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US 6,178,756 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for chilling perishable liquids
AssigneeTri-Gas, Inc.
InventorsNorman B. Frable, Cornelius J. F. Elenbaas, Steve William Jones
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AssigneeTri-Gas, Inc.
InventorsNorman B. Frable, Cornelius J. F. Elenbaas, Steve William Jones
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A process and apparatus for preparing perishable liquid products for shipment aboard uncooled tankers in which liquid product is mixed with a cryogen such as liquid nitrogen. The mixing may be carried out simultaneously with tanker loading by use of a mixing/injection lance positioned through a port in the tanker, with the nitrogen being introduced at one end of the lance and the liquid product being introduced through an aperture in the sidewall of the lance downstream from the nitrogen entrance along a path of travel not directly at the central axis of the lance, to produce a centrifugal action in the liquid product. Alternatively, the cryogen may be mixed with the liquid product by introduction into a body of the liquid to be chilled at a submerged location.
A method for chilling a perishable juice in order to prepare it for shipment in an uncooled tanker comprising:
A mixing/injection lance for chilling a perishable liquid for transport in a tanker truck having an upper fill port, comprising:
A method of simultaneous transferring a liquid product into a receiving vessel while chilling the liquid product, comprising:
A lance for transferring a liquid into a vessel having an upper fill port while chilling the liquid, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.