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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 1996
Filed:
May. 29, 1992
Satoshi Nakamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Tatsuo Kuroiwa, Osaka, JP;
Kingo Nakagawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Junji Oshima, Osaka, JP;
Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A freeze-thawing tank assembly includes an upright vessel having a hollow defined therein for accommodating therein a quantity of fluid medium to be treated. The vessel is closed at an upper end by a lid and at a lower end by a normally closed discharge valve. A plurality of double-walled structures are accommodated within the hollow of the vessel in equally spaced and parallel relation with each other. Each of the double-walled structures has a fluid passage defined therein for the flow of a heat-exchanging fluid medium and also has a fluid inlet and outlet communicated with the fluid passage. The fluid medium to be treated may be alternately frozen and thawed by passing the heat-exchanging medium through the fluid passages in the double-walled structures.