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Hot and cold food server

  • US 3,255,812 A
  • Filed: 06/28/1963
  • Issued: 06/14/1966
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/1963
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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3. A HOT AND COLD FOOD SERVER FOR COLD STORING FOOD AND FOR HEATING OR COOKING THE SAME PRIOR TO SERVING THE SAME COMPRISING, (A) A SECTIONAL CABINET INCLUDING,. (B) A HOUSING SECTION, AND A STORAGE AND SERVING SECTION, (C) REFRIGERATING MEANS HOUSED WITHIN SAID HOUSING SECTION, (D) SAID REFRIGERATING MEANS INCLUDING A COMPRESSOR, COOLING COILS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED THEREWITH, AND A FAN FOR CIRCULATING AIR OVER SAID COILS, AND THROUGH SAID STORAGE SECTION, (E) SAID HOUSING SECTION HAVING AN OPEN END, AND (F) SAID STORAGE AND SERVING SECTION HAVING AN OPEN END ARRANGED TO BE CONNECTED TO THE OPEN END OF SAID HOUSING, (G) GASKET MEANS CIRCUMSCRIBING THE OPEN ENDS OF THE RESPECTIVE SECTIONS TO DEFINE A FLUID TIGHT SEAL THEREBETWEEN WHEN ATTACHED, (H) MEANS FOR DETACHABLY SECURING SAID SECTIONS TOGETHER, (J) A HEATING MEANS LOCATED IN SAID SERVER, (K) SAID HEATING MEANS BEING ACTIVATED TO HEAT THE FOOD STORED IN SAID SERVING SECTION, (1) A FAN FOR CIRCULATING AIR THROUGH SAID SERVER SECTION WHEN SAID HEATING MEANS IS ACTIVATED, (M) A CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR SELECTIVELY OPERATING THE REFRIGERATING MEANS OR HEATING MEANS DEPENDING ON WHETHER COLD STORING OR COOKING OF THE FOOD STORED IN SAID SERVING SECTION IS DESIRED, (N) AND THERMOSTATIC MEANS IN SAID CIRCUIT FOR MAINTAINING THE TEMPERATURE SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT WHEN SAID HEATING UNIT IS ENERGIZED.

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