US20120152497A1 - Rocker Chiller with Improved Product Moisture Retention - Google Patents
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Abstract
The rocker chiller 10 includes a semi-cylindrical tank 12 filled with heat exchanging liquid and a baffle assembly 18 that rocks back and forth across the bottom wall of the tank. The baffle 26 of the baffle assembly defines baffle openings 29 that are sized and shaped to pass the heat exchanging liquid through the openings in response to the rocking of the baffle, but small enough so that the baffle engages and retards the movement of at least some of the carcasses from moving through the baffle, thereby massaging the carcasses and increasing the moisture retained in the carcasses.
Description
- This application claims priority to and the benefit of co-pending U.S. provisional patent application U.S. Ser. No. 61/424,363 filed Dec. 17, 2010 in the United States Patent & Trademark Office, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
- The present disclosure generally relates to rocker chillers for carcasses such as poultry carcasses, that reduces the temperature and increases the moisture retention of the carcasses and that enhances the ability of the carcasses to more effectively respond to disinfectant.
- Paddle type chillers, also known as “rocker chillers,” have a history of use in the poultry processing industry and in other food processing industries. The basic principle of operation is that a paddle or long blade is used to agitate poultry carcasses in a tank of cold heat exchanging liquid to chill the carcasses as the carcasses are advanced by movement of the liquid through the tank.
- Continuous introduction of cold water in one end of the tank and removal of warmer water at the other end of the tank provides the mechanism for removing heat from the carcasses and for moving the carcasses along the length of the tank. The side to side rocking motion of a paddle adjacent the semi-cylindrical bottom wall of the tank tends of distribute the carcasses throughout the volume of heat exchanging liquid, thus assuring more thorough contact between the water and the product and more rapid chilling.
- An unexpected consequence of paddle type chiller operation has been that carcasses processed in some such chillers retain more moisture than those processed in other types of chillers. Until now, it appears that this moisture retention phenomenon has not been understood or fully exploited. The current invention addresses optimization of moisture retention as well as improving certain operational problems of paddle type chillers.
- Moisture retention in the poultry carcasses has significant financial implications for the poultry processing industry. The industry typically measures “yield” of the carcasses as the weight of processed carcasses divided by the live weight of birds delivered to the plant expressed as a percentage. Typical yield for whole carcasses can be around 74%. Processing steps that remove moisture from the meat will reduce yield since the weight of moisture removed is not included in the final product. Use of prior art rocker chillers has been shown to increase yield by about 1%. Use of chillers designed according to the current invention has increased yield by an additional 1% or more. To put this in perspective, a 1% increase in yield at a modest size plant processing 400,000 pounds of poultry per day would generate an additional 5400 pounds of salable product with an additional wholesale value of about $840,000 per year at current prices.
- Briefly described this disclosure concerns a rocker chiller for reducing the temperature of carcasses, such as poultry carcasses received from a processing line that still may be near their normal live temperature of about 104° F. The chiller, which may be a pre-chiller or a final chiller, or the only chiller in the poultry processing line, may include an elongated tank with a semi-cylindrical bottom surface for containing a cold heat exchanging liquid at a liquid level in the tank. An elongated baffle assembly is positioned in the tank and extends along the length of the tank and means, such as a motor, are provided for oscillating the baffle assembly across the curved bottom of the tank for moving the carcasses laterally in the tank through the body of heat-exchanging liquid. The baffle assembly may include a baffle that includes a lower edge adjacent the semi-cylindrical bottom surface of the tank and a body portion that extends upwardly from the lower edge toward the surface of the liquid in the tank. The baffle may include baffle openings sized and shaped to allow the heat-exchanging liquid to pass through the baffle in response to the oscillation of the baffle and to retard the movement of carcasses through the baffle as the heat exchanging liquid rushes about the carcasses. The baffle assembly may include a baffle blade that extends from the lower edge of the baffle and is positioned adjacent the facing curved surface of the tank and provides structural support to the baffle. The baffle defines baffle openings therethrough that are selected from shapes including, for example: circular, non-circular, elongated and polygonal. Other shapes may be used. The baffle openings allow the chilling liquid to rush through the baffle and about the poultry carcasses moving with the baffle. The poultry carcasses tend to become more densely gathered in the heat exchanging liquid when the baffle sweeps in that direction and less densely gathered on the trailing side of the baffle, contributing to a massaging action on the carcass.
