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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:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2004
Applicants:
Walter J. Boryca, Troy, OH (US);
Jackson M. Miles, Jr., Weatherford, TX (US);
Thomas Rands, Kansas City, MO (US);
Inventors:
Walter J. Boryca, Troy, OH (US);
Jackson M. Miles, Jr., Weatherford, TX (US);
Thomas Rands, Kansas City, MO (US);
Assignee:
Premark FEG L.L.C., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F29B 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one aspect, a food thawing cabinet includes at least one thawing chamber and one or more wall blowers and a heater for producing a controlled high volume of air flow over food product, with the heater controlled in a cyclic manner. In another aspect, various advanced control techniques for controlling heat input are provided in an effort to lower the time required to thaw frozen food products in a safe manner.