US Patent Issued to RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS on Oct. 27 for "Continuous retort" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,985, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS Ltd. (Newcastle Upon Tyne, Great Britain).

"Continuous retort" was invented by David Severs Lambert (Tyne and Wear, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for heat treatment of a product, in particular food product, and especially food product in a container such as a can, bottle or plastic pouch is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an unloading and loading section, a first treatment section having an inner wall defining a processing volume within which product is heated, a transfer section and a second treatment section having an inner wail ...