Room and method for defrosting products
AssigneeRaadgevend Bureau Kortenbach B.V.
InventorsFranciscus Henricus Johannes Van Dijck, Johannes Martinus Hubertus Kortenbach
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Abstract
A room for bringing products to a specific desired temperature. The room is provided with a heat or cold source and detectors for measuring temperature in the room at a plurality of locations. A number of fans are positioned in the room in the region of a wall, floor or ceiling. In a prepared embodiment, the fans are displacable in a line along a wall, floor or ceiling of the room. In another embodiment, the fans are placed at a regular distance above one another. The line of fans may be displaced backwards and forwards along the wall from one corner of the room to the other. There is also provided a method of defrosting products, such as meat.
Claims20
A room for bringing products to or holding products at a desired temperature, said room comprising:
- first means for supplying heat to or removing heat from the room;
- measuring means for measuring temperature at a plurality of locations in the room;
- a first plurality of fans disposed in a first line and spaced apart from one another;
- and
- displacement means for displacing the first plurality of fans in line along at least one wall, floor or ceiling of the room.
A method of defrosting products in a room comprising
- (a) placing a plurality of frozen products into the room with a plurality of temperature detectors arranged at a plurality of locations in or on said plurality of products;
- (b) defrosting the plurality of products with circulation of air in the room, said air being circulated in the room by displacing a plurality of fans in line along at least one wall, floor or ceiling of the room at a displacement speed;
- and
- (c) adjusting the displacement speed based upon temperatures measured by said temperature detectors to make the defrosting more uniform.
A room for bringing products to, or holding products at, a desired temperature, said room comprising:
- first means for supplying heat to or removing heat from the room;
- measuring means for measuring temperatures at a plurality of locations in the room;
- a plurality of fans for circulating air in the room;
- displacement means for moving the plurality of fans within the room from one position to another;
- and
- control means for adjusting the movement of the plurality of fans in response to temperatures measured by said measuring means.
A room according to claim 13, wherein the first means removes heat from the room.
A combination for bringing products to or holding products at a defined temperature, said combination comprising a room, a first apparatus for supplying heat to or removing heat from the room, a plurality of detectors for measuring temperature at a plurality of locations in the room, a plurality of fans disposed in a first line and spaced apart from one another, and a second apparatus for moving the plurality of fans in line along at least one wall, floor or ceiling of the room.
In a method of defrosting products in a room comprising positioning temperature detectors in a plurality of locations in said products;
- actuating a supply of heat to heat air in said room;
- and controlling the supply of heat while monitoring temperatures in said products with said temperature detectors;
- the improvement comprising (a) circulating the air in the room with a plurality of fans by displacing the plurality of fans in line along at least one wall, floor or ceiling of the room;
- and (b) controlling a speed of displacing the plurality of fans based upon the temperatures detected at the temperature detectors to provide for a uniform defrosting of the products.
A room for bringing products to, or holding products at, a desired temperature, said room comprising:
- first means for supplying heat to or removing heat from the room;
- measuring means for measuring temperatures at a plurality of locations in the room;
- a plurality of fans for circulating air in the room;
- and
- control means for adjusting movement of the plurality of fans in response to temperatures measured by said measuring means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.