Patent ID: 6323473
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: A23L

Abstract:
A prepackaged food sterilizing apparatus, comprising:a high frequency generating section for supplying a high frequency voltage;a food loading container including a pair of opposing electrodes having a first electrode and a second electrode, respectively, to which the high frequency is applied, said food loading container further including an annular frame interposed between the pair of first and second electrodes;a prepackaged food container for containing a food product therein, the food loading container including a food loading chamber in which said prepackaged food container is receivable, said food loading chamber and said prepackaged food container being configured to have respective shapes which are substantially complementary with one another such that said prepackaged food container is conformably accommodated by an interior of said food loading chamber over a substantial outer surface thereof when received in said food loading chamber at a time of sterilization of same, thereby providing support against possible rupturing of said prepackaged food container caused by heat expansion; anda holding device operable to maintain a position of the pair of opposing electrodes to retain a shape of the food loading chamber which substantially conforms to a corresponding shape of the prepackaged food container.