196 results about "Food transport" patented technology

The container has a specific construction for low weight with low thermal loss by combining the use of certain polymer insulation with the use of air space between internal structures. The container contains a single or multiple heaters or coolers that can be integrated as a single heating and cooling element, and either integrated into a single container, or in separate containers. The heating or cooling is accomplished by attaching to an internal thermal conducting, e.g. metal, structure either heating or cooling thermal conducting elements or internal thermal heat exchangers with a fan that circulates air over the thermal heat exchanger and heats or cools the air directly. An intelligent power management electronic controls management system is used to result in food delivery containers suitable for power, limited lower capacity vehicles such as motorcycles or scooters. The present invention provides the power for these hot and cold boxes by either modifying the existing alternator to increase the power available from a limited power low capacity motorcycle or similar vehicle or relying on one or more auxiliary alternators added to and driven by the limited power and low capacity vehicle. Further, an additional heat source can be used from the engine or exhaust and the heat can be transferred to the heated container by liquid, gas, or thermal conduction means, to reduce the electrical energy required for limited power low capacity vehicles.

A programmable control system for a cooking apparatus having a housing defining a cooking chamber with one or more food transport conveyors traveling there-through between opposing cooking elements. A food probe is provided for insertion into cooked food items to ascertain the internal cooked temperature and a control program to automatically call for the probing of temperature readings of food items on a predefined schedule, and to record the temperature readings. The control program also compensates for temperature degradation when the apparatus is under significant cooking loads. The control program also compensates for the malfunction in the cooking elements, wherein if one cooking element on one side of the conveyor path malfunctions, a corresponding heating element on the opposite side of the conveyor is deactivated and simultaneously the conveyor speed is slowed to compensate for the reduction in heating to maintain balanced cooking of the food.

A system configured to provide food storage, preparation, and delivery in a finished cooked state includes a computer control interface, a freezer / refrigeration module, a food transport mechanism, a heating / cooking module, and a delivery area. The meal system is configured to provide food storage, preparation, and delivery in a finished cooked state. The system may be configured in the form of an independent unit or in the form of a combination of separate modules. The computer control interface, freezer / refrigeration module, food transport mechanism, heating / cooking module, and delivery area may be communicatively interconnected wirelessly or non-wirelessly.

A system configured to provide food storage, preparation, and delivery in a finished cooked state includes a computer control interface, a freezer / refrigeration module, a food transport mechanism, a heating / cooking module, and a delivery area. The meal system is configured to provide food storage, preparation, and delivery in a finished cooked state. The system may be configured in the form of an independent unit or in the form of a combination of separate modules. The computer control interface, freezer / refrigeration module, food transport mechanism, heating / cooking module, and delivery area may be communicatively interconnected wirelessly or non-wirelessly.

A belt conveyor configured to convey foodstuff products to a packaging station. The belt conveyor includes a stationary structure and a supporting surface comprising a plurality of plates removably carried by the stationary structure. The belt conveyor also includes a belt having a rectilinear conveying branch in contact with the supporting surface and a return branch. The belt conveyor includes a motor-driven roller co-operating with the belt for continuously feeding the belt in a conveying direction. The belt conveyor further includes a return assembly for sending the belt back between the return branch and the conveying branch. The return assembly comprising at least one return member supported at its ends by a pair of arms having at least one pair of fork-like seats. The belt conveyor further includes a control device for displacing the motor-driven roller between a working position and a disassembly position.

A belt conveyor configured to convey foodstuff products to a packaging station. The belt conveyor includes a stationary structure and a supporting surface comprising a plurality of plates removably carried by the stationary structure. The belt conveyor also includes a belt having a rectilinear conveying branch in contact with the supporting surface and a return branch. The belt conveyor includes a motor-driven roller co-operating with the belt for continuously feeding the belt in a conveying direction. The belt conveyor further includes a return assembly for sending the belt back between the return branch and the conveying branch. The return assembly comprising at least one return member supported at its ends by a pair of arms having at least one pair of fork-like seats. The belt conveyor further includes a control device for displacing the motor-driven roller between a working position and a disassembly position.

A method for portioning a food product at a single location with a single cutting system includes transporting a food product to a cutting station, activating a multi-axis robotic arm to position at least one ultrasonic cutting blade in proximity to the food product, cutting the food product along a first axis, activating the robotic arm to reposition the at least one ultrasonic cutting blade, and cutting the food product along a second axis. The robotic arm may be programmed to perform a variety of cutting motions and / or cutting patterns. Additionally, the method may include the step of cutting the food product along a third axis.

