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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald P Smith, Dallas, TX (US);
Virgil L Archer, Dallas, TX (US);
William W Plumb, Dallas, TX (US);
Jarald E High, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Robert W Foreman, Euless, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34149 ; 34189 ; 34197 ; 34225 ; 34231 ; 126 / ; 99475 ; 99477 ; 219400 ;
Abstract
Impingement heating or cooling apparatus that employs an axial flow fan, a plenum, collector and a columnating assembly for directing jets of a temperature controlled gas against the surface of a food product. Means for contacting a first layer of food products with impinging jets of a temperature controlled gas and for simultaneously contacting a second layer of food products with an alternating, convective flow of a temperature controlled gas is also provided.