Steam table pan handling apparatus
OwnerDaniel L. Motley, Joseph P. Petrisky, Jr. +1inventors
InventorsDaniel L. Motley, Joseph P. Petrisky, Jr., Gordon L. Genty
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Abstract
Applicants' invention comprises an apparatus for safely yet effectively handling steam table pans. The apparatus is a frame formed from cylindrical steel of a shape and size for surrounding a steam table pan under its lateral flange. The frame includes two handles positioned so as not to interfere with proper seating of the pan in the receptacle hole in the steam table. One embodiment of the pan handling device includes lid/pan clamps for securing the pan handling device to a steam table pan as well as for securing a pan lid to a pan such as when food is to be stored in a pan.
Claims19
A device for handling a steam table pan having an inside recess for containing food, an outside surface profile, and an outward projecting flange that rests against a steam table top cover along the edge portion of a table pan-receiving hole when the outside surface profile of the steam table is registered with and disposed in the steam table pan-receiving hole, said device comprising:
- a) table pan supporting means located along the outside surface profile of said steam table pan and below the outwardly projecting flange for carrying the steam table pan,
- b) said table pan supporting means being located between the outwardly projecting flange of the steam table pan and the steam table top cover along the edge portion of the steam table pan-receiving hole when the steam table pan is disposed in said steam table pan-receiving hole, and
- c) first and second handle means being connected to respective opposing sides of the table pan supporting means for lowering the steam table pan into and lifting said table pan out of a steam table pan-receiving hole.
A device as defined in claim wherein
- the table pan supporting means includes gasket means located between the steam table cover and the outwardly projecting flange when the steam table pan is disposed in said steam table pan-receiving hole,
- said gasket means encircles the entire outside surface profile of the steam table pan.
A device for handling a steam table pan having an inside recess for containing food, an outside surface profile, and an outward projecting flange that rests against a steam table top cover along the edge portion of a table pan-receiving hole when the outside surface profile of the steam table is registered with and disposed in the steam table pan-receiving hole, said device comprising:
- a) table pan supporting means including a frame structure for disposition along the outside surface profile of said steam table pan and below the outwardly projecting flange for carrying the steam table pan,
- b) said frame structure being located between the outwardly projecting flange of the steam table pan and the steam table top cover along the edge portion of the steam table pan-receiving hole when the device is in use and the steam table pan is disposed in said steam table pan-receiving hole, and
- c) first and second handle means disposed on respective opposing sides of the frame structure for lowering the steam table pan into and lifting said table pan out of a steam table pan-receiving hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.