Cooling apparatus for food products, comprises an evacuatable chamber for the accommodation of the food products, a suction device, a chamber inlet to supply cooling air into the chamber over a cooling air supply line, and a nozzle device

The cooling apparatus (1) comprises an evacuatable chamber (2) for the accommodation of the food products, a suction device (3), a chamber inlet (7) for supplying cooling air into the chamber over a cooling air supply line (9), a nozzle device arranged in the area of the cooling inlet with a nozzle for moistening the food products, a preset device for presetting one of the operating types, a suction operator for generating low pressure in the chamber, and a rolling operator for rolling the cooling air through the chamber. The nozzle device has an atomizing nozzle. The cooling apparatus (1) comprises an evacuatable chamber (2) for the accommodation of the food products, a suction device (3), a chamber inlet (7) for supplying cooling air into the chamber over a cooling air supply line (9), a nozzle device arranged in the area of the cooling inlet with a nozzle for moistening the food products, a preset device for presetting one of the operating types, a suction operator for generating low pressure in the chamber, and a rolling operator for rolling the cooling air through the chamber. The nozzle device has an atomizing nozzle, a gas supply line lockable over a gas shut-off valve, and a liquid supply line lockable over a liquid shut-off valve. The gas shut-off valve is implemented as a pneumatically operatable valve. The liquid shut-off valve is implemented as electrically operatable valve. The nozzle device has a box module with several nozzles. The box nozzle is arranged in the interior of the chamber in the area of the chamber inlet. A box-inner chamber is fluidically connected with the cooling air supply line over an inlet opening and with the interior of the chamber over a cooling air supply opening, which is directly adjacently arranged to the nozzles of the nozzle device. The chamber supply opening surrounds its associated nozzle. The box module has two groups of nozzles, which differ in their emission direction in the chamber. A chamber outlet is connected with the chamber inlet over a circulation-liquid line for creating a closed cooling air circuit. A condenser is arranged in the circulation-liquid line. An independent claim is included for a nozzle device of a cooling apparatus. Eine Kühlvorrichtung (1) für Lebensmittel hat eine evakuierbare Kammer (2) zur Unterbringung der Lebensmittel und eine Saugeinrichtung (3). Ein Kammereinlass (7) dient zum Zuführen von Kühlluft (8) in die Kammer (2) über eine Kühlluft-Zuführleitung (9). Eine im Bereich des K