- The rocker chiller disclosed herein may further include a carcass guide shaped for directing the carcasses moving into the tank to alternate sides of the tank, for example, to the side of the tank in which the baffle is positioned. The carcass guide may move in unison with the baffle assembly.
- The present disclosure will be better understood with reference to the following drawing figures. Similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the figures, and components in the figures are not necessarily to scale.
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FIGS. 1A , 1B and 1C are perspective sections of a rocker chiller, showing the elongate baffle assembly in its left, centered and right positions, respectively. -
FIGS. 2A , 2B, 2C, 2D, and 2E, 2F and 2G are perspective sections of portions of baffle assemblies that include baffles of different configurations that extend from the semi-cylindrical bottom wall upwardly toward the surface of the heat exchanging liquid. -
FIGS. 3A and 3B are end views of a baffle assembly with a carcass guide that directs the oncoming carcasses into the chilling heat exchanging liquid. - Referring now in more detail to the drawings in which like numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views,
FIGS. 1A-1C show arocker chiller 10 that includes asemi-cylindrical tank 12 that is substantially filled with a body ofheat exchanging liquid 14. The temperature of the heat exchanging liquid may vary in accordance with the carcasses being treated and the manner of treatment of the carcasses. For example, the heat exchanging liquid may be water with antimicrobial and other desirable additives. If the rocker chiller is to be used as a pre-chiller, in which the carcasses of chickens at 104° F. are going to be treated, the temperature of the heat exchanging liquid in the tank may be at about 60° F., a difference of about 44° F. If, however, the principles of the rocker chiller are used in a final chiller tank, the temperature of the heat exchanging liquid might be just above 32° F. - In addition to the
heat exchanging liquid 14 that substantially fills thetank 12,FIG. 1A shows that additional heat exchanging liquid may enter the tank byrecirculation conduits 16 that direct a cold stream of makeup heat exchanging liquid along the length of thesemi-cylindrical bottom wall 19 of the tank, preferably at the predetermined positions above the sweep of thebaffle assembly 18, to be described hereinafter. The makeup liquid entering through the recirculation conduits will be at the desired temperature for the purpose of chilling the carcasses, and tends to urge the carcasses gathered at the upper facing surface of the baffle assembly along the length of thesemi-cylindrical tank 12 toward theexit end 13 of the tank. This is disclosed in more detail in U.S. Patent Application Publication 2007/0169502 A1, dated Jul. 26, 2007, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. -
FIGS. 1A , 1B and 1C show therocker chiller 10 with itsbaffle assembly 18 in different positions, with the lower edge portion of the baffle assembly to the left, centered and to the right, respectively. It will be appreciated that thebaffle assembly 18 substantially divides theheat exchanging liquid 14 into two regions of variable volume depending on the position of the baffle assembly within its range of motion. Due to the design of the baffle, theheat exchanging liquid 14 may freely communicate between the two regions, but thecarcasses 28 are at least partially confined to the region in which each was originally introduced. Carcasses in each region will be more or less densely gathered in the heat exchanging liquid as the volume of the region changes due to the motion of thebaffle assembly 18. Alternate cycles of compression and expansion have beneficial effect on the carcasses as will be described more fully in this description. -
Baffle assembly 18 includes adrive shaft 20 that may extend at the liquid level along the length of thesemi-cylindrical tank 12.Drive shaft 20 oscillates about thelongitudinal axis 22, which may be the longitudinal axis for both thedrive shaft 20 and thesemi-cylindrical tank 12. A power means 23 is used to oscillate the drive shaft. An electric motor and gear box may function as the power means. In the embodiment illustrated inFIGS. 1A-1C , thebaffle assembly 18 includessupport arms 24 that are mounted at their upper ends to and extend radially downwardly from thedrive shaft 20, with the support arms spaced along the drive shaft.Baffle 26 is formed of parallel spaced aparthorizontal slats 30 that are supported at their ends by the radially extendingsupport arms 24. The chilling liquid in the tank moves through thespaces 29 between thebaffle slats 30 in response to the movement of thebaffle 26. Thespaces 29 between thebaffle slats 30 are too small for most of the poultry carcasses to pass between the baffle slats. The lower edge portion ofbaffle assembly 18 may include one or moreelongated baffle blades 21 that are supported by the radially extendingsupport arms 24 and extend parallel to thedrive shaft 20. Thebaffle blade 21 ofFIGS. 1A-1C is sized, shaped and positioned by thesupport arms 24 so as to sweep closely adjacent the facing semi-cylindricalbottom wall 19 oftank 12. - A
