Inedible rendering process

Claim 1

A RENDERING PROCESS FOR CONTINUOUSLY RENDERING BONE, FAT, AND OFFAL ANIMAL MATTER INCLUDING CHUNKS OF ABOUT TWO INCHES AND LESS IN SIZE COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: (1) PREHEATING AND SIMULTANEOUSLY ADMIXING SAID ANIMAL MATTER WITH RECYCLE FAT TO FORM A PROCESSING FLUID MIXTURE CONTAINING FROM ABOUT 5 TO 80 PERCENT SOLIDS, SAID PREHEATING BEING MAINTAINED AT A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 120*F. TO 250*F.; (2) MOVING SAID FLUID MIXTURE INTO A PRESSURIZED REACTION ZONE OF A PRESSURIZED REACTION ZONE OF A LARGE VOLUME CAPACITY AND MAINTAINING THEREIN A SUBSTANTIAL BODY OF SAID FLUID MIXTURE UNDER A PRESSURE IN THE EXCESS OF ABOUT 50 P.S.I.A. AND AT A TEMPERATURE OF AT LEAST 250*F.; (3) PRESSURE RENDERING SAID FLUID MIXTURE IN SAID REACTION ZONE IN THE PRESENCE OF LIVE STEAM FOR AN AVERAGE TIME PERIOD OF FROM 1 TO 10 MINUTES; (4) PRESSURE FLASHING THE REACTED MIXTURE FROM SAID PRESSURIZED REACTION ZONE TO AN APPROXIMATELY ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE ZONE WHEREBY A PORTION OF THE ASSOCIATED WATER IS REMOVED FROM SAID FLUID MIXTURE; (5) SEPARATING THE FAT AND REMAINING WATER IN SAID FLUID MIXTURE FROM THE SOLIDS IN SAID FLUID MIXTURES; AND (6) RECYCLING A PORTION OF THE PROCESSED FAT TO SAID ADMIXING STEP.