US 2020/0400370 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RAPID COOLING OF PACKAGED FOOD PRODUCTS

Abstract

A packaged food product processing machine. The machine comprises a food consumer interface configured to receive a food consumer selection identifying an end state of a food product, a package cooling sub-system comprising a chilled fluid bath, a gripper component configured to agitate a package containing the food product in the chilled fluid bath, and a controller configured to command the gripper to control the rate of heat transfer from the package to the chilled fluid bath based on receiving an input identifying an end state selection from the food consumer interface and based on receiving an input containing a value of the physical parameter of the food product from the gripper component.

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Dependent claims

A rapid chilling system, comprising:

a cooling fluid reservoir with a cooling fluid therein, wherein the cooling fluid is cooled within the cooling fluid reservoir at a cooling fluid temperature;
a package handling system comprising a gripper mechanism adapted to grip a food product package, the package handling system is configured to rotate the food product package in the cooling fluid of the cooling fluid reservoir according to a spin scheme with a spin profile;
and
a product identification system configured to determine an identity of the food product package, wherein the package handling system is configured to select the spin scheme or the spin profile based on the identity of the food product package.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for rapid cooling of packaged food products

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System and method for rapid cooling of packaged food products

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Abstract

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