摘要 |
<p>RENDERING APPARATUS An apparatus for the continuous rendering under vacuum of raw, animal material primarily composed of fat, meat and bone solids, and water into fluid fat and cracklings. The apparatus includes a plurality of elongated, vertically spaced and horizontally oriented chambers that are interconnected for the sequential flow therethrough of the material to be rendered. Each chamber has the material discharge, inlet, and product steam vents located in the chamber ends so that the chamber is heated along its entire length and has agitator means also extending along its entire length for an efficient heat transfer to the material and removal of the water vapor developed.</p> |