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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2005
Applicants:
Osvaldo A. Chu, Sarasota, FL (US);
Rei-young Amos Wu, Palatine, FL (US);
Ashok Shashikant Dhruv, Englewood, CO (US);
Inventors:
Osvaldo A. Chu, Sarasota, FL (US);
Rei-Young Amos Wu, Palatine, FL (US);
Ashok Shashikant Dhruv, Englewood, CO (US);
Assignee:
Stokely-Van Camp, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 3/00 (2006.01); A23L 3/18 (2006.01); A23L 3/10 (2006.01); A23L 3/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An improved method and apparatus for cooling filled food containers having hot contents includes spraying a coolant onto the containers. As the hot contents cool, the flow rate of coolant is decreased. The coolant is at least about 40° F. cooler than the initial average temperature of the hot contents. In one embodiment, the temperature of the spent coolant typically does not vary more than about 6° F.