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US 5,398,521 AGranted
Commercial freezer
OwnerDavid L. Baron, Jonathan D. Martininventors
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Abstract
A refrigerator having coaxial, but oppositely directed, fans pulls air over refrigeration coils and perpendicularly across articles to be refrigerated supported by an endless conveyor belt. The endless conveyor belt is supported and impelled by a carousel that turns on a stationary frame.
Claims9
A refrigerator for the uniform chilling of articles, comprising:
- insulated walls defining an insulated enclosure;
- an endless conveyor belt encompassed by said insulated enclosure;
- a carousel supporting and impelling said endless conveyor;
- a frame supporting said carousel and upon which said carousel turns, said frame having a top, and a bottom, and defining interior and exterior spaces;
- a first fan attached to said top of said frame, said first fan evacuating air from said interior space of said frame to space exterior to said frame;
- a second fan attached to said bottom of said frame, said second fan evacuating air from said interior space of said frame to space exterior to said frame;
- and
- a refrigeration unit having refrigeration coils within said interior space of said frame, said refrigeration coils being coaxial with said first and second fans and centrally placed between said first and second fans;
- whereby
- air refrigerated by said refrigeration coils is drawn from said interior of said frame and circulated by both said first and said second fans so that refrigerated air is drawn across said refrigeration coils and said endless conveyor belt, and any articles thereon, in a manner generally perpendicular to the direction of travel of said endless conveyor belt.
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