Recovery of fat from fat containing material

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING FAT FROM CELLULAR FAT-CONTAINING MATERIALS, WHICH COMPRISES, A PLURALITY OF IMPACT ELEMENTS, A CASING ENCLOSING SAID IMPACT ELEMENTS, MEANS OR CONTINUOUSLY FEEDING PIECES OF SID MATERIAL INTO SAID CASING, MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY FEEDING INT SAID CASING A STREAM OF LIQUID IN AN AMOUNT AT LEAST THREE TIMES THE WEIGHT OF THE FAT-CONTAINING MATERIALS, MEANS FOR PRODUCING RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID PIECES OF MATERIAL AND SAID IMPACT ELEMENTS OF APPROXIMATELY 5,000 TO 20,000 FEET PER MINUTE SO TAHT THE FAT-CONTAINING CELLS IN SAID MTERIALS ARE RAPTURED BY INTENSE IMPACTS DELIVERED THERETO WHILE SURROUNDED BY SAID LIQUID THEREBY TO RELEASE THE FAT AND SCRUB THE FAT FROM THE RESIDUES OF SAID PIECES BY RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWWEN SAID RESIDUES AND SAID LIQUID, A CONSTANTLY OPEN DISCHARGE OPENING HAVING A GRATING COVERING THE MAJOR PORTION THEREOF AND PROVIDED WITH OPENINGS THROUGH WHICH THE RESULTING MATERIAL ARE CONTINUOUSLY DISCHARGED THROUGH SAID GRATING, AND MEANS FOR MATERIALS DISCHARGED THROUGH SAID GRATING, AND MEANS FOR SEPARATELY DELIVERING RESIDUAL DISINTEGRATED MATERIAL AND A MATERIAL HIGH IN FAT CONTENT FROM SAID VESSEL.