The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 04, 2021
Applicant:

Praxair Technology, Inc., Danbury, CT (US);

Inventors:

Balazs Hunek, Western Springs, IL (US);

Michael V. Johnson, Naperville, IL (US);

Elizabeth W. Wanic, Naperville, IL (US);

Soujanya N. Jampala, Chicago, IL (US);

Theodore H. Gasteyer, III, Naperville, IL (US);

Assignee:

Praxair Technology, Inc., Danbury, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23B 2/88 (2025.01); A23B 2/80 (2025.01); A23B 4/09 (2006.01); F25D 3/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23B 2/88 (2025.01); A23B 2/803 (2025.01); A23B 4/09 (2013.01); F25D 3/11 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for providing a desired amount of cooling to a quantity of non-liquid conveyable product in a vessel within a given length of residence time including: (A) continuously feeding a mass of the product into, through and out of a vessel, at a rate that provides a predetermined length of residence time, wherein the product is moved through the vessel by engagement thereof with an impeller; and (B) feeding cryogen out of a plurality of nozzle openings directly into or onto the product in the vessel while the impeller is moving the product continuously past the nozzle openings, wherein the cryogen is fed into said non-liquid conveyable product from a sufficient number of nozzle openings to provide the desired amount of cooling to the product within the given period of residence time, and wherein the flow of cryogen out of each nozzle opening is continuous or intermittent.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…