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US 12,474,113 B2Granted
Method and device for homogeneous freezing
AssigneeLambhusasund Ehf.
InventorIngolfur Arnason
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Abstract
A method and device for freezing food items in a controlled and homogeneous manner. The method and device use plate freezers to bring the food items in a regulated manner through the whole freezing process.
Claims14
A system for freezing food items, said system comprising:
- providing freezer apparatus further comprising an isolated chamber, a plurality of plates arranged in the chamber with spacing between the plates, where each plate further comprises:
- i) a hollow space within the plate for cooling medium to flow through, ii) an inlet and an outlet for the cooling medium to enter and exit the plate, iii) an inlet valve and an outlet valve to control the flow of the cooling medium through each plate, in-feeding device for loading the food items to be frozen into the freezer between each two plates, providing a flow of cooling medium into each plate at a pre-determined temperature, and a control computer for regulating the flow of cooling medium through the freezer apparatus, wherein the apparatus further comprise sensors near the outlet for each plate to monitor the temperature of the cooling medium as it exit the each plate, and wherein the control computer regulates the flow of cooling medium to and from each plate individually, where the flow of cooling medium to each plate is determined by the temperature of the cooling medium leaving each plate throughout the freezing process.
An apparatus for freezing food items, said apparatus comprising:
- an isolated chamber, plurality of plates arranged in the chamber with spacing between the plates for food items to be loaded into the freezer apparatus between the plates, wherein each plate further comprises:
- i) a hollow space within the plate for cooling medium to flow through, and ii) an inlet and an outlet for the cooling medium to enter and exit the plate, an inlet valve and an outlet valve to control the flow of the cooling medium to each plate, wherein the apparatus further comprise sensors near the outlet for each plate to monitor the temperature of the cooling medium as it exits each plate;
- and a control computer for regulating the flow of cooling medium through each plate individually, wherein the flow of cooling medium to each plate is determined by the temperature of the cooling medium leaving each plate throughout the cooling/freezing process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.