초록 ▼

Vegetation is hydro-cooled, and purged of oxygen-containing air while in an enclosed trailer. Although the trailer itself has doors pivoted over an opening at the rear, the hydro-cooling process occurs while the trailer is backed against an alcove. The alcove has an air seal around the opening in th

Vegetation is hydro-cooled, and purged of oxygen-containing air while in an enclosed trailer. Although the trailer itself has doors pivoted over an opening at the rear, the hydro-cooling process occurs while the trailer is backed against an alcove. The alcove has an air seal around the opening in the trailer. Chilled water from a refrigeration unit is sprinkled from a sprinkler built into the top of the trailer onto the vegetation. The water, after flowing over the vegetation, runs out the rear of the trailer into a drain, which is located in the floor of the alcove. To remove the oxygen within the trailer to a minimum, a nitrogen cap is maintained over the chilled water reservoirs and heat exchangers of the refrigeration unit so that oxygen from the air will not dissolve into the cooling water. To purge the oxygen from the trailer, while being hydro-cooled, nitrogen is released within the trailer beneath the vegetation. The air seal on the alcove prevents oxygen-containing air from contaminating the trailer during this process.

대표청구항 ▼

The process involving a. vegetation in a b. transport container having (i) an opening in the walls thereof with (ii) at least one door over the opening, c. sprinkler means in the container for flushing chilled water over the vegetation therein, wherein the improved method comprises: d. moving the co

The process involving a. vegetation in a b. transport container having (i) an opening in the walls thereof with (ii) at least one door over the opening, c. sprinkler means in the container for flushing chilled water over the vegetation therein, wherein the improved method comprises: d. moving the container against an alcove, e. forming an air-tight seal between the alcove and the container, f. opening the door into the alcove, g. flushing the vegetation in the container by pumping chilled water into the sprinkler means within the container, h. draining the water from the container into the alcove, i. re-chilling the water from the alcove and pumping it again through the sprinkler means, then j. ceasing the pumping of the water, k. closing the doors within the alcove, and l. moving the container away from the alcove.