Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Processes – Storing solid material under controlled condition
Patent
1987-08-17
1989-04-25
Yeung, George
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Processes
Storing solid material under controlled condition
98 36, 99474, 426419, A23B 7144, A23L 100
Patent
active
048246859
ABSTRACT:
The disclosure is related to a method and apparatus for controlling the ripening of fresh produce, particularly the ripening of fresh fruit such as bananas. The fresh produce is arranged into a palletized load which is inserted into a ripening chamber. The palletized load is arranged into two spaced rows, each of said rows including two vertically spaced tiers to maximize the total amount of produce to be processed for the given floor space of the ripening chamber. A low pressure plenum is formed between the two rows of palletized produce by sealing the space between the rows and the vertical space between the two tiers. A controlled fluid flow is introduced around the palletized produce load and fluid is exhausted from the low pressure plenum to create a pressure differential across the produce load such that the introduced fluid is forced to flow from the space around the produce load, uniformly through the produce load and into the low pressure plenum. The uniform fluid flow is utilized to control the ripening of the inserted produce load.
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Del Monte Fresh Fruit Company
Kornutik Richard
Yeung George
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