| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 062063000 | Moving through cooling zone during cooling | 17 |
| 20090120107 | LIQUID OR PASTY PRODUCT ICE CUBE MAKER - The invention concerns a method and an equipment for making ice cubes of liquid or pasty products comprising a honeycomb conveyor belt transporting the product to be processed along a path passing through at least the following three zones: a zone for metering and depositing the product to be processed in the cells; a cold input zone where preferably a cryogenic liquid solution completes the freezing of the ice cubes; and a stripping zone. Further, the honeycomb belt is bottomless, and located in an upstream zone opposite a cooled surface acting as a base of the partial mold formed by the cells, so as to harden the part of the product in contact with the cooled surface, thereby producing the base of the ice cube. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090094995 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING FOOD PRODUCTS WITH FLUID RECIRCULATION AND CHILLING - Systems and methods freeze food products. A system provides a storage tank of liquefied gas, a gas-liquid separation tank, and a crust freezer. The crust freezer provides plates chilled by flow of liquefied gas through conduits traversing an interior volume of the plates. The method includes recirculating liquefied gas to improve cooling efficiency while lowering operation costs. The system and method further provide for integrated measurement and control of the flow of liquefied gas through components of the system. Freezing of the food products occurs at a surface of the food products along where the food products and the plate interface. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20100089074 | Apparatus and Method for Cooling an Outer Wall of Pipe - A method of cooling an outer wall of polymer pipe is provided. The method includes extruding a layer of polymer onto a pipe to form an outer wall of pipe; conveying the pipe including the outer wall of pipe through an inner aperture of an annular air-cooler having an annular air manifold; and blowing pressurized air, at a temperature lower than a temperature of the outer wall of pipe, through the annular air manifold such that it contacts the outer wall of pipe and cools the outer wall of pipe at a rate that is a function of a pressure of the pressurized air and a difference between the temperature of the pressurized air and the temperature of the outer wall of pipe. An apparatus for cooling an outer wall of polymer pipe is also provided. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20120291456 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTACT REFRIGERATION IN CRYOGENIC SOLID BELT FREEZER - Methods and apparatus for contact freezing a food product. A conveyor belt or other support may have an active region that supports materials on an outer surface. Liquid cryogen may be provided in bulk contact with an inner surface of the active region via splashing, agitation, pumping, gravity feed, and the like. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20080264073 | Device for Cooling Metal Sheets and Strips - Disclosed is a device ( | 10-30-2008 |
| 20110219788 | CRYOGENIC STORAGE DEVICE - The invention relates to a cryogenic storage device and to a method for operating a cryogenic storage device, particularly for cryogenic storage of biological samples, comprising a sample carrying device that is set up to accommodate samples, a cryogenic container that is set up to accommodate the sample carrying device, a container cooling device with which the cryogenic container can be cooled, an intermediate storage container that is set up for intermediate storage of the sample carrying device, a transport device with which the sample carrying device can be moved between the cryogenic container and the intermediate storage container and a sensor device with which at least one operating parameter of the cryogenic storage device can be registered. The transport device is set up to be activated in dependence on an output signal from the sensor device upon registering a predetermined operating condition of the cryogenic storage device, so that the sample carrying device is moved from the cryogenic container to the intermediate storage container. Additionally or alternatively, an intermediate storage cooling device that is set up for cooling the intermediate storage container can be activated in dependence on an output signal of the sensor device. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20120137709 | CONTINUOUS FOOD FREEZING DEVICE AND CONTINUOUS FOOD FREEZING METHOD - Provided is an apparatus and a method for freezing the foods at a high quality without reducing the freezing process efficiency. The continuous freezing apparatus | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120067066 | FREEZE TUNNEL AND METHODS OF USE - A freeze tunnel can have a conveyor configured to move food product from a first end to a second end. At least one first cooling unit and at least one first fan can be positioned on the first side of the conveyor, and at least one second cooling unit and at least one second fan can be positioned on the second side of the conveyor. The fans can cooperate to circulate air inside the freeze tunnel in two opposite rotational directions. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20110000231 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ULTRASONIC FREEZING - An apparatus for reducing a temperature of a product includes a housing in which cryogenic fluid is provided for being exposed to the product, and at least one ultrasonic transducer assembly disposed in the housing for generating ultrasonic energy to contact the cryogenic fluid and a surface of the product to facilitate heat transfer at the surface of the product. The cryogenic fluid can be selected from nitrogen and carbon dioxide. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110000232 | LOAD LOCK APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE COOLING METHOD - Disclosed are load lock apparatuses configured to cool a substrate efficiently. The load lock apparatus includes a container configured to change the pressure between an atmospheric pressure and a pressure corresponding to a transfer chamber which is in a vacuum state, a pressure adjusting mechanism configured to adjust the pressure in container to the pressure corresponding to transfer chamber and an atmospheric pressure. The load lock apparatus further includes an upper cooling plate and a lower cooling plate provided opposed to each other inside container and each configured to cool the wafer at a position adjacent to the wafer or in touch with the wafer, and a wafer elevating pin and a driving mechanism that transfer the wafer to the cooling position of lower cooling plate. The load lock apparatus also includes a wafer supporting member and driving mechanism that transfer the wafer W to the cooling position of upper cooling plate. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110030393 | Cooling Tunnel And Method For Operating The Same - A cooling tunnel includes an infeed port for feeding objects, a discharge port for discharging objects, successive treatment stations for treating the objects with a cooling medium, and a conveyor system for transporting the objects to be cooled from the infeed port to the discharge port, with the conveyor system travelling through the individual treatment stations. The conveyor system has a first section running through several treatment stations, the first section extending from the infeed port to a turnaround station, a second section running through several treatment stations, the second section extending from the turnaround station to the discharge port, as well as a return section, which is arranged before the discharge port and connects a discharge-side zone of the second section with an infeed-side zone of the first section, to selectively either discharge objects or to cool them further. A method for operating a cooling tunnel is also provided. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110005241 | COOLING MECHANISM FOR USE WITH A FOOD PROCESSING SYSTEM - A cooler including a compartment, a conduit including a first end portion configured to be in communication with the compartment and a second end portion, food product at a first product temperature entering the first end portion, a fluid discharge positioned substantially within the conduit between the first end portion and the second end portion, and a pressurized fluid source in communication with and for supplying fluid through the fluid discharge, the fluid being at a first fluid temperature less than the first product temperature, the pressurized fluid source being operable to propel the fluid through the fluid discharge to move the food product from the first end portion of the conduit toward the second end portion and to cool the food product to a temperature below the first product temperature. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20080216488 | Dual Compartment Beverage Cooling System - A dual compartment cooling device that is designed to cool water, or other beverages, as a batch based on expected demand. This provides for the cooling of beverages which are to be consumed in a subsequent demand cycle at which time it is refilled but allows remaining water to remain “hotter” until it is to be in the next dispense cycle, which results in power savings | 09-11-2008 |
| 20090100846 | Cryogenic freeze chamber assembly - A cryogenic freezing chamber assembly provided with improved stress resistance caused by thermal expansion and contraction, improved cryogenic fluid utilization, better means for viewing activity therein and easy assembly and disassembly. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20100319365 | CROSS FLOW TUNNEL FREEZER SYSTEM - A system processes a food product with a cooling gas and includes a housing with a chamber; a blower in communication with the chamber for circulating the cooling gas; a baffle disposed in the chamber for dividing the chamber into a first region for exposing the food product to the cooling gas and a second region in which the cooling gas is moved by the blower for recirculation to the first region of the chamber; an arcuate member disposed in the chamber in spaced relationship with the baffle for providing a flow path between the first and second regions, the arcuate member coacting with the baffle to guide the cooling gas into the flow path; and conveyor means disposed for movement through at least one of the first and second regions for supporting and delivering the food product through the cooling gas. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20120151945 | METHOD FOR COOLING GRANULAR SOLID MATERIALS, AND CONTINUOUS CURING FACILITY AS SUCH - Method for cooling granular solid materials from a continuous curing facility having at least one area for burning a fuel to cure granular materials, wherein the curing of the granular materials, then the cooling of the cured granular materials is carried out in two consecutive steps, a first cooling step in a first cooler and a second cooling step in a second cooler, the method including: providing a cold air source for cooling the granular materials, the cold air source directly supplying air to the second cooler by blowing, and the air heated by the cured granular materials being used during the cooling as combustion gas for the burning area. All gases generated by the first and second coolers are routed to the burning area for use as a combustion gas, and the amount of cold air blown to the second cooler is adjusted to cover the air combustion needs. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120318002 | COOLING APPARATUS AND COOLING METHOD - A cooling apparatus includes a conveying means which conveys a resin composition formed into a sheet shape along a direction parallel to a surface of the sheet-shaped resin composition and a cooling means which cools the resin composition being conveyed by the conveying means. A temperature of the resin composition just before being cooled by the cooling means is in the range of 40 to 60° C. and the cooling means has a cooling ability to cool the resin composition such that a cooling rate of the resin composition is in the range of 0.2 to 5° C./min. Further, the cooling means includes a fan section having at least one outlet port which discharges cooling air of which temperature is in the range of −40 to 0° C. to the resin composition. | 12-20-2012 |