conventional drive motor 41 andtransmission 40 are connected to thedrive shaft 20 of the rocker chiller and function as means for oscillating thebaffle assembly 18 in an arc from side to side in theheat exchanging liquid 14 across the interior facing surface of thetank 12, as shown byarrow 17. When the baffle assembly oscillates, it sweeps from side to side and tends to engage and move thepoultry carcasses 28 adjacent the side wall of the tank toward alignment withrecirculation conduits 16 as indicated inFIGS. 1A and 1C . -
Poultry carcasses 28 are placed in thetank 12 with the carcasses being generally submerged in theheat exchanging liquid 14. Most of the carcasses tend to slowly sink toward the bottom of theheat exchanging liquid 14, adjacent the interior surface of the semi-cylindrical bottom wall oftank 12. - With this arrangement, some of the
carcasses 28 are engaged by thebaffle 26 and move up with the movement of the baffle and become aligned with the streams of liquid emitted from therecirculation conduits 16 so that the recirculated heat exchanging liquid that may bear an antimicrobial is directed against the carcasses. The drive motor may operate to intermittently pause thebaffle assembly 18 at its up positions at the sides of the tank when the baffle assembly is aligned with arecirculation conduit 16. The oncoming streams of heat exchanging liquid tend to urge thecarcasses 28 along the length of thetank 12 toward the discharge end of the tank and to wash the carcasses with the heat exchanging liquid. - As shown in
FIGS. 1B and 1C thebaffle 26 extends from thebaffle blade 21 at the lower edge of thebaffle 26 upwardly toward thedrive shaft 20 and toward the surface of theheat exchanging liquid 14. Theparallel slats 30 ofbaffle 26 haveopenings 29 extending between them for the passage of theheat exchanging liquid 14 through the baffle as the baffle moves from side to side. - The
baffle 26 includes openings extending therethrough that may be of various shapes, such as circular, non-circular, elongated, and polygonal. Other shapes of baffle openings may be suitable, as generally shown inFIGS. 2A-2G . The openings in thebaffle 26 are sized and shaped for reducing the likelihood of the carcasses becoming caught in the openings of the baffle but permitting theheat exchanging liquid 14 in thetank 12 to move through the baffle. The baffle may be formed of sheet metal, expanded metal, woven wire, perforated sheet material, one or more slats or a plurality of parallel rods supported by adjacent ones of thesupport arms 24 or by a plurality of parallel rods extending radially out from thedrive shaft 20 and joined or not at the distal ends by abaffle blade 21. The baffle may be made of materials that are stable and strong in the heat exchanging liquid. Further, the openings in the baffle may be larger than described above, with the spaces allowing movement of carcasses through the baffle. Preferably the openings in the baffle are of a size and shape so that the carcasses do not become caught in the baffle. - As shown in
FIG. 2A , thebaffle 26A ofbaffle assembly 18A includes aperforated sheet 25A extending radially downwardly fromdrive shaft 20 that defines an array ofopenings 31A, with thebaffle 26A forming an upward extension ofbaffle blade 21A. The perforated sheet may extend from thebaffle blade 21A upwardly to thedrive shaft 20. The radially extendingsupport arms 24A support the baffle assembly from thedrive shaft 20. - As shown in
FIG. 2B , thebaffle 26B ofbaffle assembly 18B may be aperforated sheet 25B that extends radially fromdrive shaft 20 to baffleblade 21B. Theperforated sheet 25B also defines an array ofopenings 31B, and thebaffle 26B forms an upward extension ofbaffle blade 21B. The radially extendingsupport arms 24B support the baffle assembly from thedrive shaft 20. - As shown in
FIG. 2C , thebaffle 26C ofbaffle assembly 18C includes a plurality of parallel spaced bars 27C mounted to and extending downwardly from thedrive shaft 20. Spaces 29C are formed between the bars 27C and are sized as previously described, to retard the movement of the poultry carcasses from one side to the other side of the baffle as the baffle oscillates from side-to-side. The bars 27C are of a length so that the lower ends of the bars move closely adjacent the facing cylindrical surface of the tank so the carcasses are not likely to pass about the end of a bar. - As shown in
FIG. 2D , thebaffle 26D ofbaffle assembly 18D includes a plurality of parallel spacedbars 27D mounted to and extending downwardly from thedrive shaft 20 and joined at their lower ends to longitudinally extendingbaffle blade 21D.Spaces 29D are formed between thebars 27D and are sized as previously described, to retard the movement of the poultry carcasses from one side to the other side of the baffle as the baffle oscillates from side-to-side. - As shown in
