Chilling apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR CHILLING PROCESSED POULTRY COMPRISING A FIRST CYLINDRICAL DRUM FOR CONTAINING A CHILLING MEDIUM ENTIRELY THEREWITHIN, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING AND REVOLVING SAID DRUM SUBSTANTIALLY ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS, SAID DRUM HAVING INLET AND DISCHARGE OPENINGS AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE DRUM, A RETICULATED MEANS INTERNALLY MOUNTED IN THE DRUM FOR CONVEYING POULTRY CONTINUOUSLY AT A UNIFORM-RATE FROM THE DRUM INLET OPENING TO THE DRUM, SAID DRUM ALSO ING THROUGH A CHILLING MEDIUM IN THE DRUM, SAID DRUM ALSO HAVING PROJECTING FINS SPACED BETWEEN THE RETICULATED MEANS TO FACILITATE A TUMBLING ACTION FOR THE POULTRY AND TO REDUCE COMPACTION, POULTRY LIFTING MEANS ADJACENT TO THE DISCHARGE OPENING IN SAID DRUM, A SECOND CYLINDRICAL DRUM IN SPACED ALIGNMENT WITH THE FIRST DRUM FOR CONTAINING A CHILLING MEDIUM ENTIRELY THEREWITHIN, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING AND REVOLVING SAID SECOND DRUM SUBSTANTIALLY ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS, SAID SECOND DRUM HAVING INLET AND DISCHARGE OPENINGS OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE DRUM, A CHUTE FOR RECEIVING POULTRY FROM THE LIFTING MEANS IN THE FIRST DRUM TO DISCHARGE SAID POULTRY INTO THE INLET OPENING OF THE SECOND DRUM, SAID SECOND DRUM HAVIN G RETICULATED MEANS INTERNALLY AND PROJECTING FINS FOR CONVEYING AND TUMBLING THE POULTRY IN A DIRECTED PATH OF TRAVEL THROUGH THE CHILLING MEDIUM, POULTRY LIFTING MEANS IN THE SECOND DRUM ADJACENT TO THE DISCHARGE END OF THE SECOND DRUM TO RECEIVE POULTRY DISCHARGE THERETO BY THE RETICULATED MEANS, A DRAINAGE PLATFORM FOR RECEIVING POULTRY DISCHARGED FROM THE SECOND DRUM BY THE LIFTING MEANS, MEANS FOR INTRODUCING AND DRAINING A LIQUID CHILLING MEDIUM FROM THE FIRST DRUM AND MEANS FOR INTRODUCING AND DRAINING A SLURRY OF ICE AND WATER IN THE SECOND DRUM.