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AssigneeHeat and Control, Inc.
InventorsAnthony Caridis, Steven Michael Konold, James Anthony Padilla, Mohammad Imran Osman
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A cooling device for products disposed in an arrangement including an elongate plenum having a length that approximates the transverse dimension of the arrangement and a passageway extending from its first end to its second end. A structure coupled to the elongate plenum is adapted for positioning the elongate plenum across arrangement. A blower is coupled to the first end of the elongate plenum for providing a pressurized fluid to the passageway. The elongate plenum has a substantially continuous nozzle extending along its length for directing pressurized fluid from the passageway for travel over a side wall of the plenum towards the arrangement. The side wall has a configuration so that the pressurized fluid traveling over the side wall entrains fluid external of the elongate plenum for amplified cooling of products in the arrangement.
A cooling device for food products disposed in an arrangement having a transverse dimension, comprising an elongate plenum having a first end and an opposite second end and a length extending between the first end and the second end approximating the transverse dimension, a structure coupled to the elongate plenum adapted for positioning the elongate plenum across the arrangement, the elongate plenum being provided with a passageway extending from the first end to the second end and having a side wall, a blower coupled to the first end of the elongate plenum for providing a pressurized fluid to the passageway, the elongate plenum having a substantially continuous nozzle extending along its length for directing pressurized fluid from the passageway for travel over the side wall towards the arrangement, the side wall having a configuration so that the pressurized fluid traveling over the side wall entrains fluid external of the elongate plenum for amplified cooling of food products in the arrangement.
A cooling device for food products disposed on a surface having a transverse dimension, comprising first and second elongate plenums each having a first end and an opposite second end and a length extending between the first end and the second end approximating the transverse dimension, a structure coupled to the first and second elongate plenums adapted for positioning the first and second elongate plenums spaced apart and in parallel across the surface, each of the first and second elongate plenums being provided with a passageway extending from its first end to its second end and having opposite first and second side walls, a blower coupled to the first end of each of the first and second elongate plenums for providing a pressurized fluid to the respective passageway, a substantially continuous nozzle being provided in each of the opposite first and second side walls of each of the first and second plenums and extending the length of the respective plenum for directing pressurized fluid from the respective passageway for travel over the respective side wall towards the surface, each of the side walls having a configuration so that the pressurized fluid traveling over the side wall entrains adjacent fluid, the first and second elongate plenums providing amplified cooling of food products on an area of the surface.
A cooling device for use with food products, comprising an elongate plenum having a first end and an opposite second end and a length extending between the first end and the second end, the elongate plenum being provided with a passageway extending from the first end to the second end and having a side wall, a blower coupled to the first end of the elongate plenum for providing a pressurized fluid to the passageway, the elongate plenum having a substantially continuous nozzle extending along its length for directing pressurized fluid from the passageway for travel over the side wall, the nozzle having a width that reduces along at least a portion of the length of the elongate plenum from the first end to the second end, the side wall having a configuration so that the pressurized fluid traveling over the side wall entrains adjacent fluid for providing amplified cooling of the food products.
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