US 12,458,038 B2
Airflow reversal system for efficient thawing processes
Jonathan Bromer, Atlanta, GA (US); and William Brandon Goodwin, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to CFA PROPERTIES, INC., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by CFA Properties, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/969,930.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/606,693, filed on Dec. 6, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0185678 A1, Jun. 12, 2025
Int. Cl. A23B 4/07 (2006.01); F24C 15/00 (2006.01); F24C 15/32 (2006.01)
CPC A23B 4/07 (2013.01) [F24C 15/006 (2013.01); F24C 15/322 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A food thawing apparatus, comprising:
a thawing chamber configured to receive a plurality of frozen products;
at least one refrigeration element configured to cool air within the thawing chamber;
at least one heating element configured to heat air within the thawing chamber;
a plurality of fans spaced vertically apart from one another and in alignment with a vertical axis, wherein:
at least one fan is configured to generate an airflow of heated air within the thawing chamber, the airflow configured to thaw the plurality of frozen products;
a pivotable connection between the at least one fan and at least one rotational element; and
the at least one rotational element configured to rotate, via the pivotable connection, the at least one fan about the vertical axis between a first orientation and a second orientation to adjust the direction of the outflow of the airflow from the at least one fan to thereby adjust the direction of the airflow within the thawing chamber, wherein the at least one fan is configured to continue to generate the airflow as the at least one fan is rotated.