Methods for treating, and / or cooling of a target item to reduce or eliminate biological microorganisms in or on a target item. The treating agent of the invention is particularly useful for treating food products, food storage, and food transportation devices as well as treating water, or other target objects. A treating agent containing a sanitizing agent entrapped by or absorbed in or on a cooling agent is used when processing, transporting, displaying, or storing of target items. The treating agent can be used to chill and preserve target items while providing the added benefit of sanitizing the target item. The novel processes of the current invention provide for using a treating agent to process, store, or package target items using a treating agent containing a cooling agent, such as solid carbon dioxide (“dry ice”), and a sanitizing agent, such as ozone.

An antimicrobial treatment method for non-thermal pasteurization and anti-microbial treatment of solid, semisolid, or liquid foods in industrial food transport systems is provided. For solid food applications, the method and related apparatus comprises a conveyor-based transport system. For semisolid or liquid food applications, the method and related apparatus comprises a conduit-based transport system. Both the conveyor-based and conduit-based transport systems are capable of treating food with ultrasound, a UV-ruby lightwave combination, a pulsed electric field, and / or a magnetic field. The method is capable of realizing greater than 3 log reductions in live microbes in foodstuffs, although the technology may be used in nonfood applications.

A dispenser unit for dispensing bulk frozen food items including a cabinet having at least one hopper having a drum, a deflector and flexible gate valve, a dispense assembly and a control system is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method for dispensing bulk frozen food items which includes inserting the bulk frozen food items in a dispenser unit having at least one hopper storage area, transporting the bulk frozen food item to a bottom area of the hopper storage area, dropping the bulk frozen food item from the bottom area of the hopper storage area into a dispense assembly, including a bucket, a dispensing door assembly, a load cell system, a proximity sensor, and at least one basket, and releasing the bulk frozen food items into the at least one basket when the proximity sensor of the dispense assembly detects the at least one basket.

The invention provides a full-automatic device achieving quality detecting and weight grading for a food processing process line. The full-automatic device comprises a rack, a roller type conveying belt, a grid type conveying belt, a transition conveying belt, a weighing conveying belt and a food conveying belt. The rack is provided with the roller type conveying belt. The roller type conveying belt is provided with a camera. The grid type conveying belt is connected to one side of the roller type conveying belt. A first steering engine is arranged on the side, close to the upper end of the grid type conveying belt, of the roller type conveying belt. A defective product storage box is arranged on one side of the first steering engine. A stirring wheel is arranged at the end, far away from the roller type conveying belt, of the grid type conveying belt. The transition conveying belt is arranged on one side of the stirring wheel. The transition conveying belt is connected with the weighing conveying belt. The weighing conveying belt is provided with a second steering engine. Seesaws are arranged at the lower end of the weighing conveying belt. A transition conveying roller inclined table is arranged on one sides of the seesaws and connected with the food conveying belt. Labor cost is greatly saved, and production efficiency is improved.

Systems and methods for providing compostable food containers which preserve the quality of a food product for an extended duration of time, and which optionally allow for cooking of the food product therein. In some implementations, the food containers are sturdy, stackable, insulating, and require minimal or no manual labor to assemble. In some implementations, the food container includes a base and a cover which cooperate to form a closed chamber for supporting, protecting, insulating and optionally cooking a food product, such as a pizza. The base and cover may each be formed of a single layer of material including, but not limited to, molded sugarcane fiber (“bagasse”), molded wood fiber, molded bamboo fiber, molded paper or plastic.

An apparatus and method of transporting food products (10) to a loading station (12) having a cooling conveyor (14) that selectively drops food product into a distributor (34). The distributor (34) separates product into at least two lanes (48, 50) and drops product onto a conveyor. A balancing and diverting conveyor (46) monitors and counts product in each lane (48, 50) and diverts product selectively based upon the sensed product. An orienter (70, 80) transfers product from a loading conveyor (68) to a buffer conveyor (72). The buffer conveyor (72) transfers product to a main conveyor (76) which transfers product to a loading head (84).

