Patent ID: 6233962
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: A23L,C02F,F25B,F25C,F25D,F26B

Abstract:
An efficient channel frozen material processing system for freezing and thawing materials comprising:a first freeze-thaw unit comprising a first elongated channel; anda second freeze-thaw unit comprising a second elongated channel;first and second independently movable barriers for selectively blocking the flow of material out from each of said units;first and second harvest assemblies movable for advancing said materials out from each of said units; anda refrigeration system for freezing material supplied to each of said freeze-thaw units, said refrigeration system coupled to exchange heat absorbed from one of said freeze-thaw units in the course of freezing said material, with the other of said units to thaw frozen blocks of material which have been frozen in said other unit.