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Method of chilling materials and chilling container

US4457142A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 13, 1982
Grant dateJul 3, 1984
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Expiry dateOct 13, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25D3/125
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A chilling container includes a chilling agent chamber and a chilled goods chamber. The chilling agent chamber is sealed shut to contain e.g. dry ice, is highly insulated from the outside, and is connected by a pressure passage system to the chilled goods chamber which has an opening to the outside and a door. The chilling agent is vaporized in the chilling agent chamber by removal of the heat. A pressure drop occurs and therewith a forced movement with a forced circulation of the vaporized gases into the chilled goods chamber. A wall containing the pressure passage system is cooler and is opposite the door causing convection circulation which reinforces the forced circulation. A wall separating the chambers is relatively highly heat conductive.

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