Process for producing ices
US5341648A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 1, 1993 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 1, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25C1/12
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for producing an ice, comprising the steps of allowing a material solution containing a sweetener to flow downward from the upper part of and along the surface of a freezing plate provided substantially upright, to thereby cause the material solution to freeze on and stick to the surface of the freezing plate to form an ice plate; breaking the ice place into ice pieces having a diameter of about 20 mm at maximum; and filling a container with the ice pieces. The material solution is so controlled as to flow down in such a quantity that at least 30% of the solution freezes on and sticks to the freezing plate before the solution reaches the lower end thereof, and has a concentration so adjusted that the ice plate has a fragmentation resistance of 1,000 mm or less as measured by the dropping test method.
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