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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2005
Michael D. Newman, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Stephen A. Mccormick, Warrington, PA (US);
D. Scott Boyles, Telford, PA (US);
Thomas Edward Kilburn, Pennsburg, PA (US);
Michael D. Newman, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Stephen A. McCormick, Warrington, PA (US);
D. Scott Boyles, Telford, PA (US);
Thomas Edward Kilburn, Pennsburg, PA (US);
The BOC Group, Inc., Murray Hill, New Providence, NJ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for surface crust freezing of a food product utilizes a refrigeration shell enclosing a freezing chamber, the freezing chamber having a cavity shaped to substantially accommodate the shape of the exterior surface of the food product; the cavity communicating with the refrigeration shell; a transport substrate to carry the food product into the freezing chamber; a cryogen supply; and a gas circulation device in the refrigeration shell in communication with the cryogen supply to introduce a cooling flow of gas containing cryogen into the cavity so as to contact the food product along its exterior surface.