Apparatus for storing, refrigerating and heating food items
US4005745A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 30, 1974 |
| Grant date | Feb 1, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 1994 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S165/919
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An apparatus for storing, refrigerating and heating food items on a single tray in a single environment including a tray having at least one opening therein and a container together with means for positioning the container on the tray in alignment with the opening. A rack for the tray and a heater carried by the rack in alignment with the opening in the bottom of the tray when the tray is mounted on the rack, the heater being substantially in contact with the bottom of the container, which raises the container free of the tray to form an air barrier between the container and the edge of the opening in the tray, together with means for refrigerating the rack to refrigerate items on the tray, and means for selectively actuating the heater to heat food in the container while other food on the tray remains refrigerated.
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