Refrigeration system including means for reconstituting and preserving frozen foods and the like

Claim 1

IN APPARATUS OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED FOR RECONSTITUTING FROZEN FOODS AND MAINTAINING THE DESIRED CONDITIONS OF QUALITY, THE COMBINATION OF, CABINET MEANS PROVIDING A RECONSTITUTING SPACE, MEANS TO MOVE PORTIONS OF FOOD TO AND FROM SAID SPACE AND TO SUPPORT THE PORTIONS OF FOOD INDIVIDUALLY WHILE WITHIN SAID SPACE, RADIANT HEATING MEANS WHICH IS ADAPTED TO SUBJECT THE PORTIONS OF FOOD TO PULSES OF HEAT WHILE SAID PORTIONS ARE WITHIN SAID SPACE, SAID HEATING MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED HEATER ELEMENTS, SAID MEANS TO MOVE PORTIONS OF FOOD INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SPACED SUPPORT MEANS WHICH ARE ADAPTED TO SUPPORT SAID PORTIONS OF FOOD AND TO MOVE THEM HORIZONTALLY TO AND FROM THE SPACES BETWEEN SAID HEATER ELEMENTS, AND CONTROL MEANS FOR CONTROLLING SAID HEATING MEANS.