Refrigerated counter top food pan unit
US6722150B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 21, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 20, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 21, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25D17/06
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A refrigerated, open-top food pan that can be used as a counter top buffet, as a store self-service display or as a kitchen food ingredient holder, has two cooling systems. The first one discharges a blast of cool air through the exit ports of an manifold peripherally mounted near the upper rim of the pan. The cooled air is generated by a bwer taking air from a grated port in the inner side wall and forcing it through a chamber housing a cooling expansion coil. A secondary cooling system has an expansion tube in intimate and circuitous contact with the bottom and side wall of the pan.
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