Patent ID: 6729146
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: A24F,A47F,F24F,F25B,F25D

Abstract:
Method for preserving at the same time tobacco-based products and bottled or packed beverages separately stored in a refrigerating apparatus, comprising:a refrigeration phase to cool down air at a temperature above 0Â° C. in a first compartment situated below the compartment in which the beverages are separately stored from the tobacco-based products, generating a forced flow of refrigerated and moist air along an ascending column, utilizing of said ascending air column to refrigerate the beverages stored in a second compartment, creating of a plurality of flows of substantially dried air around said ascending column, and in countercurrent with respect thereto, along walls of said second compartment down to the said first compartment, the said ascending air column being used to create a circulation of air at controlled conditions of temperature and relative-humidity through a third compartment, in which there are stored the tobacco-based products, and which is above said second compartment and in communication therewith.