Pressure cooling apparatus
Abstract
Abstract APPARATUS FOR COOLING PRODUCE SUCHAS FRESH VEGETABLES OR FRUITS INCLUDES A REGRIGERATED ENCLOSURE HAVING A BARRIER WALL PROVIDED WITH A SERIES OF GROUPS OF OPENINGS. THE PRODUCE IS CONFINED IN APERTURED CONTAINERS STACKED ON PALLETS AND EACH IS MOVED BY A FORK TRUCK INTO LATERAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BARRIER WALL. THE PALLETS ARE SUPPORTED IN TWO TIRES. FLEXIBLE SEALS ON THE BARRIER WALL ENCOMPASS THE OPENINGS AND ENGAGE THE APERTURED CONTAINERS ON ONE SIDE. A FAN CAUSES AIR TO MOVE A CIRCUIT INCLUDING THE APERTURED CONTAINERS, THE OPENINGS IN THE BARRIER WALL, AND THROUGH A COOLER-HUMIDIFIER TO COOL THE PRODUCE. THE PROXIMITY OF THE STACK OR PALLET OPENINGS AN AIR VALVE WHICH OTHERWISE BLOCKS FLOW OF AIR THROUGH THE WALL OPENINGS ADJACENT THE STACK.
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- 👤 Diven Meredith
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