CA2142553C - Tunnel freezer - Google Patents
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- CA2142553C CA2142553C CA002142553A CA2142553A CA2142553C CA 2142553 C CA2142553 C CA 2142553C CA 002142553 A CA002142553 A CA 002142553A CA 2142553 A CA2142553 A CA 2142553A CA 2142553 C CA2142553 C CA 2142553C
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- Prior art keywords
- tunnel
- conveyor
- turbulence inducing
- elongate
- freezer
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- 230000008014 freezing Effects 0.000 claims abstract 3
- 238000007710 freezing Methods 0.000 claims abstract 3
- 230000015572 biosynthetic process Effects 0.000 claims description 7
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- 239000007789 gas Substances 0.000 description 3
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- 235000013305 food Nutrition 0.000 description 1
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Classifications
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F25D3/00—Devices using other cold materials; Devices using cold-storage bodies
- F25D3/10—Devices using other cold materials; Devices using cold-storage bodies using liquefied gases, e.g. liquid air
- F25D3/11—Devices using other cold materials; Devices using cold-storage bodies using liquefied gases, e.g. liquid air with conveyors carrying articles to be cooled through the cooling space
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F25D13/00—Stationary devices, e.g. cold-rooms
- F25D13/06—Stationary devices, e.g. cold-rooms with conveyors carrying articles to be cooled through the cooling space
- F25D13/062—Stationary devices, e.g. cold-rooms with conveyors carrying articles to be cooled through the cooling space with refrigerated conveyors
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
- A23B—PRESERVATION OF FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES
- A23B2/00—Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general
- A23B2/80—Freezing; Subsequent thawing; Cooling
- A23B2/803—Materials being transported through or in the apparatus, with or without shaping, e.g. in the form of powders, granules or flakes
- A23B2/8033—Materials being transported through or in the apparatus, with or without shaping, e.g. in the form of powders, granules or flakes with packages or with shaping in the form of blocks or portions
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
- A23B—PRESERVATION OF FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES
- A23B2/00—Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general
- A23B2/80—Freezing; Subsequent thawing; Cooling
- A23B2/85—Freezing; Subsequent thawing; Cooling with addition of or treatment with chemicals
- A23B2/88—Freezing; Subsequent thawing; Cooling with addition of or treatment with chemicals with direct contact between the food and the chemical, e.g. liquid N2 at cryogenic temperature
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F25D17/00—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces
- F25D17/04—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection
- F25D17/06—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection by forced circulation
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F25D2317/00—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
- F25D2317/06—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass with forced air circulation
- F25D2317/067—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass with forced air circulation characterised by air ducts
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F25D2317/00—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
- F25D2317/06—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass with forced air circulation
- F25D2317/068—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass with forced air circulation characterised by the fans
- F25D2317/0681—Details thereof
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- Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
- Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
- Polymers & Plastics (AREA)
- Zoology (AREA)
- Food Science & Technology (AREA)
- Wood Science & Technology (AREA)
- Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
- Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
- Thermal Sciences (AREA)
- General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Devices That Are Associated With Refrigeration Equipment (AREA)
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| GB9402855.2 | 1994-02-15 | ||
| GB9402855A GB9402855D0 (en) | 1994-02-15 | 1994-02-15 | Tunnel freezer |
Publications (2)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| CA2142553A1 CA2142553A1 (en) | 1995-08-16 |
| CA2142553C true CA2142553C (en) | 2001-04-17 |
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Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA002142553A Expired - Fee Related CA2142553C (en) | 1994-02-15 | 1995-02-15 | Tunnel freezer |
Country Status (10)
| Country | Link |
|---|---|
| US (1) | US5522238A (en, 2012) |
| EP (1) | EP0667502B1 (en, 2012) |
| JP (1) | JPH07280405A (en, 2012) |
| KR (1) | KR950033326A (en, 2012) |
| CA (1) | CA2142553C (en, 2012) |
| DE (1) | DE69504876T2 (en, 2012) |
| ES (1) | ES2122357T3 (en, 2012) |
| GB (1) | GB9402855D0 (en, 2012) |
| TW (1) | TW290627B (en, 2012) |
| ZA (1) | ZA951228B (en, 2012) |
Families Citing this family (18)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5577392A (en) * | 1995-01-17 | 1996-11-26 | Liquid Carbonic Corporation | Cryogenic chiller with vortical flow |
| US5606861A (en) * | 1995-06-07 | 1997-03-04 | Air Liquide America Corporation | Crossflow cryogenic freezer and method of use |
