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Food Processing Apparatus

a technology for processing equipment and food products, which is applied in the direction of household appliances, kitchen equipment, and service items, etc., can solve the problems of time-consuming and inefficient transfer of vegetables between the above-mentioned pieces of equipment, waste of resources, and the chance of spillage of liquid and food, so as to achieve the effect of minimal spillage or mess

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-05-22
DEBON MARI
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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides an apparatus for defrosting and cooking frozen food, which can be conveniently used at home or in restaurants. The apparatus includes a container with a tilting mechanism for angling the container with respect to a surface, allowing liquid to pool at the closed end of the container and be easily removed through apertures in the container. The apparatus also includes a block member that can be brought into the internal cavity of the container to force liquid out of the food and remove it from the container. The technical effects of the invention include efficient and easy defrosting and cooking of frozen food with minimal spillage or mess.

Problems solved by technology

Transferring the vegetables between the aforementioned pieces of equipment, service items and the like, is time consuming and inefficient.
It also wastes resources, as each piece of equipment or service item must be cleaned after use.
Moreover, since food must be transferred between different pieces of equipment or service items for each portion of the aforementioned processing, there is a chance of spillage of both liquid and food.
Additional time and labor is necessary to clean up these spills.

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[0019]In this document, references are made to directions, such as upper, lower, top, bottom, up, down, upward, downward, front, rear, above, below, lateral and variations thereof. These directional references are exemplary, to show the disclosed subject matter in a typical orientation, and are in no way limiting.

[0020]FIGS. 1 and 2, show the apparatus 20 including a container 22, having an interior cavity 24 and a block member (or pusher) 26, with a handle 26a or gripping member, and a contact portion 26b. The block member 26 fits into the container 22 so as to be movable within the interior cavity 24 (or cavity), for example, upward and downward, in the directions as indicated by the double headed arrow 25. The block member 26 is correspondingly configured with respect to the shape of the interior cavity 24, so as to occupy a substantial portion of the cross-sectional area of the container 22.

[0021]The container 22 includes a body 27 (also referred to as the container body), that ...

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Abstract

An apparatus with a box-like container includes apertures, and a block member for moving within a cavity in the box-like container. The apparatus is a single unit, from which frozen food, typically in blocks, or out of bags, containers, and the like, may be defrosted and / or, cooked, and then strained, drained or dried, with minimal, if any, spillage or mess.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 033,696, filed on Feb. 19, 2008, issuing as U.S. Pat. No. 8,578,848, which in turn is related to and claims priority from commonly-owned U.S. Provisional Patent Application 60 / 890,655, filed on Feb. 20, 2007, and U.S. Provisional Patent Application 61 / 020,312, filed on Jan. 10, 2008. The entire disclosures of these applications are incorporated by reference herein.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]The present disclosed subject matter is directed to apparatus and methods for defrosting and draining food products, specifically frozen foods, such as vegetables, that are packaged and stored in frozen blocks or bagged.BACKGROUND[0003]Vegetables, such as spinach, beans, peas, broccoli, corn, and the like, are typically frozen in blocks in correspondingly shaped packages, or in frozen pieces in bags. For example, vegetables in frozen blocks are typically in rectangular box-like packages,...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A23L1/212A23L19/00
CPCA23L1/212A47J19/005A23L19/00
Inventor DEBON, MARI
Owner DEBON MARI