Method and apparatus for producing frozen products
AssigneesMesser SE & Co. KGaA, Messer France S.A.S.
InventorsEmir Tebib, Denis Beil
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of producing frozen products in which a predetermined amount of carbon dioxide snow is produced and piled up to form a volume of snow. Subsequently, a mold impression is pressed into one surface of the snow volume, forming depressions into which at least one product to be cooled is filled. In a cooling device, the product in the snow volume is cooled through, while the snow volume itself gradually sublimates. The process and the device are particularly suitable for the production of individual quick freezing (IQF) products.
Claims11
A method for producing frozen products, in which:
- a predetermined quantity of carbon dioxide snow is produced and a volume of snow is provided from the predetermined quantity of carbon dioxide snow;
- a mold impression is pressed into a surface of the volume of snow, thus forming at least one depression in the volume of snow;
- at least one product to be cooled is placed into the at least one depression;
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- the volume of snow filled with the at least one product is supplied to a cooling device in which the at least one product is cooled through.
An apparatus for producing frozen products, having:
- a device for providing a carbon dioxide volume of snow;
- a press which is equipped with a press mold having at least one protruding profile and intended for impressing a mold impression into a surface of the volume of snow, thus forming at least one depression;
- a metering device for filling at least one product into the at least one depression;
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- a cooling device for cooling the at least one product through.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.