EP 3333510 A1 20180613 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING TEMPERATURE OF ITEMS
Title (en)
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING TEMPERATURE OF ITEMS
Title (de)
VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR SENKUNG DER TEMPERATUR VON ARTIKELN
Title (fr)
APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ DE RÉDUCTION DE LA TEMPÉRATURE D'ARTICLES
Publication
Application
Priority
US 201662430524 P 20161206
Abstract (en)
In order to overcome the limitations and problems that earlier apparatus and methods have experienced, an apparatus (10; 50) for reducing a temperature of at least one item (12), in particular of at least one food item, is proposed, said apparatus (10; 50) comprising: - a housing (14; 54) comprising a ceiling (16; 56), a floor (18, 58) and side walls (20; 60) defining a chamber (22; 62) within the housing (14; 54); - at least one conveyor (24) extending into the chamber (22; 62) between the ceiling (16; 56) and the floor (18, 58); - at least one gas circulation device (26; 66) disposed in the chamber (22; 62); and - at least one turbulence-generating device (32) disposed in the chamber (22; 62) and between the at least one conveyor (24) and the at least one gas circulation device (26; 66). A related method of reducing a temperature of at least one item (12), in particular of at least one food item, is also proposed.
IPC 8 full level
F25D 3/11 (2006.01); F25D 3/12 (2006.01); F25D 13/06 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
F25D 3/11 (2013.01); F25D 3/127 (2013.01); F25D 13/067 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [X] GB 1182347 A 19700225 - FEUERMANN HERBERT [CH]
- [X] EP 0120075 A1 19841003 - PATENTSMITH II INC [US]
- [XA] WO 8404808 A1 19841206 - PATENTSMITH II INC [US]
- [X] EP 1069386 A1 20010117 - AIR PROD & CHEM [US]
- [X] EP 2937000 A1 20151028 - LINDE AG [DE]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 17172271 A 20170522