Method and system for treating a product
AssigneeThe State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research
InventorsAvraham ARBEL, Mordechai BARAK, Boaz ZION, Yiftah AFGIN
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Abstract
A vessel having an opening for receiving the product and walls surrounding the vessel at all sides except the opening. The interior of the vessel is filled with a fluid having a specific gravity lower than a specific gravity of a medium surrounding the walls outside the vessel. While the vessel is oriented with the opening facing downwards, the vessel and/or product is/are conveyed to ensure that the product enters the interior through the opening.
Claims29
A method of treating a product, comprising:
- providing a vessel having an opening sized for receiving said product and walls surrounding said vessel at all sides except said opening, wherein an interior of said vessel is filled with a fluid having a specific gravity lower than a specific gravity of a medium surrounding said walls outside said vessel;
- and
- while said vessel is oriented with said opening facing downwards, conveying said vessel and/or said product to ensure that said product enters said interior through said opening.
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A system for heating a product, comprising:
- a vessel having an opening sized for receiving said product and walls surrounding said vessel at all sides except said opening, wherein an interior of said vessel is filled with a fluid;
- a heating device configured for heating said fluid to a temperature higher than a temperature outside said vessel;
- and
- a conveyor configured for conveying said vessel and/or said product to ensure that said product enters said interior through said opening, while said vessel is oriented with said opening facing downwards.
A method of treating a product, comprising:
- providing a vessel having an opening sized for receiving said product and walls surrounding said vessel at all sides except said opening, wherein an interior of said vessel is filled with a fluid having a specific gravity higher than a specific gravity of a medium surrounding said walls outside said vessel;
- while said vessel is oriented with said opening facing upwards, conveying said vessel and/or said product to ensure that said product enters said interior through said opening, and to maintain a relative motion between said product and said vessel at least throughout the presence of said product is in said vessel;
- and
- conveying said vessel and/or said product to ensure that said product exits said interior through said opening.
21-22. (canceled)
A system for cooling a product, comprising:
- a vessel having an opening sized for receiving said product and walls surrounding said vessel at all sides except said opening, wherein an interior of said vessel is filled with a fluid;
- a cooling device configured for cooling said fluid to a temperature lower than a temperature outside said vessel;
- and
- a conveyor configured for conveying said vessel and/or said product to ensure that said product enters said interior through said opening, while said vessel is oriented with said opening facing upwards, and to maintain a relative motion between said product and said vessel at least throughout the presence of said product is in said vessel.
30-35. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.