FIG. 2E , thebaffle 26E ofbaffle assembly 18E includes a plurality of horizontally extending parallel spacedbars 27E positioned between and parallel to thedrive shaft 20 andbaffle blade 21E.Spaces 29E are formed between thebars 27E and are sized as previously described, to retard the movement of the poultry carcasses from one side to the other side of thebaffle 26E as the baffle oscillates from side-to-side. Radially extendingsupport arms 24E support thebaffle 26E andbaffle blade 21E from thedrive shaft 20. - As shown in
FIG. 2F , thebaffle 26F ofbaffle assembly 18F includes at least onewide slat 30F positioned between thedrive shaft 20 and thebaffle blade 21F.Spaces 29F are formed on opposite sides ofbaffle slat 30F and are sized as previously described, to retard the movement of the poultry carcasses from one side to the other side of the baffle as the baffle oscillates from side-to-side. Radially extendingsupport arms 24F support thebaffle 26F andbaffle blade 21F from thedrive shaft 20. - As shown in
FIG. 2G , thebaffle 26G ofbaffle assembly 18G includes abaffle board 30G mounted to thebaffle blade 21G and to the radially extendingsupport arms 24G. Theupper edge 23G of the baffle board is spaced downwardly from thedrive shaft 20 and forms anoverflow space 29G above its upper edge for the movement of chilling liquid. As thebaffle assembly 18G oscillates, the chilling liquid spills over theupper edge 23G of thebaffle board 30G, causing turbulence of the chilling liquid about the poultry carcasses. - While the
baffle blades 21A-21G may provide structural and operational advantages in specific cases, it is not necessary to the general function of the baffle which is to allow heat exchanging liquid to pass through while retarding the passage of carcasses. For example, thebaffle blade 21E could be replaced by additionalparallel rods 27E ofFIG. 2E while retaining adequate structural integrity, and the baffle would function as intended. - In some cases, the baffle may be designed with sufficient structural integrity to eliminate the need for the baffle blade and even the support arms.
FIG. 2B shows aperforated baffle 26B with alip 21B at the lower edge. The lip provides sufficient rigidity to avoid excessive flexure under the loads imposed on the baffle by the oscillating motion. Thesupport arms 24B ofFIG. 2B have been reduced to flat ribs which carry the bending load where the baffle attaches to thecentral drive shaft 20. -
FIG. 2C shows an embodiment in which the baffle consists of a series of radially extending parallel rods 27C that span from thedrive shaft 20 to a length that places the ends of the rods adjacent the inner surface of thetank 12. The spaces between the ends of the rods 27C and thetank 12 are small enough that carcasses cannot become wedged between rod and tank, but large enough that the rods do not touch the tank at any point in their range of motion. The rods are designed of such size and strength that each rod can bear the bending load imposed by the local resistance to the oscillatory motion of the baffle assembly. Neither baffle blade nor support arms are required in this embodiment. Note also that the lower edge of this baffle is not a continuous physical edge but rather an imaginary edge interpolated between the distal ends of rods. -
FIGS. 3A and 3B illustrate the positions of abaffle assembly 18 when the baffle assembly has moved from one side over to the other side of thesemi-cylindrical tank 12. Acarcass guide 40 extends upwardly fromdrive shaft 20. Thecarcass guide 40 may be a plate or other surface that extends in the opposite direction from thedrive shaft 20 when compared to the radially extendingsupport arms 24. - The carcass guide may comprise a
deflector plate 42 or other guide surface that functions to direct theoncoming carcasses 28 downwardly at a sloped angle into theheat exchanging liquid 14. As shown inFIG. 3A , thecarcass guide 40 is positioned on the opposite side of thedrive shaft 20 from the baffle assembly and the carcass guide moves to the opposite side of thedrive shaft 20 in comparison to the movement of the baffle assembly. This causes thecarcass guide 40 to deliver the carcasses to theheat exchanging liquid 14 on the side where thebaffle assembly 18 is raised in the liquid 14. When the baffle assembly sweeps to the other side of the tank, as shown inFIG. 3B , the carcass guide will be extended upwardly to the opposite side in comparison withFIG. 3A , so as to direct the oncomingpoultry carcasses 28 to where the baffle assembly has been raised. This tends to equally divide the oncoming carcasses on opposite sides of the baffle assembly over time. - In the current invention, the baffle restricts carcasses from moving through the baffle assembly, and the
