EP 3343140 A1 20180704 - APPARATUS FOR CHILLING AND/OR FREEZING PRODUCTS
Title (en)
APPARATUS FOR CHILLING AND/OR FREEZING PRODUCTS
Title (de)
VORRICHTUNG ZUM KÜHLEN UND/ODER GEFRIEREN VON PRODUKTEN
Title (fr)
APPAREIL DE REFROIDISSEMENT OU/DE CONGÉLATION DE PRODUITS
Publication
Application
Priority
US 201662439537 P 20161228
Abstract (en)
In order to overcome the limitations and problems that earlier apparatus and methods have experienced, a cryogenic freezer apparatus (10) is proposed, said apparatus (10) comprising: - a housing (12); - a fluidized bed belt (14) movable within the housing (12); -a shroud (16) positioned within the housing (12) for providing a zone (18) above the belt (14), the shroud (16) angled outward (17) from the belt (14) within the housing (12); and - a least one blower (20) positioned within the housing (12) in fluid communication with the zone (18) and centrally located above the zone (18) and the shroud (16). A related method of moving cryogenic gas to a fluidized bed belt (14) in a freezer (10) is also proposed.
IPC 8 full level
F25D 13/06 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
F25D 3/11 (2013.01); F25D 13/06 (2013.01); F25D 17/06 (2013.01); F25D 2317/063 (2013.01); F25D 2500/02 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [XI] EP 2269474 A2 20110105 - LINDE AG [DE]
- [X] FR 2979421 A1 20130301 - AIR LIQUIDE [FR]
- [X] GB 1515509 A 19780628 - JOWITT R
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)
EP 3343140 A1 20180704; EP 3343140 B1 20220302; WO 2018125688 A1 20180705
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 17173701 A 20170531; US 2017067476 W 20171220