US 12,137,722 B2
Steam peeling pressure vessel
Michael Broderick, Carlow (IE)
Assigned to TOMRA SORTING LIMITED, Dublin (IE)
Appl. No. 16/462,407
Filed by Tomra Sorting Limited, Dublin County (IE)
PCT Filed Nov. 21, 2017, PCT No. PCT/EP2017/079967
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 20, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/091748, PCT Pub. Date May 24, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 16199891 (EP), filed on Nov. 21, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0364951 A1, Dec. 5, 2019
Int. Cl. A23N 7/02 (2006.01); A23N 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A23N 7/02 (2013.01) [A23N 7/005 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steam peeling vessel for rotation about an internal axis of rotation, comprising at least one internal lifter having a longitudinal axis oriented at an oblique angle to the internal axis of rotation of the vessel, the internal axis of rotation of the vessel extending along a first direction, the at least one internal lifter being rotationally fixed to the steam peeling vessel, the at least one internal lifter being interrupted or discontinuous at a center of the vessel, the center being at a center of the vessel along the first direction, the at least one internal lifter being configured to urge product within the vessel radially relative to the center of the vessel.