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US 4,566,377 AGranted
Apparatus for storing and ventilating cheeses
AssigneeEsmil Hubert B.V.
InventorArie J. van Buytene
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AssigneeEsmil Hubert B.V.
InventorArie J. van Buytene
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An apparatus for storing and ventilating cheeses has a plurality of shelves for the cheeses supported at their ends by hollow side walls so that the shelves are arranged vertically one above another. The side walls have passages within them for supply and discharge of ventilating air to the spaces above the respective shelves. To achieve a minimal spacing between shelves, while obtaining good air distribution over the cheeses, each said shelf has at least one longitudinal extending duct for conducting ventilating air along the shelf, which duct is connected at one end of the shelf to an air passage in the side wall and has, spaced longitudinally along the shelf, a plurality of openings for the ventilating air located at the underside of the shelf. Preferably each shelf has two such ducts, one for supply and one for discharge of air.
Apparatus for storing and ventilating cheeses, having a plurality of shelves for supporting the cheeses, each said shelf having two opposite longitudinal ends, and two hollow side walls supporting said shelves respectively at said ends thereof so that the shelves are arranged vertically one above another, the hollow side walls having passages within them for supply and discharge of ventilating air to the spaces above the respective shelves, wherein each said shelf has at least one longitudinal extending duct for conducting ventilating air along the shelf, which duct is connected at one end of the shelf to a passage in the respective side wall and has, spaced longitudinally along the shelf, a plurality of openings for the ventilating air located at the underside of the shelf.
Apparatus for storing and ventilating cheeses, having a plurality of shelves for supporting the cheeses, each said shelf having two opposite longitudinal ends, and two hollow side walls supporting said shelves respectively at said ends thereof so that the shelves are arranged vertically one above another, the hollow side walls having passages within them for supply and discharge of ventilating air to the spaces above the respective shelves, wherein each said shelf has two longitudinally extending ducts for conducting ventilating air along the shelf and respectively for supplying and discharging ventilating air to and from the space beneath the shelf, which ducts are respectively connected at the opposite ends of the shelf to respective supply and discharge openings of said passages in the respective side walls and each have, spaced longitudinally along the shelf, a plurality of openings for respectively supply and discharge of air to and from the said space beneath the shelf.
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