VORRICHTUNG ZUM SPUELEN VON LEBENSMITTELSTUECKCHEN IN EINEM BEHAELTER.

摘要

An apparatus for rinsing food particles in containers. The apparatus includes a conveyor (14) on which containers (15) holding a portioned amount of product are conveyed upright in single file, means (16) for introducing hot rinse water into the containers, and rotary draining means (40) in which the water-filled containers are first inverted to drain off the rinse water and are then returned to an upright position for transfer to additional processing operations such as sauce filling, container sealing, retorting and cooling. A stationary slide plate (20) is provided between the conveyor and the rotary draining means, and reciprocating arm means (22, 31) are mounted adjacent the slide plate to move the water-filled containers from the conveyor across the slide plate and into the rotary draining means. The rotary draining means includes a pair of horizontally extending support surfaces (41, 42) mounted equidistant from and parallel to a central shaft (43) around which the support surfaces rotate. A perforated plate (45) is mounted above both of the support surfaces to retain the containers thereon as the draining unit is rotated and the jars are inverted, and permit draining of the rinse water from the containers when they are rotated to an inverted position. The apparatus is particularly suitable for removing surface starch from freshly extruded pasta filled directly into jars.