The present invention relates to compositions including peroxyacetic acid and peroxyoctanoic acid and methods for preventing microbial growth in aqueous streams including the step of applying a composition of the invention to the stream. The compositions and methods can control microbial growth in aqueous streams used for transporting or processing food products.

Described herein are systems and methods for automatedly and / or remotely preparing food items for consumption. In one aspect, a food preparation system may comprise a refrigeration unit, a cooking unit, a control unit, and a transportation unit configured to transport food items from the refrigeration unit to the cooking unit. In another aspect, various aspects of the refrigeration unit, the cooking unit, and / or the transportation of food items from the refrigeration unit and cooking unit may be initiated or scheduled by a user remotely via a network configured to transmit to, and receive information from, the control unit. The transportation unit may also comprise one or more reservoirs for the delivery of substantially liquid ingredients. Such reservoir contents may be delivered to the cooking unit in concert with or independent of any contents of the refrigeration unit.

The present invention provides a food transport system comprising a conveyor including a controller that controls the movement of plates of food around the conveyor and determines the circulation time of each plate of food, a food heater and food cooler. The controller automatically diverts individual plates of food to the food heater if they require reheating and automatically diverts individual plates of food to the food cooler if they require cooling.

The invention relates to the field of food transportation, in particularly, to live fish transporting information system, establishing method and their application. The method comprises information collecting, information transmission, information processing, comprehensive decision making, information storing and information outputting. The information includes fish life sign information, fish transportation cabin's micro environment information, outside large environment information, vehicle information, and transaction information. The information processing includes standardizing and converting the originally collected data into standardized data and carrying out comprehensive calculations based on the standardized data. The comprehensive decision making includes the control on the parameters of the fish transportation cabin's micro environment information. The information storing is used for making the above information database sheets so that it can be stored. According to the invention, comprehensive information becomes available. For the mobile information acquisition and transmission in real time, the remote monitoring and managing and through remote control, a driver does not have to do special operations, thus making him or her attentive enough to their driving.

The invention provides a quick liquid bag disassembling and assembling structure and a disassembling and assembling method, belongs to the field of food transportation devices, and solves the problemthat an existing liquid food transport cart is inconvenient to disassemble and assemble a liquid bag. The quick liquid bag disassembling and assembling structure comprises a charge and discharge barrel and a liner, and also comprises an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve fixed to the inner and outer sides of the liner; an outer supporting ring and an inner supporting ring are fixed to the bottom ends of the outer sleeve and the inner sleeve; the quick liquid bag disassembling and assembling structure also comprises a lock sleeve, wherein a lower connecting groove is formed in the inner wall of the outer sleeve; an upper connecting groove is formed in the outer wall of the lock sleeve; a lock hole is formed in the wall of the lower connecting groove; throated inner port wall and outer port wall are arranged on the hole walls at two ends of the lock hole; a lock ball is embedded into the lock hole; the end surfaces of two ends of the lock ball are provided with spherical inner lock face and outer lock face; a guide lock slot is formed in the inner wall of the charge and discharge barrel; a positioning lock slot is formed in the wall of the top end of the guide lock slot; a chute is formed in the outer wall of the lock sleeve; and a slide ring is fixed to the inner wall of the charge and discharge barrel; the quick liquid bag disassembling and assembling structure also comprises a seal cover covering the top of the charge and discharge barrel, and the seal cover leans against the top end of the lock sleeve. According to the disassembling and assembling structure, a charge and discharge port can be quickly disassembled and assembled.

The invention provides a cooling device applied to a food conveyer belt. The cooling device is used for solving the problem that the present food conveyer belt has influence on food processing efficiency. The cooling device applied to the food conveyer belt comprises a tank body which is of long slot shape and reversely sleeves the food conveyer belt, wherein the two ends of the tank body are both opening; an air inlet cylinder is vertically fixed on a top wall of the tank body; the upper end of the air inlet cylinder is closed while the lower end is opening; sealing is formed between the lower end face of the air inlet cylinder and the top wall of the tank body; an air guide hole which is used for communicating the inner chamber of the air inlet cylinder with the inner chamber of the tank body is formed on the top of the tank body; an air feeder is fixed on the outer side of the tank body; an air outlet of the air feeder is communicated with the inner chamber of the air inlet cylinder through a connecting pipe; a backup plate having a shape of long plate is arranged on the inner side of a long edge of the tank body; the food conveyer belt sleeves the backup plate; an upper side wall of the backup plate is reclined to the inner wall on the upper side of the food conveyer belt; a plurality of oil storage tanks used for storing lubricating grease are arranged on the upper side wall of the backup plate. The cooling device applied to the food conveyer belt has the advantage of capability of increasing the food processing efficiency.

