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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2005
Robert Muscato, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Robert Boddaert, Washington, NJ (US);
Stephen a Mccormick, Warrington, PA (US);
John Hamilton, Edmond, OK (US);
Robert Muscato, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Robert Boddaert, Washington, NJ (US);
Stephen A McCormick, Warrington, PA (US);
John Hamilton, Edmond, OK (US);
The BOC Group, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method of cooling products includes a conveyor for transporting the products, through a refrigeration medium for cooling the products, agitation means disposed proximate to the conveyor for selective, intermittent contact with the conveyor to displace the conveyor from a plane of travel, thereby displacing the products on the conveyor during freezing to prevent the products from adhering to the conveyor or other of the products during freezing, at least one of the agitation means and the conveyor constructed and arranged to be positioned away from each other for the conveyor to move uninterrupted along the plane of travel.