公开(公告)号：US07025121B2

公开(公告)日：2006-04-11

申请号：US10635120

申请日：2003-08-06

Applicant: Lara Lee Whitehead ,  Natalia V. Johnson ,  Rodger Dale Crocker ,  David Riley Gordon ,  Gary C. DeGrow ,  William Curt Griggs ,  W. Burk Wyatt

Inventor： Lara Lee Whitehead ,  Natalia V. Johnson ,  Rodger Dale Crocker ,  David Riley Gordon ,  Gary C. DeGrow ,  William Curt Griggs ,  W. Burk Wyatt

IPC: F25B29/00 ,  B60H1/00

CPC classification number: A47J39/006 ,  A47J39/003 ,  B62B3/003 ,  B62B3/004 ,  B62B3/005 ,  B62B2204/02 ,  B62B2204/04 ,  B62B2204/06 ,  F25B2600/07 ,  F25D15/00 ,  F25D17/06 ,  F25D2317/0655 ,  F25D2317/0664 ,  F25D2400/20 ,  Y10S165/919

Abstract: A refrigeration/rethermalization food service system includes a food service cart having hot and cold chambers for receiving pre-plated foods. A hot air plenum is provided along a sidewall of the cart in the hot chamber, and a cold air plenum is provided along a sidewall of the cold chamber. To rethermalize foods in the hot chamber, heated air is forced into the hot air plenum from a docking station, and the heated air is evenly distributed from the plenum into the hot chamber. To refrigerate foods in the cold chamber, chilled air is forced into the cold air plenum from the docking station, and the chilled air is evenly distributed from the plenum into the cold chamber. The substantially uniformly distributed convective air currents provide substantially even heating and cooling of foods located in all portions of the hot and cold chambers.

Abstract translation: 制冷/再加热食品服务系统包括具有用于接收预镀食品的冷热室的食品服务车。 沿着热室中的推车的侧壁设置热空气通风室，并且沿着冷室的侧壁设置冷气室。 为了对热室中的食物进行再热化，加热的空气被迫从对接站进入热空气通风室，并且加热的空气从充气室均匀地分布到热室中。 为了冷藏冷藏室中的食物，冷藏的空气被迫从对接站进入冷空气通风室，冷冻空气从冷气室均匀分布到冷室中。 基本上均匀分布的对流气流基本上均匀地对位于热室和冷室的所有部分的食品进行加热和冷却。