Patent · US Expired

Low temperature zoning formation system for holding freshness of food

US7322204B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateMar 18, 2003
Grant dateJan 29, 2008
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Expiry dateOct 8, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25D25/04
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A low temperature zone forming system by convection type thermal stratification in which the low temperature zone separated from polluted outside air is formed on a movable or fixed table for handling commodities such as marine products while maintaining freshness thereof during the period from carrying-in in the whole sale market, during selling by auction, until shipment of the commodities from the market, comprising an upward-open case body (30) mounted on a chassis (30a), a separate brine chilling unit (30b), and a brine piping (30c), the upward-open case body (30) further comprising a roller conveyer (35) installed in the center part of the floor of the case body (30), cooling flat plates each of which is installed adjacent to the roller conveyer (35), and cooling flat plates are installed on the inside faces of both laterally longitudinal side walls.

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