Patent ID: 8281612

Claim:
An apparatus for cooling produce comprising: a box like housing having a ceiling, a floor, a first side wall, a second side wall being opposite said first side wall, a first end wall, a second end wall being opposite said first end wall, said box-like housing is dimensioned to accommodate two spaced apart rows of pallets, wherein space exists between each row of pallets and the side and end walls of the box-like housing and space exists between each row of pallets; a plenum wall being located between said ceiling and said floor proximate to said ceiling, and creating a plenum chamber between said plenum wall and said ceiling, and defining a treatment zone between said plenum wall and said floor; a conditioning air apparatus in communication with said plenum chamber and said treatment zone, said conditioning air apparatus providing conditioning air into said plenum chamber; said plenum wall having a plurality of plenum wall openings to allow said conditioning air to pass between said plenum chamber and said treatment zone, said plenum wall openings being of non-uniform size to allow said conditioning air to substantially uniformly pass between said plenum chamber and said treatment zone, wherein said conditioning air apparatus removes said conditioning air from said treatment zone.