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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. 04, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
John J Appolonia, Yardley, PA (US);
Assignee:
The BOC Group, Inc., New Providence, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D / ; F25D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62 63 ; 62 64 ; 62374 ; 62375 ;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for continuously freezing a food product in which the food product is contacted on a conveyor with a liquid refrigerant under conditions of turbulent flow to thereby freeze at least the outer surface of the food product. The frozen food product and the liquid refrigerant are thereafter separated.