A METHOD FOR COOLING DOWN FOOD HAVING A TEMPERATURE HIGHER THAN THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE

• Main Authors: HU, Shao-fei, HU, Fabbio Yi-Qiang
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 23.08.2018
• Subjects: BLASTING; COLD ROOMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT COVERED BY ANY OTHERSUBCLASS; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEATING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; ICE-BOXES; LIGHTING; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; REFRIGERATORS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; WEAPONS

The invention relates to a method for cooling down food having a temperature higher than the ambient temperature, the method using: - a first container (110) for storing the food to be cooled in an interior, the first container (110) comprising a first opening (111) and a first air-opening (114); - a second container (120) comprising a second opening (125) and a fan assembly (126) arranged to generate an air stream through the second opening (125); and the method comprises the steps of: - generating the air stream by operating the fan assembly (126); and - stacking the first container (110) and the second container (120) to form a pile (200) in such a way that the first opening (111) and the second opening (125) are arranged to allow the air stream to flow in the interior of the first container (110) along the food; wherein the first air-opening (114) allows the air stream to either being blown out from the interior of the first container (110) or to be sucked into said interior of said first container (110). L'invention concerne un procédé de refroidissement d'aliments ayant une température supérieure à la température ambiante. Ce procédé utilise: - un premier récipient (110) pour stocker les aliments à refroidir, le premier récipient (110) comprenant une première ouverture (111) et une première ouverture d'air (114); - un second récipient (120) comprenant une seconde ouverture (125) et un ensemble ventilateur (126) agencé pour générer un flux d'air à travers la seconde ouverture (125). Le procédé comprend les étapes consistant:- à générer le flux d'air par actionnement de l'ensemble ventilateur (126); et - à empiler le premier récipient (110) et le second récipient (120) pour former une pile (200) de telle sorte que la première ouverture (111) et la seconde ouverture (125) soient agencées pour permettre au flux d'air de s'écouler à l'intérieur du premier récipient (110) et sur l'aliment. La première ouverture d'air (114) permet au flux d'air d'être soufflé à partir de l'intérieur du premier récipient (110) ou d'être aspiré à l'intérieur du premier récipient (110).