Tray for the improved packing and cooling of produce

Details Tray for the improved packing and cooling of produce Tray for the improved packing and cooling of produce

1998-04-14

1999-12-28

Tentoni, Leo B.

Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products

Packaged or wrapped product

206501, 206564, 229120, B65D 21032, B65D 8534

Patent

active

060078545

ABSTRACT:
Method for improved packing and cooling of produce by improving the flow of ventilation air to the produce, and apparatus to practice the method. According to the present invention, baskets for the packing of fruit are provided with ventilation channels disposed upon a lower surface of the basket. Vent apertures communicate between the ventilation channels and the produce stored in the baskets. After packing the baskets with produce, they are loaded into trays. The trays may be provided with tray vents which align with the ventilation channels. Alternatively, the trays may be formed without tray vents to improve some cooling regimes. In this manner, entire pallets of produce-filled baskets can be efficiently chilled by introducing a flow of cooling air into the baskets and thence through the produce packed inside. The trays and baskets are sized so as to occupy all of the surface area of a standard shipping pallet, and to minimize the movement of the baskets within the trays, and of the trays with respect to one another.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2652335 (1953-09-01), Conti
patent: 2660529 (1953-11-01), Bloom
patent: 2684907 (1954-07-01), Brunsing

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