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US 10,098,364 B2Granted
Method of preserving freshness of harvested crops, freshness preservation device, repository, and display device
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakashi Ohta, Kazuki Harada, Shinichi Aoki, Makoto Yamada
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Abstract
A method of preserving freshness of a harvested crop includes irradiating the harvested crop with blue light and misting the harvested crop with water mist while irradiating the harvested crop with the blue light.
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A method of preserving freshness of a harvested crop, the method comprising:
- irradiating the harvested crop with blue light by using a first illuminant;
- misting the harvested crop with water mist by using a mister while irradiating the harvested crop with the blue light;
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- irradiating the harvested crop with infrared light by using a second illuminant after irradiating the harvested crop with the blue light by using the first illuminant and misting the harvested crop with the water mist by using the mister, wherein:
- the irradiating the harvested crop with the blue light and the misting are performed on the harvested crop in a state in which the harvested crop is not being cooled by using a cooling device.
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A freshness preservation device for preserving freshness of a harvested crop, the freshness preservation device comprising:
- a first illuminant that irradiates the harvested crop with blue light;
- a mister that mists the harvested crop with water mist while the first illuminant irradiates the harvested crop with the blue light;
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- a second illuminant that irradiates the harvested crop with infrared light after the first illuminant irradiates the harvested crop with the blue light and the mister mists the harvested crop with the water mist, wherein:
- the freshness preservation device comprises no cooling device for cooling the harvested crop.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.