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Quick defrosting pad

  • US 5,848,637 A
  • Filed: 04/29/1997
  • Issued: 12/15/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/29/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A defrosting pad, comprising:

  • a one-piece pad body formed of a material having a high thermal conductivity, said pad body having an upper portion and a lower portion, said upper portion having a top surface with an undulating contour to increase a contact surface area with a frozen food product received thereon, said lower portion of said pad body having a plurality of downwardly directed ribs, each displaced from the other, each of said ribs having a plurality of grooves formed in an external surface thereof to increase a thermal exchange surface area thereof and a plurality of internal cavities formed therein, said pad body having a plurality of spaced openings formed therein, each of said plurality of openings being formed through said upper portion in open communication with a respective internal cavity of a respective rib; and

    ,a plurality of heat pipes respectively disposed in said plurality of openings in said pad body in a substantially vertical orientation, each of said plurality of heat pipes having (a) a lower end disposed in a respective internal cavity of a respective rib for transfer of heat from ambient air thereto, and (b) an upper end extending through said opening and spaced above said upper surface of said pad body for direct contact with a frozen food product to transfer said heat thereto.

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