Vacuum freeze-drying apparatus and frozen particle manufacturing method

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PATENT NO 9759485
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13871215

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A technology for protecting a valve seat inside a collection tank from the adherence of frozen particles in a vacuum freeze-drying apparatus and a frozen particle manufacturing method. The inside of a vacuum tank and a collection tank are vacuum evacuated; a raw material liquid is injected into the vacuum tank to produce frozen particles; and the frozen particles are piled up on a surface of a heating/cooling shelf. When the frozen particles on the heating/cooling shelf are transferred into the collection tank through the inside of an auxiliary pipe, the frozen particles do not adhere to a valve seat which surrounds an opening of a main pipe inside the collection tank.

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ULVAC INCKANAGAWA JAPAN KANAGAWA

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Hanamoto, Takashi Chigasaki, JP 34 342
Ito, Katsuhiko Chigasaki, JP 44 386
Ito, Masaki Chigasaki, JP 176 982
Kinoshita, Takao Chigasaki, JP 101 1650
Oohinata, Youichi Chigasaki, JP 2 4

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