poultry carcasses 28 tend to become more densely gathered in the turbulentheat exchanging liquid 14 when thebaffle assembly 18 sweeps in that direction and less densely gathered on the trailing side of the baffle assembly as shown inFIGS. 1A , 1B and 1C. - The contact of the carcasses with the surfaces of the
tank 12, with thebaffle assembly 18 and with one another creates a mild compression of each carcass, providing the benefit of massaging the meat of the carcasses. Repeated cycles of compression and relaxation cumulatively tend to help break down some of the cell structure of the carcasses, thereby tenderizing the meat and creating microscopic voids where moisture can be retained within the product. - It is desirable to not only chill the carcasses but to massage the carcasses so that moisture will be retained in the product through the production process. The additional surface area of the baffle provides more contact with the carcasses thus promoting the massaging action.
- As the poultry carcasses gather more densely on the leading side of the baffle assembly, the heat exchanging liquid rushes through the baffle toward the opposite side of the tank. This is illustrated by the
horizontal arrows 44 inFIG. 1B , showing how the water rushes from the right side, through the baffle of the blade assembly, and then into the left portion of the tank. The rush of heat exchanging liquid tends to push the carcasses against the baffle, further enhancing the massaging effect on the meat. In addition, heat exchanging liquid rushing past the carcasses as they accumulate adjacent the baffle enhances the heat exchange efficiency. This enhanced efficiency assures that the chilling function does not suffer significantly as a result of the asymmetrical distribution of carcasses within the heat exchanging liquid. - A result of the new rocker chiller herein disclosed is the washing action of the more vigorous movement and more positively churning of the birds about in the
heat exchanging liquid 14. This vigorous washing function of the carcasses tends to remove bits of organic matter that are usually carried by the carcasses into the heat exchanging liquid. This vigorous churning tends to get more of that substance off the birds and this may be important if the rocker chiller is functioning as a pre-chiller where the birds are first placed for treatment in the pre-chiller and then moved to the final chiller. - When the rocker chiller disclosed herein is functioning as a pre-chiller, the temperature of the water in the pre-chiller is usually significantly higher than the temperature of the water in the final chiller, and at the higher temperature the compression and turbulence action experienced in the pre-chiller tends to remove more of the unwanted substances from the surfaces of the carcasses while the surfaces of the carcasses are relatively warm. The warmer surfaces of the carcasses are more subject to being cleansed by the turbulence of the water and the impact against the carcasses. The oil and bits of fat and organic matter on the meat tend to be washed off the carcasses in the chiller when the temperature of the carcasses is still above about 60° F. The combination of the higher temperature and the more vigorous impact and churning of the carcasses provides a cleaner carcass at the exit of the pre-chiller. Thus, these items, skin oil, bits of fat, organic matter, etc. tend to remain in the heat exchanging liquid of the pre-chiller, where it is not transferred to the subsequent main chiller, where disinfectant in the main chiller can be used at a lower concentration for providing the same cleaning results. A stronger dose of disinfectant in the pre-chiller allows a minimal dose of disinfectant in the final chiller.
- By scrubbing the birds in the pre-chiller, less organic matter is transferred into the final chiller and whatever chlorine or other disinfectant is used is more available to attack the microbes of the carcasses.
- The cycles of alternate compression and relaxation of the water on opposite sides of the baffle assembly as shown in
FIGS. 1A , 1B and 1C tends to “massage” the soft tissues of the poultry carcasses and encourage moisture retention. The baffle assembly configuration increases and decreases liquid pressure on opposite sides of the baffle as it sweeps in opposite directions across the tank in a cycle pattern. This change in pressure is relatively small, only a few inches of water head, as shown inFIGS. 3A and 3B , but when the pressure change is applied repeatedly along the length of the travel of the carcasses, it tends to have an effect of compression and expansion of the bird carcasses, resulting in more water retention and expelling of undesirable surface tissues on the birds. - Although preferred embodiments of the invention have been disclosed in detail herein, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that variations and modifications of the disclosed embodiments can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.
