Patents Assigned to NEW ENGLAND SEAFOOD
  • Method of defrosting a food item
    Patent number: 9510616
    Abstract: A method of defrosting a food item, including: monitoring a temperature of a first part of a first food item; and controlling a surrounding temperature of the first food item in dependence on said monitored temperature. The controlling includes: decreasing the surrounding temperature of the first food item, using an unheated fluid having a temperature less than the surrounding temperature of the first food item, when the surrounding temperature is greater than a target surrounding temperature for a given temperature of the first part. Embodiments also relate to a control system, apparatus and a computer program product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: NEW ENGLAND SEAFOOD
    Inventors: Neil McCormick, Terry Walden, Cesar Basalo
  • METHOD OF DEFROSTING A FOOD ITEM
    Publication number: 20140178539
    Abstract: A method of defrosting a food item, including: monitoring a temperature of a first part of a first food item; and controlling a surrounding temperature of the first food item in dependence on said monitored temperature. The controlling includes: decreasing the surrounding temperature of the first food item, using an unheated fluid having a temperature less than the surrounding temperature of the first food item, when the surrounding temperature is greater than a target surrounding temperature for a given temperature of the first part. Embodiments also relate to a control system, apparatus and a computer program product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: NEW ENGLAND SEAFOOD INTERNATIONAL LTD
    Inventor: NEW ENGLAND SEAFOOD INTERNATIONAL LTD