Refrigerated worksurface
AssigneeDover Systems, Inc.
InventorsBradley R. Schwichtenberg, J. Keith Norton
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Abstract
A refrigerated worksurface for processing food products includes a base and at least one cooling element supported on the base. A preparation surface is positioned on the base atop the cooling element and is configured to be cooled by the cooling element. A cooling system is configured to circulate a coolant through the cooling element so that a temperature of the preparation surface is maintained within a predetermined range. The cooling element may be one or more cooling element pans or may be a passage beneath the preparation surface for flow of fluid through the passage and in contact with an underside of the preparation surface.
Claims18
A refrigerated preparation table for maintaining a cold worksurface for processing food products, comprising:
- a base, a plurality of cooling elements supported on the base, a worksurface interfacing with the cooling elements, a cooling system configured to circulate a liquid coolant to the cooling elements, a supply header and a plurality of supply branch lines configured to provide coolant to each cooling element and a return header and a plurality of return branch lines configured to return coolant from each cooling element, and a valve on at least one of the supply branch line and the return branch line for each cooling element, and a control system configured to permit independent control of coolant circulation to each cooling element, so that additional cooling capability is available for frequently used sections of the worksurface and reduced cooling capability is available for less frequently used sections of the worksurface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.