanger while opening the pump outlet to the plurality of distribution nozzles, and the one or more valves close the pump outlet to the plurality of distribution nozzles while opening the pump outlet to the heat exchanger.