The invention provides a cooling device of food transportation equipment and belongs to the technical field of machinery.The cooling device solves the problem that existing food transportation equipment affects food processing efficiency.The food transportation equipment comprises a support with a conveying channel, and a conveyor belt is arranged in the conveying channel.The cooling device comprises two air outlet pipes fixed into the conveying channel, the two air outlet pipes are located on the two sides of the conveyor belt respectively, the distribution directions of the two air outlet pipes are perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveyor belt, the two right opposite sides of the two air outlet pipes are provided with air outlet holes, each air outlet pipe is provided with the multiple air outlet holes, and the air outlet holes in one air outlet pipe are opposite to the air outlet holes in the other air outlet pipe in a one-to-one mode.The conveying channel is internally provided with a U-shaped air inlet pipe, the two ends of the air inlet pipe are tubular and inserted into and fixed into two open ends in a sealing mode, and an air feeder communicated with an inner cavity of the air inlet pipe is fixed to the support.The cooling device of the food transportation equipment has the advantage of being capable of improving the food processing efficiency.

A food receptacle (such as a bag, a pouch, or a box) and bib combination is provided, the combination comprising a receptacle, a bib integrally formed with said receptacle so as to be contained in said receptacle in a first configuration, such as the case when the receptacle is used as a food transport container; and surfaces for directing food from said bib to an opening in said receptacle when the bib is positioned outside of the receptacle in a second configuration, such as the case when the bib is covering a user.

The invention discloses a blockchain-based food traceability method. The method comprises: constructing a blockchain platform according to a blockchain framework; respectively setting a food producer,a food transporter, a food dealer, a food purchaser, a third-party detection mechanism and a supervision department as different nodes of the blockchain platform; recording the production informationof the food producer, the logistics information of the food transporter, the sales information of the food dealer, the transaction information of the food purchaser, the chemical substance detectioninformation of the third-party detection institution and the casual inspection information of the supervision department into a blockchain platform; establishing association among the production information of the food producer, the logistics information of the food transporter, the sales information of the food dealer, the transaction information of the food purchaser, the chemical substance detection information of the third-party detection institution and the casual inspection information of the supervision department, and writing the association information into an intelligent contract ofthe blockchain platform; and synchronously deploying the intelligent contract into a blockchain platform.

The invention discloses a preparation method of corn starch biodegradable plastic, comprising the following steps of: placing corn starch in an airtight container, gradually heating to 160-180 DEG C, and insulating the heat for a certain time, thereby obtaining a transparent corn starch melt; and adding the corn starch melt, water and phthalic acid ester in an electromagnetic oscillator and mixing, then adding the raw materials in a single-screw extruder, plasticizing, extruding and granulating, and performing secondary processing, thereby obtaining the corn starch biodegradable plastic. Via the mode aforementioned, the preparation method of the corn starch biodegradable plastic provided by the invention is simple in processing technique, capable of greatly reducing production cost, and easy to industrially produce; the corn starch biodegradable plastic can be completely or partially degraded by micro-organisms in an environment, and the degradation products are low in harm to the environment; and the preparation method has a great industrial application prospect in the fields of packaging, food transport, agriculture, and the like.

The invention provides an efficient food liquid bag demounting-mounting structure and assembling and demounting-mounting methods and belongs to the field of food transport devices. According to the efficient food liquid bag demounting-mounting structure and the assembling and demounting-mounting methods, the problem that an existing liquid food transport vehicle is inconvenient to demount and mount is solved. The efficient food liquid bag demounting-mounting structure comprises a carriage, a feeding and discharging cylinder, a liquid bag and a lining cylinder and further comprises an outer connecting sleeve, an inner connecting sleeve, a connecting plate, a sealing cover, an inner sleeve cylinder, an outer sleeve cylinder, lock beads, compression springs, rod holes, pull rods and pull rings. The outer connecting sleeve, the inner connecting sleeve and the connecting plate are connected. The sealing cover comprises a cover ring and a cover plate. The inner sleeve cylinder and the outersleeve cylinder are fixed to the two sides of the lining cylinder. A sleeve groove is formed in the outer wall of the top end of the outer sleeve cylinder, and a lock groove is formed in the inner wall of the inner connecting sleeve; bead grooves are formed in the groove wall of the sleeve groove; the lock beads are embedded in the bead grooves, sliding grooves are formed in the groove walls of the bead grooves, and sliding blocks are arranged on the outer walls of the lock beads. The compression springs are located on the sliding grooves; rod grooves are formed in the outer walls of the lockbeads, and limiting grooves are formed in the groove walls of the two sides of the rod grooves; and the pull rods are arranged in the rod holes in a penetrating mode; and limiting blocks are fixed tothe bottom ends of the pull rods, and the pull rings are connected with the top ends of the pull rods. The efficient food liquid bag demounting-mounting structure has high demounting-mounting efficiency.

