Spiral chiller apparatus and method of chilling
US9791201B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 22, 2010 |
| Grant date | Oct 17, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 8, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25D25/027
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A spiral chiller and a method of chilling a food product in a spiral chiller using a cooling medium wherein (a) the food product is conveyed within the chiller by a spiral conveyor having a plurality of spiral flutes and (b) the cooling medium is discharged either upwardly and/or downwardly within, and/or laterally into, one or more vertical gaps between adjacent pairs of spiral flutes using one or more delivery duct structures which extend inside the interior of the product chilling chamber.
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