Enclosure having a rack for heating or cooling food products
OwnerJoseph R. Tippmann, Vincent P. Tippmanninventors
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Abstract
An enclosure is disclosed for heating or cooling food products on a pan. The enclosure preferably has transparent side walls, a closure member and a rack comprising a plurality of vertically spaced-apart pan supports each comprised of a plurality of interconnected tubular fluid carrying members, each support is maintained in spaced-apart relationship by fluid carrying conduits which communicate with the tubular members to thereby transfer heated or cooled fluid between supports from a fluid supply inlet to a fluid discharge outlet.
Claims12
A rack for cooling or warming food products on pans, said rack comprising:
- (a) a plurality of vertically spaced-apart pan support means having fluid carrying passageways therethrough,
- (b) conduit means extending between said pan support means for maintaining each of said pan support means in spaced-apart relationship, said conduit means being detachably secured to said pan support means and serving to interconnect said passageways of adjacent pan support means in fluid conductive relationship, and
- (c) inlet means for connecting at least one of said pan support means to a source of hot or cold transfer fluid and an outlet means connected to at least one of said pan support means for removing said transfer fluid after its passage through said support means and said conduit means.
A rack for cooling or warming food products on pans, said rack comprising:
- (a) a plurality of vertically spaced-apart pan support means having fluid carrying passageways therethrough,
- (b) conduit means extending between said pan support means for maintaining each of said pan support means in spaced-apart relationship, said conduit means serving to interconnect said passageways of adjacent pan support means in fluid conductive relationship and each of said conduit means having a circular-shaped lip adjacent each end thereof defining a fluid passageway therethrough and an O-ring seal positioned adjacent said lip, and
- (c) inlet means for connecting at least one of said pan support means to a source of hot or cold transfer fluid and an outlet means connected to at least one of said pan support means for removing said transfer fluid after its passage through said support means and said conduit means.
An enclosure for cooling or warming food products on pans, said enclosure comprising:
- (a) a chamber having at least two vertically upstanding, spaced-apart side walls and adjacent top and bottom walls, and at least one closure member permitting access to said chamber,
- (b) rack means in said chamber having a plurality of vertically spaced-apart pan support means having fluid carrying passageways,
- (c) conduit means extending between said pan support means for maintaining each of said pan support means in spaced-apart relationship, said conduit means being detachably secured to said pan support means and serving to interconnect said passageways of adjacent pan support means in fluid conductive relationship, and
- (d) inlet means for connecting at least one of said pan support means to a source of hot or cold transfer fluid and an outlet means connected to at least one of said pan support means for removing said transfer fluid after its passage through said support means and said conduit means.
An enclosure for cooling or warming food products on pans, said enclosure comprising:
- (a) a chamber having at least two vertically upstanding, spaced-apart side walls and adjacent top and bottom walls, and at least one closure member permitting access to said chamber,
- (b) rack means in said chamber having a plurality of vertically spaced-apart pan support means having fluid carrying passageways,
- (c) conduit means extending between said pan support means for maintaining each of said pan support means in spaced-apart relationship, said conduit means serving to interconnect said passageways of adjacent pan support means in fluid conductive relationship and each of said conduit means having a circular-shaped lip adjacent each end thereof defining a fluid passageway therethrough and an O-ring seal positioned adjacent said lip, and
- (d) inlet means for connecting at least one of said pan support means to a source of hot or cold transfer fluid and an outlet means connected to at least one of said pan support means for removing said transfer fluid after its passage through said support means and said conduit means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.