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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:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2007
Applicants:
Diego Barone, Bergamo, IT;
Carolina Biotti, Vedano Olona, IT;
Lorenzo Bianchi, Varese, IT;
Raffaele Paganini, Varese, IT;
Alessandro Boer, Cassinetta di Biandronno, IT;
Inventors:
Diego Barone, Bergamo, IT;
Carolina Biotti, Vedano Olona, IT;
Lorenzo Bianchi, Varese, IT;
Raffaele Paganini, Varese, IT;
Alessandro Boer, Cassinetta di Biandronno, IT;
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 23/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of fast freezing a food item using a freezing process that estimates a temperature value of a food item, selects from a plurality of freezing routines based on the estimated temperature, and activates the selected routine. This process is repeated until the temperature of the food item reaches a desired temperature.