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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:
Dec. 08, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward F Kiczek, Long Valley, NJ (US);
Earl W Moore, Macungie, PA (US);
David L Mitchell, Jr, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Kevin S McAfee, Reading, PA (US);
Assignee:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62381 ; 62374 ;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for quick freezing particles with surface moisture by immersion in liquid cryogen to produce a frozen crust or layer on the particles followed by agitation in content with the vaporized cryogen to complete freezing and prevent clumping of the particles.