ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,056, issued on May 13, was assigned to Revoltech Inc. (Dover, Del.).
"Shock freezing cabinet" was invented by Igor Viktorovich Lepikhin (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia) and Aleksei Aleksandrovich Platonov (Zelenoborsky, Russia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example shock freezing cabinet comprises a housing, food freezing compartment, upper and lower chambers, an evaporator and a condenser. A grill is installed in front of the chamber. Inside the lower chamber behind the grill are the condenser and a fan. Another fan and the evaporator are in the upper chamber. The evaporator is configured in the form of pipes that are round in cross-sec...