PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a food freezer which achieves a small workload of an operator and can conduct food freezing processing with high processing efficiency despite having a simple and inexpensive structure, and to provide a freezing method of the food freezer.SOLUTION: A freezer 1 of foods 24 to which the invention is applied has: a food storage part 2 having a case support structure 50, which supports a liquid permeable storage case 20 in a predetermined inclining posture, and configured to store the foods 24 in the storage case 20 an antifreeze liquid storage part 3 which stores a low temperature antifreeze liquid 6 in which the food storage part 2 is immersed to freeze the foods 24 an antifreeze liquid removal part 4 having a variable injection structure 54 which blows a gas 15 to the foods 24 of the food storage part 2 transported from the interior of the antifreeze liquid storage part 3 from elongated slit holes 61a to 67a of nozzle pipes 61 to 67 in a manner such that an injection direction can vary, the antifreeze liquid removal part 4 configured to remove the antifreeze liquid 6 remaining on and adhering to the foods 24 and a transport part 5 which transports the food storage part 2 between the antifreeze liquid storage part 3 and the antifreeze liquid removal part 4.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】簡単で安価な構成でありながら、作業者の作業負担が小さく、しかも食品を高い処理効率で冷凍処理が可能な、食品の冷凍装置およびその冷凍方法を提供することを目的とする。【解決手段】本発明を適用した食品24の冷凍装置1は、液体透過性の収納ケース20を所定の傾斜姿勢で支持するケース支持構造50を有し、収納ケース20内に食品24を収納する食品収納部2と、食品収納部2を浸漬して食品24を冷凍する低温の不凍液6を貯溜する不凍液貯溜部3と、不凍液貯溜部3内から移送されてきた食品収納部2の食品24に向かって、ガス15をノズル管61乃至67の長孔状のスリット孔61a乃至67aから噴射方向可変に吹き付ける可変噴射構造54を有し、食品24に残存付着している不凍液6を除去する不凍液除去部4と、不凍液貯溜部3と不凍液除去部4間の食品収納部2の移送を行う移送部5とを備えたものである。【選択図】図2
