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Exhaust system for a cryogenic freezer

US5605049A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 25, 1993
Grant dateFeb 25, 1997
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Expiry dateFeb 25, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25D3/11
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Method and apparatus for controlling removal of gaseous cryogen from a continuous tunnel type freezer wherein the cryogen and product to be frozen travel in counterflow heat exchange relation to minimize ambient atmosphere moving into the tunnel and out of the exhaust system with the exhausted gaseous cryogen.

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