Patent ID: 6182458
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: A23L,C01B,F25D

Abstract:
In combination with an elongated, closed and intermittently ventible container having upstanding opposite side walls and a top wall extending between and interconnecting upper margins of said side walls, a pair of delivery pipes mounted generally horizontally in said container adjacent said top wall and extending longitudinally of said container, one of said delivery pipes including longitudinally spaced first fog-like spray jet discharge means for liquid CO.sub.2, the other of said delivery pipes including longitudinally spaced second fog-like spray jet discharge means for discharging fog-like spray jets of water, said first and second jet discharge means being positioned relative to each other for intimate commingling of said fog-like jets, said one delivery pipe being adapted to be communicated with a source of liquid CO.sub.2 under pressure of at least substantially 250 psi and at a temperature of about -110.degree. F., the other of said delivery pipes being adapted to be communicated with a supply of water under pressure of at least substantially 250 psi.