US3927974A - Method for sterilizing liquids - Google Patents

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US3927974A
US3927974A US404622A US40462273A US3927974A US 3927974 A US3927974 A US 3927974A US 404622 A US404622 A US 404622A US 40462273 A US40462273 A US 40462273A US 3927974 A US3927974 A US 3927974A
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Bjorn-Olow Johansson
Bengt Arne Palm
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23L—FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES A21D OR A23B-A23J; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OF NUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL
    • A23L3/00—Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs
    • A23L3/16—Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs by heating loose unpacked materials
    • A23L3/18—Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs by heating loose unpacked materials while they are progressively transported through the apparatus
    • A23L3/22—Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs by heating loose unpacked materials while they are progressively transported through the apparatus with transport through tubes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23C—DAIRY PRODUCTS, e.g. MILK, BUTTER OR CHEESE; MILK OR CHEESE SUBSTITUTES; MAKING THEREOF
    • A23C3/00—Preservation of milk or milk preparations
    • A23C3/02—Preservation of milk or milk preparations by heating
    • A23C3/03—Preservation of milk or milk preparations by heating the materials being loose unpacked
    • A23C3/033—Preservation of milk or milk preparations by heating the materials being loose unpacked and progressively transported through the apparatus
    • A23C3/037—Preservation of milk or milk preparations by heating the materials being loose unpacked and progressively transported through the apparatus in direct contact with the heating medium, e.g. steam
    • A23C3/0375—Preservation of milk or milk preparations by heating the materials being loose unpacked and progressively transported through the apparatus in direct contact with the heating medium, e.g. steam by pulverisation of the milk, including free falling film
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L2/00—Methods or apparatus for disinfecting or sterilising materials or objects other than foodstuffs or contact lenses; Accessories therefor
    • A61L2/02—Methods or apparatus for disinfecting or sterilising materials or objects other than foodstuffs or contact lenses; Accessories therefor using physical phenomena
    • A61L2/04—Heat
    • A61L2/06—Hot gas
    • A61L2/07—Steam

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  • the present invention relates to a method for sterilizing liquids, such as milk, blood or the like, by bringing annular jets of steam and liquid, concentric to each other, into contact with each other.
  • the invention also comprises a jet nozzle for this purpose, the nozzle having annular, concentric channels for the supply of steam and liquid, which open around a central plug.
  • An example of such a method together with a jet nozzle is shown in the U.S. Pat. No. 2,130,644.
  • the present invention aims at preventing the formation of said coatings by flushing cold liquid past those surfaces on which the coatings can be formed.
  • this is effected by providing two annular jets of cold liquid which are concentric to said jets of steam and liquid and which are caused to sweep along the formed annular jet of steam-heated liquid at its inside as well as at its outside.
  • the jets of cold liquid consist of the same liquid as that to be sterilized.
  • a jet nozzle suitable for the new method is characterized in that the annular channels concentric to each other are four in number and that the innermost one and the outermost one of the channels are connected to a source of cold liquid.
  • the simplest way to effect this is to connect the next innermost channel to the source for the liquid to be sterilized.
  • it is suitable to arrange, within the housing of the jet nozzle, a connection between the channel for the liquid to be sterilized and at least one of the innermost and the outermost channels.
  • the jet nozzle has a housing comprising two cylindrical parts 1 and 2. These parts are kept together by screws 3.
  • a disc 4 clamped securely between these parts, has a central hole 5 into which opens an annular channel 6 for the supply of cold liquid from an inlet 7.
  • a hollow cylindrical body 8 is screwed into the part 1, and its left-hand end has a grip 9 for a screw-key, which makes it possible to adjust the body 8 in relation to the disc 4.
  • a cylindrical body 10 is in turn screwed into the body 8, and the relative position of the bodies 8 and 10 can be adjusted by means of a grip 11 for a screw-key.
  • the latter grip is a part of the body 10.
  • the body 10 In its right-hand end, the body 10 has a cavity 12 into which a plug 13 with a conical point 14 is screwed. In passing through the right-hand end of the body 10, the plug 13 forms a narrow, annular slot 15 which, like the channel 6, has
  • the body 1 has two inlets l6 and 17, of which the first one passes through an opening 18 in the body 8 and opens into the cavity 19 of the latter.
  • the inlet 17 opens into the cavity 20 of the body 1.
  • Conical, annular channels 21 and 22 lead from the cavities l9 and 20 to the meeting place 23 for the channels 6 and 15, i.e., to the zone of the plug point 14.
  • the cavities l2 and 19 communicate with one another through holes 24.
  • Cooling channels 25 are arranged in the wall of the body 2, and these cooling channels have an inlet 26 and an outlet 27. Sterilized liquid discharges through an outlet 28.
  • the holes 24 can be plugged; and cold liquid can instead be supplied to the cavity 12 through an axial channel 29 in the body 10, which channel has radially extending branches 30.
  • the apparatus operates in the following manner, it being assumed that milk is to be sterilized.
  • the milk is supplied through the inlet 16 and the steam through the inlet 17.
  • Milk and steam meet in the zone 23 around the plug point 14, the milk immediately being heated to sterilizing temperature.
  • a small part of the cold milk flows through the holes 24 to the slot 15 and sweeps from there along the plug point 14, so that precipitations on the latter are practically completely prevented.
  • cold milk coming from the inlet 7 prevents formation of precipitations on those surfaces of the jet nozzle which, calculated in the flow direction, follow after the opening 5, i.e., on the inside of the body 2. Cooling of this same inside by means of a supply of cold water through the inlet 26 assists in preventing formation of precipitations on this inside.
  • the width of the slots 21 and 22 can be adjusted by means of the key grips 9 and 11 so as to correspond to a suitable supply of milk and steam.
  • Cold water such as cold condensate from milk vapor
  • the inlet 7 instead of milk.
  • the channel 29 if the holes 24 have been plugged.
  • steam can be supplied through the inlet 16 and the milk to be sterilized can be supplied through the inlet 17.
  • the channel 6 is an annular channel which receives cold liquid from inlet 7 and which opens into the central hole 5 in the disc 4. More precisely, the outlet 6a of annular channel 6 surrounds the annular jet of steam-heated liquid issuing from the central hole 5, as shown in the drawing, so that the liquid from inlet 7 is directed along the outside of this annular jet issuing from hole 5.

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