Patents Assigned to DEC International
  • Apparatus for liquid smoke regeneration
    Patent number: 3969996
    Abstract: Air heated to between 500.degree. and 800.degree. F. is blown into a smoke generation chamber and simultaneously liquid smoke is sprayed into the chamber. The heated air vaporizes the liquid smoke and the smoke vapor is conducted into a smokehouse where food is being processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1976
    Assignee: DEC International, Inc.
    Inventors: Min-Nan Huang, Neil F. Walter
  • Conditioning the air of a smokehouse or the like
    Patent number: 3943841
    Abstract: Air withdrawn from a food smokehouse is divided into two branches. The air in one of the branches enters a chamber in which is a bladed air agitator. The chamber includes two water sprays with the water contacting the air and the blades. From that chamber the air sequentially passes through a cyclone separator and a demister. The air from the two branches is then recombined. After being recombined, the air passes through a heater and a humidifier. Part of the recombined air also may pass through a smoke generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1976
    Assignee: DEC International, Inc.
    Inventor: Min-Nang Huang