Low temperature food storage equipment
US5243834A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 20, 1992 |
| Grant date | Sep 14, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02A40/963
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
The low temperature food storage equipment of the present invention is provided with an icehouse and a food storeroom each surrounded by a heat insulator. The icehouse and the storeroom are connected by a detachable heat exchanger disposed therebetween. In the icehouse there is stored water which is frozen into ice when the outside air grows cold. In the storeroom there are kept in cold storage a large amount of shippable food, for example, potatoes. In the case of shipping the food, the heat exchanger is removed and the food is transported on a truck or the like while being kept in cold storage in the storeroom.
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