Continuous closed circuit apparatus for rendering animal matter

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS DESIGNED SUCCESSIVELY TO RENDER PREDETERMINED QUANTITIES OF ANIMAL MATTER AND COMPRISING A STORAGE CONTAINER HAVING A GREASE INLET AND A GREASE OUTLET, MEANS FOR HEATING THE CONTENTS OF SAID STORAGE CONTAINER, A PREHEATING AND MIXING TANK HAVING AGREASE INLET AN AN INLET OFR ANIMAL MATTER, A GREASE CONDUIT ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE STORAGE CONTAINER OUTLET AND THE GREASE INLET OF SAID PREHEATING AND MIXING TANK, A SHUT-OFF VALVE IN SAID GREASE CONDUIT, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING ANIMAL MATTER TO THE SECOND MENTIONED INLET OF THE TANK FOR ADMIXTURE WITH GREASE SUPPLIED TO SAID TANK THROUGH THE GREASE INLET THEREOF, MEANS FOR APPLYING HEAT TO SAID TANK TO RAISE THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CONTENTS THEREOF, MEANS FOR AGITATING THE HEATED CONTENTS OF THE TANK TO PRODUCE A HEATED FLOWABLE MIXTURE THEREIN, A COOLER COMPRISING A CLOSED RECEPTACLE HAVING A FLUID INLET IN THE BOTTOM REGION THEREOF AND A FLUID OUTLET AT THE TOP THEREOF, A FLASH TANK HAVING A FLUID INLET IN THE UPPER REGION THEREOF, A VAPOR OUTLET AT THE TOP REGION THEREOF AND A FLUID OUTLET IN THE BOTTOM REGION THEREOF, A FIRST FLUID CONDUIT ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE FLUID OUTLET OF THE COOKER AND THE FLUID INLET OF THE FLASH TANK, A SECOND FLUID CONDUIT ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE FLUID OUTLET OF THE FLASH TANK AND THE FLUID INLET OF THE COOKER, A MOTOR-OPERATED PUMP OPERATIVELY DISPOSED IN THE SECOND FLUID CONDUIT, A SECOND SHUT-OFF VALVE CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND FLUID CONDUIT AND LOCATED BETWEEN THE PUMP AND THE FLUID INLET OF THE COOKER, SAID COOKER, FLASH TANK, PUMP AND FIRST AND SECOND FLUID CONDUITS FORMING TOGETHER A CLOSED FLUID CIRCUIT, VALVE-CONTROLLED MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING SAID HEAT FLOWABLE MIXTURE FROM THE PREHEATING AND MIXING TANK OT SAID CLOSED FLUID CIRCUIT, SIAD PUMP BEING ADAPTED WHEN DRIVEN WHILE THE SECOND SHUT-OFF VALVE IS OPEN TO CAUSE THE HEATED FLOWABLE MIXTURE IN SAID CLOSED CIRCUIT TO FLOW SUCCESSIVELY DOWNWARDS THROUGH THE FLASH TANK AND UPWARDS THROUGH THE COOKER, A COLLECTOR TANK HAVING A FLUID INLET AND A DISCHARGE OUTLET, A THIRD FLUID CONDUIT ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID COLLECTOR TANK FLUID INLET AND SAID SECOND FLUID CONDUIT AT A POINT BETWEEN THE PUMP AND THE SECOND SHUTOFF VALVE, A THRID SHUT-OFF VALVE IN SAID THIRD FLUID CONDUITSAID THIRD FLUID CONDUIT BEING ADAPTED WHEN THE PUMP IS DRIVEN WHILE THE SECOND SHUT-OFF VALVE IS CLOSED AND THE THIRD SHUT-OFF VALVE IS OPEN TO CONDUCT THE PROCESSED MIXTURE FROM SAID CLOSED CIRCUIT TO SAID COLLECTOR TANK, A SEPARATOR CONNECTED TO RECEIVE THE PROCESSES MIXTURE FROM SAID COLLECTOR TANK AND HAVING A FLUID INLET, A DISCHARGE OUTLET FOR CRACKLINGS AND A DISCHARGE OUTLET FOR GREASE, AD FOURTH FLUID CONDUIT ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID GREASE DISCHARGE OULET OF THE SEPARATOR AND THE GREASE INLET OF SAID STORAGE CONTAINER, AND A PUMP OPERATIVELY DISPOSED IN SAID FOURTH FLUID CONDUIT AND ADAPTED WHEN DRIVEN TO CAUSE GREASE TO FLOW FROM SAID GREASE DISCHARGE OUTLET OF THE SEPARATOR THROUGH SAID FOURTH FLUID CONDUIT TO SAID STORAGE CONTAINER.