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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ron C Lee, Bloombury, NJ (US);
Mark J Kirschner, Morristown, NJ (US);
Assignee:
The BOC Group, Inc., New Providence, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62303 ; 62374 ;
Abstract
A freezer having a freezing compartment and a porous conveyor belt for conveying articles through the freezing compartment. A vaporizer is provided to vaporize a stream of liquid cryogen. Vaporized cryogen is directed against the belt as a plurality of jets to blow accumulated ice off the belt. The vaporizer is located within the freezing compartment so that the cooling potential of the cryogen is not wasted and the vaporizer can serve as a preferential condensation site for the moisture.