| US5921091A (en) * | 1996-10-09 | 1999-07-13 | American Air Liquide, Incorporated | Liquid air food freezer and method |
| US5765381A (en) * | 1997-03-04 | 1998-06-16 | Air Liquide America Corporation | Multitier crossflow cryogenic freezer and method of use |
| US6849134B2 (en) * | 2001-09-10 | 2005-02-01 | Kemet Electronics Corporation | Minimum volume oven for producing uniform pyrolytic oxide coatings on capacitor anodes |
| NO316630B1 (no) * | 2001-10-29 | 2004-03-15 | Yara Int Asa | Fremgangsmate og anordning for kjoling og/eller frysing av produkter |
| DE102004020194A1 (de) * | 2004-04-22 | 2005-11-17 | Linde Ag | Vorrichtung zum Gefrieren und/oder Kühlen von Gegenständen in einem mit einem Ventilator ausgestatteten Kühlraum |
| FR2900225B1 (fr) * | 2006-04-21 | 2011-03-18 | Sa Fromfroid | Installation de traitement en temperature de produits disposes en palette ou similaire. |
| US8333087B2 (en) | 2007-08-13 | 2012-12-18 | Linde, Inc. | Cross-flow spiral heat transfer system |
| US20100319365A1 (en) * | 2007-11-27 | 2010-12-23 | Newman Michael D | Cross flow tunnel freezer system |
| DE102008008827A1 (de) * | 2008-02-12 | 2009-08-27 | Hupfer Metallwerke Gmbh & Co. Kg | Vorrichtung zur Verteilung gekühlter Speisen, insbesondere für Großküchen |
| DE102008019903A1 (de) * | 2008-04-21 | 2009-10-22 | Airinotec Gmbh | Kühltunnel und Verfahren zum Betrieb eines solchen |
| US20130167562A1 (en) * | 2011-12-31 | 2013-07-04 | Air Liquide Industrial U.S. Lp | Cryogenic spiral freezer |
| KR101324001B1 (ko) * | 2013-07-17 | 2013-10-30 | 홍광수 | 컨베이어 장치 |
| CN103673446B (zh) * | 2013-12-19 | 2015-09-23 | 科威嘉尼（北京）科技有限公司 | 一种平衡气流的隧道式液氮冷冻设备 |
| KR102130049B1 (ko) | 2018-07-31 | 2020-07-03 | 권철기 | 터널형 식품 냉각 컨베이어 |
| JP7295556B2 (ja) * | 2019-05-22 | 2023-06-21 | 菱熱工業株式会社 | トッピングライン冷却装置 |
| AU2019219837A1 (en) * | 2019-08-23 | 2021-03-11 | Golden Produce I.P. Pty Ltd | Sequential cooling tunnel and method of use |
Family Cites Families (17)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB742472A (en) * | 1952-08-12 | 1955-12-30 | Arthur William Cheatle | Improvements in or relating to conveyors for the cooling and drying of articles and like operations |
| GB951793A (en) * | 1960-09-12 | 1964-03-11 | Weston Biscuit Company Wales L | Improvements in or relating to the cooling tunnels for articles having at least a part thereof in flowable or semi-flowable form |
| US3376710A (en) * | 1966-05-16 | 1968-04-09 | Hirtensteiner Walter Earl | Food freezing apparatus |
| GB1152222A (en) * | 1967-04-05 | 1969-05-14 | Baker Perkins Ltd | An Improved Chocolate Cooler |
| US3938350A (en) * | 1972-05-05 | 1976-02-17 | Cryogenics Corporation Of America | Freeze tunnel |
| US3841109A (en) * | 1973-02-09 | 1974-10-15 | Chemetron Corp | Chiller apparatus |
| US3871186A (en) * | 1973-08-23 | 1975-03-18 | Integral Process Syst Inc | Apparatus and method for refrigerating articles |
| CA1006365A (en) * | 1973-12-10 | 1977-03-08 | Barron M. Moody | Freeze tunnel |
| US4078398A (en) * | 1976-10-04 | 1978-03-14 | Cloudy & Britton, Inc. | Food freezing tunnel with improved freezing air flow apparatus |
| US4086784A (en) * | 1976-12-15 | 1978-05-02 | Hollymatic Corporation | Apparatus for refrigerating articles |
| US4229947A (en) * | 1979-08-06 | 1980-10-28 | Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. | Cryogenic freezer |
| US4584849A (en) * | 1985-01-17 | 1986-04-29 | Cloudy & Britton, Inc. | Food freezing tunnel |
| GB8611538D0 (en) * | 1986-05-12 | 1986-06-18 | Boc Group Plc | Food freezing tunnel |
| US5168711A (en) * | 1991-06-07 | 1992-12-08 | Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. | Convective heat transfer system for a cryogenic freezer |
| US5222363A (en) * | 1992-03-11 | 1993-06-29 | Carbonic Reserves | Fluidized bed air cooling system |
| JP3373897B2 (ja) * | 1992-07-13 | 2003-02-04 | 大阪酸素工業株式会社 | トンネル形冷凍チャンバ |
| US5444985A (en) * | 1994-05-13 | 1995-08-29 | Liquid Carbonic Corporation | Cryogenic tunnel freezer |
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1994
- 1994-02-15 GB GB9402855A patent/GB9402855D0/en active Pending
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1995
- 1995-02-14 JP JP7049146A patent/JPH07280405A/ja active Pending
- 1995-02-15 ES ES95102051T patent/ES2122357T3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1995-02-15 CA CA002142553A patent/CA2142553C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1995-02-15 TW TW084101373A patent/TW290627B/zh active
- 1995-02-15 ZA ZA951228A patent/ZA951228B/xx unknown
- 1995-02-15 KR KR1019950002791A patent/KR950033326A/ko not_active Ceased
- 1995-02-15 DE DE69504876T patent/DE69504876T2/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1995-02-15 EP EP95102051A patent/EP0667502B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1995-03-21 US US08/388,703 patent/US5522238A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
Also Published As
| Publication number | Publication date |
|---|---|
| DE69504876T2 (de) | 1999-02-25 |
| KR950033326A (ko) | 1995-12-22 |
| US5522238A (en) | 1996-06-04 |
| EP0667502B1 (en) | 1998-09-23 |
| DE69504876D1 (de) | 1998-10-29 |
| ES2122357T3 (es) | 1998-12-16 |
| CA2142553A1 (en) | 1995-08-16 |
| TW290627B (en, 2012) | 1996-11-11 |
| EP0667502A1 (en) | 1995-08-16 |
| ZA951228B (en) | 1995-10-18 |
| JPH07280405A (ja) | 1995-10-27 |
| GB9402855D0 (en) | 1994-04-06 |
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Legal Events
| Date | Code | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| EEER | Examination request | ||
| MKLA | Lapsed | ||
| MKLA | Lapsed |
Effective date: 20060215 |