Patent ID: 9074813
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
1. An automated plate freezer assembly apparatus, comprising: a freezer plate unit having a plurality of plates defining a plurality of freezer cavities, each plate of said plurality of plates being selectively connectable to a cooling device and a heating device; a hopper mounted above said freezer plate unit for receiving food material therein for delivery into the plurality of freezer cavities of said freezer plate unit; and, a floor beneath said freezer plate unit and movable between a first position, wherein said floor is raised for sealing a base of each of the plurality of freezer cavities of said freezer plate unit, and a second position, wherein said floor is movable horizontal for forming an opening for facilitating delivery of frozen food material from at least one freezer cavity of the plurality of freezer cavities through said floor to a conveyor located beneath said floor, wherein, by connecting each said plate of said plurality of plates to the cooling device, the food material present in the plurality of freezer cavities is able to be frozen and by connecting each said plate of said plurality of plates to the heating device, the frozen food material is able to freefall via gravity from at least one said freezer cavity, through said opening formed in said floor and onto the conveyor for facilitating removal of the frozen food material from said automated plate freezer assembly apparatus.