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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 1990
Filed:
May. 21, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Laurence D Bell, Carmel Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Transfresh Corporation, Salinas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
134 63 ; 62 91 ; 62322 ; 62380 ; 99517 ; 134 72 ; 134131 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for washing and cooling subdivided produce include a mechanism for washing the subdivided produce with a solvent and for removing a substantial quantity of deteriorating-causing agents from the surface of the produce, a mechanism for conveying the subdivided produce along a linear path and for directing a flow of humidified cool air under pressure through the conveying means and the layer of the produce and at a temperature low enough to cool the washed produce as the subdivided produce is conveyed along the linear path.