Defrosting cabinet
AssigneeNippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
InventorsGenkichi Yokoi, Noriyuki Harada, Kozo Shimba, Kenyo Matsushita
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Abstract
A humidifier is provided for a closed defrosting cabinet for containing frozen food to be defrosted in a compartment thereof. A fan for circulating air is disposed in the defrosting cabinet. The defrosting chamber is humidified with humidified air circulated by the fan. The defrosting chamber is partitioned into a plurality of areas by a slidable partition wall consisting of at least two sections. The defrosting cabinet can maintain the temperature and the humidity constant, defrost the food rapidly, and prevent the surface of the food from drying and changing in color.
Claims10
A defrosting cabinet comprising a defrosting chamber for containing frozen food to be defrosted, a humidifying compartment separate from said defrosting chamber and in communication therewith at spaced apart ports opening into said defrosting chamber, means for circulating a flow of air from said defrosting chamber through said humidifying compartment via said spaced-apart ports and back to said defrosting chamber, and pump-operating spray means disposed in said humidifying compartment between said ports for projecting plural streams of water into the path of said flow of air passing through said humidifying compartment.
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