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Air blanketed food preparation table

a technology of food preparation table and air blanket, which is applied in the direction of lighting and heating apparatus, show cabinets, domestic cooling devices, etc., and can solve problems such as adversely affecting performan

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-01-15
SPILLNER WAYNE K
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Benefits of technology

The system effectively maintains food at safe temperatures for extended periods, ensuring compliance with NSF standards while being cost-effective and easy to manufacture, with minimal risk of food deterioration, and allowing for easy access and quick replacement of food pans.

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Otherwise, the insulating layer may be disrupted which may adversely impact performance.

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[0083]Referring to FIG. 8, a food preparation table 300 of the invention having a single row of food pans arranged in a single step configuration is shown. Features or components similar to the previously described embodiments may not be discussed in detail herein. The food preparation table 300 has a cabinet 308, which has a front surface 310 and a top surface 312. The cabinet 308 includes a cooling housing 320 for housing a compressor or similar unit for cooling the table. Disposed within the top surface 312 of the food preparation table 300 are 14 food pan wells 302 provided in two groups of seven pans. The 14 food pan wells 302 are configured to hold food pans therein and are arranged in a row near the back of the top surface 312. Next to the food pan wells 302 is air header assembly 316 provided in a raised rail. The air header assembly 316 has a series of air vents 318 therein. The air vents 318 are positioned to direct chilled air from the interior of the table over and into ...

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[0086]Referring to FIGS. 11 and 12, a food preparation table 400 of the invention having two rows of food pans arranged in a single step configuration is shown. Again, features or components similar to prior embodiments may not be described in detail. Referring to FIG. 11, the food preparation table 400 includes a cabinet 408 having a housing 420 for a compressor or similar unit. The food preparation table 400 has a top surface 412 with a series of openings 401 and 405 for a first row of food pans 402 and a second row of food pans 403. Adjacent to the first row of food pans 402 is air header assembly 416 providing a raised rail with air vents 418 therein. The food preparation table 400 has a front surface 410 which may have doors therein for access into an interior of the food preparation table 400.

[0087]As shown in FIG. 12, a cross section of the food preparation table 400 shows a first row of food pans 402 next to air vents 418 of air header assembly 416, and a second row of food ...

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[0090]FIGS. 13 and 14 show a food preparation table 500 constructed according to the principles of the invention having three rows of food pans arranged in a single step configuration. As shown in FIG. 13, the food preparation table 500 has a cabinet 508 with a cooling unit housing 520. The cabinet 508 has a front 510 and a top surface 512. At a rear portion of the top surface 512 is a raised rail having an air header assembly 516 with air vents 518 therein. Disposed in the top surface 512 of the food preparation table 500 is a first row 502, a second row 503, and a third row 505 of food pans. The first row of food pans 502 is arranged next to the air header assembly 516 and vents 518. The second row of food pans 503 is between the first row of food pans 502 and the third row of food pans 505. Accordingly, the first row, second row, and third row of food pans 502, 503 and 505 are arranged so that each row may sequentially receive low velocity chilled air discharged from the air vent...

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Abstract

A method and apparatus is provided to cool and / or protect chilled food in a food pan from warmer ambient air by passing low velocity chilled air from air vents proximate the food pan into and / or over the food pan to form a relatively stable mass of cooled air within the interior of the food pan. The low velocity air may also form a slowly moving barrier of chilled air that hinders warmer ambient air from reaching the food pan. Various embodiments employing numerous arrangements of food pans, cooling system and air ducts configured to direct the chilled air at a low velocity into and / or over the food pans are disclosed.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The invention relates generally to cold food preparation tables having open food pans or wells commonly used for pizza, sandwiches, and salad preparation tables (also know as make-tables), and more particularly to an improved make-table that readily complies with model food code standards requiring refrigerated food items to be stored at temperatures of 41° F. or less.[0003]2. Background and Related Art[0004]The restaurant industry utilizes various types of specialized equipment to store food in a cold environment while streamlining food preparation. In particular, food items must be either cold or hot while being stored just prior to serving. Such temperature requirements are based on maintaining the food at a temperature that inhibits bacterial growth as well as preserving the palatability of the food for a certain time period. Many of the safe food storage temperature requirements are based on standards adopted by th...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): F25D23/00
CPCA47F3/0447
Inventor SPILLNER, WAYNE K.
Owner SPILLNER WAYNE K
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