Apparatus for thawing frozen food
US5146843A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 15, 1991 |
| Grant date | Sep 15, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA23B2/82
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Frozen food is thawed automatically by disposing the food within a container having a trough disposed adjacent to a top of the container, the trough being connected to a drain, filling the container with water to a predetermined level, providing a controlled metered secondary flow of fresh water into the container so as to cause the water level to rise and flow into the trough, forcibly recirculating, using a pump, water in the container so as to produce sufficient water circulation to maintain a substantially even water temperature distribution therein and so as to produce sufficient agitation of the water to break loose small food particles from the frozen food immersed in the water such that the food particles and food-related oils and debris float to the surface of the water and are carried into the trough.
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