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1. A rocker chiller comprising:
an elongated tank including a curved bottom portion configured to hold heat-exchanging liquid at a liquid level in said tank and for receiving carcasses in the heat-exchanging liquid in said tank,
a baffle assembly including a baffle extending along the length of said tank and toward said curved bottom portion,
power means connected to said baffle assembly for moving said baffle side to side in an arc along said curved bottom portion of said tank,
said baffle defining openings therethrough, said openings in said baffle being sized and shaped to pass the heat-exchanging liquid through said openings from one side to the other side of said baffle and for said baffle to retard the movement of at least some of the carcasses from one side to the other side of said baffle in response to said baffle moving side to side through the liquid in said tank.
2. The rocker chiller of claim 1 wherein said baffle includes a baffle blade positioned adjacent said lower portion of said tank.
3. The rocker chiller of claim 1 and further including a carcass guide for directing carcasses entering the tank to one side or to the other side of said baffle in approximately equal numbers over time.
4. The rocker chiller of claim 1 , wherein said tank includes a longitudinal axis and said curved bottom portion of said tank extends about said longitudinal axis, and said baffle assembly is configured to oscillate about the longitudinal axis, such that said baffle travels along an arc that substantially follows said curved bottom portion of said tank.
5. The rocker chiller of claim 3 , wherein said carcass guide is constructed to move in unison with said baffle.
6. The rocker chiller of claim 3 , wherein said carcass guide is constructed to move toward one side of the tank as the baffle moves toward the other side of the tank.
7. The rocker chiller of claim 1 , and further comprising at least one nozzle positioned below the liquid level in the tank that directs a jet of heat-exchanging liquid along the length of the tank at a position below the liquid level in the tank and against the carcasses in the tank.
8. The rocker chiller of claim 1 , wherein said power means connected to the baffle assembly is configured for intermittently pausing the baffle assembly for periods of rest at one or more predetermined positions within the range of motion of said baffle assembly.
9. The rocker chiller of claim 7 , wherein the at least one nozzle is positioned in an end wall at an inlet end of said tank and is directed along the length of the tank toward an outlet end, for axially urging the carcasses toward an outlet end of the tank.
10. The rocker chiller of claim 7 , wherein said at least one nozzle includes two upper nozzles directed along the length of the tank, each of said upper nozzles being positioned at predetermined positions on opposite sides of the baffle at the arc of movement through which the baffle oscillates, such that the baffle urges the carcasses into the jets emerging from the nozzles.
11. The rocker chiller of claim 1 in which said baffle assembly substantially divides the heat exchanging liquid into two regions of heat exchanging liquid in said tank.
12. A rocker chiller for reducing the temperature of carcasses, comprising:
an elongated tank for containing heat exchanging liquid at a liquid level in the tank,
an elongated baffle positioned in the tank and extending along the length of the tank,
power means for oscillating the baffle across the tank,
said elongated baffle defining openings of a size to allow the heat exchanging liquid in said tank to pass through said baffle and to engage the carcasses and retard the carcasses in said tank from moving through said baffle in response to the oscillation of the baffle in said tank.
13. The rocker chiller of claim 12 , and further including a carcass guide including means for directing all of the carcasses moving into said tank to one side or to the other side of said baffle.
14. The rocker chiller of claim 13 , and further including means for moving said carcass guide means in unison with said baffle assembly and for guiding the carcasses to the side of the tank in which the baffle is positioned.
15. A chiller for reducing the temperature of carcasses, comprising:
an elongated tank for containing liquid at a liquid level in said tank, said tank including a longitudinal axis and a bottom portion curved about said longitudinal axis,
an elongated baffle positioned in said tank and extending along the length of said tank, said baffle including openings sized to allow the liquid to pass through said baffle and to retard the movement of carcasses through said baffle; and
power means for oscillating said baffle in said tank along a path generally conforming to said curved bottom portion of said tank for engaging the carcasses with said baffle and pushing the carcasses with said baffle through the liquid in said tank as the liquid passes about the carcasses and through said baffle.
16. The chiller of claim 15 , wherein said baffle defines openings therethrough that are selected from shapes consisting of: circular, elongated and polygonal.
