US 12,245,610 B1
Freeze dryers and drying processes for materials with low water content
Dale Porter, South Jordan, UT (US); and Daniel D. Neville, Fruit Heights, UT (US)
Filed by Harvest Right, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/951,613.
Application 18/951,613 is a division of application No. 18/658,827, filed on May 8, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/500,879, filed on May 8, 2023.
Int. Cl. A23G 7/02 (2006.01); A23G 7/00 (2006.01); F26B 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC A23G 7/02 (2013.01) [A23G 7/0093 (2013.01); F26B 5/06 (2013.01)] 37 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A freeze dryer comprising:
a chamber including one or more interior walls;
a vacuum pump pneumatically linked to the chamber;
a cooling system configured to cool the one or more interior walls of the chamber;
a heating system configured to heat a material in the chamber; and
an electronic controller comprising:
a processor; and
memory communicatively linked to the processor, the memory storing instructions used by the processor to operate the freeze dryer;
wherein the instructions comprise a candy drying process including reducing pressure in the chamber below ambient pressure to dry the material without the material being frozen.