The invention provides an electrospinning nano-fiber membrane indicating food freshness and a preparation method thereof. The method comprises the following steps: S1, preparing anthocyanin lipidosomeby an alcohol injection method; S2, modifying chitosan to the surface of the anthocyanin lipidsome; and S3, preparing the electrospinning nano-fiber membrane indicating freshness by utilizing an electrospinning technology. According to the preparation method, anthocyanin with an indicating function is coated by an alcohol injection method to obtain lipidsome and is modified with safe and nontoxicchitosan to obtain the pH indicating anthocyanin lipidsome with excellent stability, the indicating anthocyanin lipidsome is assembled on an electrospinning nano-fiber membrane by means of the electrospinning technology to obtain the freshness indicating nano-fiber membrane, which can generate remarkable color variation in the food transporting and storing process according to the effect of corruptive gas generated in freshness variation, and a PCA model is established according to the variation of color RGB values and can be used for effectively differentiating foods with different freshnessdegrees. The electrospinning nano-fiber membrane can be used as a novel nontoxic freshness indicating intelligent package material.

A convertible food transporting box consists of a single blank which, when appropriately folded, serves the dual purposes of transporting food, i.e. pizza, and elevating the box for displaying and serving the pizza. The lid section of the box has a plurality of perforated inserts as part of the lid section itself. When used to transport pizza or like food, the box is a standard pizza box type container. To convert the box to an elevated food display and serving tray, the perforated inserts are pushed out of and locked to the lid section, such that they extend outwardly from the lid section. The lid section is then rotated to a position beneath the container section, such that the extended inserts act as legs to support the box, now converted to a food tray.

A convertible food transporting box consists of a single blank which, when appropriately folded, serves the dual purposes of transporting food, i.e. pizza, and elevating the box for displaying and serving the pizza. The lid section of the box has a plurality of perforated inserts as part of the lid section itself. When used to transport pizza or like food, the box is a standard pizza box type container. To convert the box to an elevated food display and serving tray, the perforated inserts are pushed out of and locked to the lid section, such that they extend outwardly from the lid section. The lid section is then rotated to a position beneath the container section, such that the extended inserts act as legs to support the box, now converted to a food tray.

Methods of cooling and sanitation of target items, particularly food products, food storage, and food transportation devices. A treating agent containing a sanitizing agent entrapped by or absorbed in or on a cooling agent is used when processing, transporting, displaying, or storing of target items. The treating agent can be used to chill and preserve target items, and while providing the added benefit of sanitizing the target item. This disclosure also discusses novel processes for using a treating agent to process, store, or package target items using a treating agent containing a cooling agent, such as solid carbon dioxide (“dry ice”), and a sanitizing agent, such as ozone.

A food slicing apparatus and components where the apparatus includes a frame and a pivotally mounted carriage. The frame mounts a height adjustable conveyor system while the carriage hosts a latch for a slice thickness adjustment cam. The carriage also supports a drive system which precisely moves a food transporting tube assembly over a base, such as pizza dough, while food is cut by a laterally moving blade mounted around two drums, one of which is adjustable to change tension in the blade. The blade is further supported by a blade guide which also guides the sliced food to the pizza dough base. The drive system includes a servomotor, a group of gears, a crank connected to the gears, a cam roller and a cam follower plate with a slot. The cam follower plate is connected by a quick connect and disconnect connector to the food tube assembly. The result is a compact, efficient slicing apparatus with a small footprint that is usable in a food processing line. The apparatus is easy to clean and the food tube assembly is easily exchanged with an assembly having a different arrangement of the food tubes.