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Hygienic cooling channel

US9759474B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

HOSOKAWA BEPEX GMBH · DE

Inventors

Markus Hiltscher · Hamburg, DE
Heiko Groetsch · Hamburg, DE
Mike Beckert · Leingarten, DE
Marc Horna · Ilsfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 21, 2012
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 19, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF25D2327/00
WIPO fieldFood chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A cooling channel is provided for cooling goods to be chilled, in particular food or pharmaceutical products. The cooling channel includes a cooling tower having an inlet end and an outlet end; a driven conveyor belt on which the goods to be chilled are arranged such that they can be conveyed through the cooling tower from the inlet end to the outlet end; a housing surrounding the conveyor belt and forming a cooling zone in the region of the conveyor belt; a filter unit for filtering air; a cooling unit for cooling the cooling zone; and at least one fan that interacts thermodynamically with the cooling unit and that conveys cooled air from the cooling unit to the cooling zone.

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