摘要 |
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for cooling a product in a vacuum chamber which utilizes a door mounted in an opening portion of a vacuum tumbler chamber, a mechanism mounted on the door for injecting a coolant fluid into the tumbler chamber, a mechanism for rotating the tumbler chamber relative to the door and a vacuum mechanism for exhausting the coolant fluid from the tumbler chamber. The process includes the method of cooling a product in a vacuum chamber and which includes the steps of depositing the products in the vacuum chamber, subjecting the chamber to a vacuum, rotating the chamber, applying a coolant fluid to the products in the chamber; and exhausting the coolant fluid from the chamber by vacuum.
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