EP 1649227 A1 20060426 - CONTACT FREEZER
Title (en)
CONTACT FREEZER
Title (de)
KONTAKTGEFRIERAPPARAT
Title (fr)
CONGELATEUR DE CONTACT
Publication
Application
Priority
- SE 2004000903 W 20040611
- SE 0301948 A 20030702
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2005003657A1] A contact freezer for food products comprises a conveyor belt (3) and a refrigerating unit (2). It has an upper side in contact with part of an underside of the conveyor belt (3) and is adapted to refrigerate food products positioned on the conveyor belt (3) as they pass over the refrigerating unit (2), so that a layer of the food products next to the conveyor belt (3) is transferred to a frozen state. The refrigerating unit (2) comprises an upper metal sheet (34) which is convexly curved in the travelling direction of the conveyor belt (3) and which forms the upper side of the refrigerating unit (2) with a surface in direct sliding contact with the conveyor belt (3) during the movement thereof, a lower metal sheet (35) which is arranged the first metal sheet (34) with a gap (36) thereto and has a plurality of groups of inlets (40) which are arranged alternately with a plurality of groups of outlets (41), sealing means (39) for closing the gap (36) round an area which comprises the groups of inlets (40) and the groups of outlets (41), and means for feeding coolant in a closed loop which comprises the parts of the area which are located between the groups of inlets (40) and the groups of outlets (41), which are arranged alternately with the groups of inlets. The conveyor belt (3) consists of a non-metallic material.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
F25D 13/06 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
F25D 13/062 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 2005003657A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2005003657 A1 20050113; AT E455282 T1 20100115; CL 2004001652 A1 20050603; DE 602004025115 D1 20100304; DK 1649227 T3 20100503; EP 1649227 A1 20060426; EP 1649227 B1 20100113; ES 2336210 T3 20100409; PL 1649227 T3 20100630; SE 0301948 D0 20030702; SE 0301948 L 20050103; SE 525486 C2 20050301
DOCDB simple family (application)
SE 2004000903 W 20040611; AT 04748981 T 20040611; CL 2004001652 A 20040629; DE 602004025115 T 20040611; DK 04748981 T 20040611; EP 04748981 A 20040611; ES 04748981 T 20040611; PL 04748981 T 20040611; SE 0301948 A 20030702