17. The chiller of claim 15 , and further including a carcass guide mounted to said baffle assembly configured for directing the carcasses entering the tank to the side of the tank in which the baffle is positioned.
18. The rocker chiller of claim 17 , wherein said power means connected to the baffle assembly comprises means for intermittently pausing the baffle assembly, and a nozzle means for directing a stream of liquid along the length of the tank at the carcasses adjacent the baffle assembly when the baffle assembly is paused.
19. The rocker chiller of claim 17 , wherein at least one nozzle is directed along the length of said tank for axially urging the carcasses with a stream of heat exchanging liquid toward an outlet end of said tank.
20. A rocker chiller for reducing the temperature of carcasses, comprising:
an elongated tank for containing heat exchanging liquid at a liquid level in the tank, the tank including a longitudinal axis;
an elongated baffle positioned in the tank and extending along the length of the tank, said baffle defining openings to allow the liquid to pass through the baffle and to retard the movement of carcasses through the baffle;
means for oscillating the baffle across the tank for moving the carcasses in the tank through the body of heat exchanging liquid while heat exchanging liquid passes through the baffle;
a carcass guide extending upwardly from said elongated baffle for directing carcasses entering the tank to the side of the tank in which the baffle is positioned.
21. The rocker chiller of claim 20 , and wherein said carcass guide is movable in unison with said baffle.
22. The rocker chiller of claim 20 , and further including means for moving said carcass guide means in unison with said baffle assembly and for guiding the carcasses to the side of the tank in which the baffle is positioned.
23. A chiller for reducing the temperature of carcasses, comprising:
an elongated tank for containing liquid at a liquid level in said tank, said tank including a longitudinal axis and a curved bottom portion extending along the length of said tank;
an elongated baffle positioned in said tank and extending along the length of said tank;
means for oscillating said baffle in said tank from side to side along a path about said longitudinal axis of said tank generally conforming to said curved bottom portion of said tank for urging the carcasses with said baffle in an arc along said curved bottom of said tank and through the body of heat exchanging liquid; and
a carcass guide plate mounted to said baffle and movable in unison with said baffle and configured for directing the carcasses entering the tank to the side of the tank in which said baffle is positioned.
24. The chiller of claim 23 , said baffle including openings to allow the liquid to pass through said baffle and to retard the movement of carcasses through said baffle.
25. The chiller of claim 23 , wherein said baffle defines openings therethrough that are selected from shapes consisting of: circular, non-square, elongated, and polygonal.
26. A rocker chiller for reducing the temperature of carcasses, comprising:
an elongated tank including a longitudinal axis and a curved bottom portion configured to hold a body of heat-exchanging fluid at a fluid level in the tank and for receiving carcasses in the heat-exchanging fluid;
a baffle assembly including an elongated baffle in the tank and extending along the length of the tank;
means connected to the baffle assembly for moving the elongated baffle side to side in an arc along the curved bottom portion of the tank and for urging the carcasses in the arc through the body of heat-exchanging fluid to opposite sides of the tank and accumulating the carcasses on the baffle;
at least one nozzle positioned below the fluid level in the tank that directs a jet of heat-exchanging fluid along the length of the tank and against the carcasses accumulated on the baffle; and
a carcass guide mounted to said baffle assembly configured for directing the carcasses entering the tank to the side of the tank in which the baffle is positioned.
27. The rocker chiller of claim 26 , wherein the means connected to the baffle assembly comprises means for intermittently pausing the movement of the baffle assembly when the jet of heat exchanging fluid is directed against the carcasses.
28. The rocker chiller of claim 26 , wherein said at least one nozzle positioned below the fluid level in the tank is positioned in an end wall of said tank and is directed along the length of the tank at an inlet end of the tank, for axially urging the carcasses toward an outlet end of the tank by the jet.
29. A rocker chiller for reducing the temperature of carcasses, comprising:
an elongated tank for containing liquid for receiving and chilling the carcasses,
said a tank including a bottom wall,
a drive shaft suspended over said bottom wall of said tank,
a baffle extending downwardly from said drive shaft toward said bottom wall of said tank,
said baffle defining openings there through, said openings sized and shaped to pass the heat exchanging liquid through the openings from one side to the other side of said baffle while retarding the movement of at least some of the carcasses from one side of said baffle to the other side of said baffle.
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