The Boc Group, Inc.

Peter F Goodall

Brian King

John N Kuzniarski

A portable chilling unit for chilling either the whole or a selected portion of the interior of a container comprises a plurality of eutectic elements adapted for pre-chilling by exposure to liquid cryogen, a height adjustable inlet and an outlet towards the base of the unit. An insulating blanket is attachable to the inlet such that, in operation, the blanket may be placed over the cargo to be chilled and only atmosphere from under the blanket is drawn through the unit for chilling.

Portable chilling unit

An apparatus for depositing solid carbon dioxide on items to be refrigerated comprises a device (10) operable to convert a stream of liquid carbon dioxide into a forward flow of gaseous carbon dioxide containing entrained particles of solid carbon dioxide, a carriage (8) upon which said device (10) is mounted for translating in opposite directions and means for moving said device so as to direct said stream towards a plurality of individual items to be refrigerated.

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Forest Row, United Kingdom

Peter F Goodall