Device for ripening fruit

Details Device for ripening fruit Device for ripening fruit

1993-10-13

1995-08-08

Simone, Timothy F.

Foods and beverages: apparatus

Subjecting food to an enclosed modified atmosphere

Including means to influence movement of gas within enclosure

99467, 99474, A23B 7144, A23L 100, A23L 300, A23N 1506

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054389178

ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a method for ripening fruit, such as bananas, and a device fop carrying out the method. According to the invention, a fluid is cooled and guided along the fruit by circulation means conveying said fluid through a load of fruit placed on a pallet, the load being sealed essentially in an airtight manner in the peripheral direction, and the load being placed above or below the circulation means, while the fluid is conveyed through the load essentially in the vertical direction by the circulation means. The circulation means preferably suck the fluid up through the load from the bottom or down through the load from the top, and then guide it along the cooling means, following which, as the result of a pressure difference caused by the circulation means, the fluid is conveyed again along the outside of the load to the bottom or top side, respectively, thereof.

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patent: 4779524 (1988-10-01), Wade
patent: 4824685 (1989-04-01), Bianco
patent: 5203256 (1993-04-01), Meuller

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