Point-of-Use Holding Cabinet
AssigneePrince Castle LLC
InventorLoren Veltrop
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Abstract
A point-of-use food holding cabinet keeps food products cold using a conventional refrigeration device or a semiconductor solid state heat sink. In one embodiment, one compartment can be kept cold or refrigerated while an adjacent compartment can be kept warm or hot. Solid state heat pumps such as Peltier devices absorb heat on one side and emit heat on the other. By configuring the solid state heat sinks appropriately, one compartment or shelf of a holding cabinet can be refrigerated while an adjacent compartment can be kept warm.
Claims29
A point-of-use, food holding cabinet (food holding cabinet) comprised of:
- a chassis;
- a first thermally-conductive, food holding compartment (first compartment) within the chassis;
- and
- a heat-sinking device, thermally coupled to the first compartment.
A refrigerated food holding cabinet comprising:
- a chassis;
- a first thermally-conductive, food holding compartment (first compartment) within the chassis;
- a heat sinking device, thermally coupled to the first compartment;
- a computer controlled power supply for the heat sinking device, the power supply being comprised of:
- a first computer (first computer), which executes program instructions stored in a memory device;
- a first memory device coupled to the first computer and storing executable program instructions for the first computer therein;
- an electrical power control device coupled to:
- an electric power source;
- the first computer;
- and
- the heat-sinking device;
- the electrical power control device controlling electric power delivered to the heat sinking device from the electrical power source in response to at least one signal received from the first computer;
- and
- a second computer operatively coupled to the first computer, the second computer being capable of obtaining of providing to the first computer as a download, at least one of:
- data;
- and
- executable program instructions for the first computer.
A point-of-use food holding cabinet comprised of:
- a chassis;
- first and second food-holding compartments (compartments) within the chassis;
- and
- a heat sinking device thermally coupled to, and transferring heat energy from at least one of the first and second compartments.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.