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS DESIGNED SUCCESSIVELY TO RENDER PREDETERMINED QUANTITIES OF ANIMAL MATTER AND COMPRISING A STORAGE CONTAINER HAVING A GREASE INLET AND A GREASE OUTLET, MEANS FOR HEATING THE CONTENTS OF SAID STORAGE CONTAINER, A PREHEATING AND MIXING TANK HAVING AGREASE INLET AN AN INLET OFR ANIMAL MATTER, A GREASE CONDUIT ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE STORAGE CONTAINER OUTLET AND THE GREASE INLET OF SAID PREHEATING AND MIXING TANK, A SHUT-OFF VALVE IN SAID GREASE CONDUIT, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING ANIMAL MATTER TO THE SECOND MENTIONED INLET OF THE TANK FOR ADMIXTURE WITH GREASE SUPPLIED TO SAID TANK THROUGH THE GREASE INLET THEREOF, MEANS FOR APPLYING HEAT TO SAID TANK TO RAISE THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CONTENTS THEREOF, MEANS FOR AGITATING THE HEATED CONTENTS OF THE TANK TO PRODUCE A HEATED FLOWABLE MIXTURE THEREIN, A COOLER COMPRISING A CLOSED RECEPTACLE HAVING A FLUID INLET IN THE BOTTOM REGION THEREOF AND A FLUID OUTLET AT THE TOP THEREOF, A FLASH TANK HAVING A FLUID INLET IN THE UPPER REGION THEREOF, A VAPOR OUTLET AT THE TOP REGION THEREOF AND A FLUID OUTLET IN THE BOTTOM REGION THEREOF, A FIRST FLUID CONDUIT ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE FLUID OUTLET OF THE COOKER AND THE FLUID INLET OF THE FLASH TANK, A SECOND FLUID CONDUIT ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE FLUID OUTLET OF THE FLASH TANK AND THE FLUID INLET OF THE COOKER, A MOTOR-OPERATED PUMP OPERATIVELY DISPOSED IN THE SECOND FLUID CONDUIT, A SECOND SHUT-OFF VALVE CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND FLUID CONDUIT AND LOCATED BETWEEN THE PUMP AND THE FLUID INLET OF THE COOKER, SAID COOKER, FLASH TANK, PUMP AND FIRST AND SECOND FLUID CONDUITS FORMING TOGETHER A CLOSED FLUID CIRCUIT, VALVE-CONTROLLED MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING SAID HEAT FLOWABLE MIXTURE FROM THE PREHEATING AND MIXING TANK OT SAID CLOSED FLUID CIRCUIT, SIAD PUMP BEING ADAPTED WHEN DRIVEN WHILE THE SECOND SHUT-OFF VALVE IS OPEN TO CAUSE THE HEATED FLOWABLE MIXTURE IN SAID CLOSED CIRCUIT TO FLOW SUCCESSIVELY DOWNWARDS THROUGH THE FLASH TANK AND UPWARDS THROUGH THE COOKER, A COLLECTOR TANK HAVING A FLUID INLET AND A DISCHARGE OUTLET, A THIRD FLUID CONDUIT ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID COLLECTOR TANK FLUID INLET AND SAID SECOND FLUID CONDUIT AT A POINT BETWEEN THE PUMP AND THE SECOND SHUTOFF VALVE, A THRID SHUT-OFF VALVE IN SAID THIRD FLUID CONDUITSAID THIRD FLUID CONDUIT BEING ADAPTED WHEN THE PUMP IS DRIVEN WHILE THE SECOND SHUT-OFF VALVE IS CLOSED AND THE THIRD SHUT-OFF VALVE IS OPEN TO CONDUCT THE PROCESSED MIXTURE FROM SAID CLOSED CIRCUIT TO SAID COLLECTOR TANK, A SEPARATOR CONNECTED TO RECEIVE THE PROCESSES MIXTURE FROM SAID COLLECTOR TANK AND HAVING A FLUID INLET, A DISCHARGE OUTLET FOR CRACKLINGS AND A DISCHARGE OUTLET FOR GREASE, AD FOURTH FLUID CONDUIT ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID GREASE DISCHARGE OULET OF THE SEPARATOR AND THE GREASE INLET OF SAID STORAGE CONTAINER, AND A PUMP OPERATIVELY DISPOSED IN SAID FOURTH FLUID CONDUIT AND ADAPTED WHEN DRIVEN TO CAUSE GREASE TO FLOW FROM SAID GREASE DISCHARGE OUTLET OF THE SEPARATOR THROUGH SAID FOURTH FLUID CONDUIT TO SAID STORAGE CONTAINER.