121 |
Low temperature zoning formation system for holding freshness of food |
US10508056 |
2003-03-18 |
US20050223729A1 |
2005-10-13 |
Yasuhiro Hirao; Kazuo Hariu; Hiroyki Nakagawa; Kousaku Nishida |
A low temperature zone forming system by convection type thermal stratification in which the low temperature zone separated from polluted outside air is formed on a movable or fixed table for handling commodities such as marine products while maintaining freshness thereof during the period from carrying-in in the whole sale market, during selling by auction, until shipment of the commodities from the market, comprising an upward-open case body (30) mounted on a chassis (30a), a separate brine chilling unit (30b), and a brine piping (30c), the upward-open case body (30) further comprising a roller conveyer (35) installed in the center part of the floor of the case body (30), cooling flat plates each of which is installed adjacent to the roller conveyer (35), and cooling flat plates are installed on the inside faces of both laterally longitudinal side walls. |
122 |
Ice maker cooler |
US09903632 |
2001-07-13 |
US20030010054A1 |
2003-01-16 |
Willy
Van
Esch; Scott
Summerville |
An ice-making system may include a bin configured to contain an initial quantity of water and an ice making assembly configured to make ice solely from the initial quantity of water. A conveyor may be configured to transport the ice from the ice making assembly to the bin, and a water circuit may be configured to re-circulate the initial quantity of water through the ice making assembly. |
123 |
Point-of-sale chilled product housing |
US09997748 |
2001-11-29 |
US06453682B1 |
2002-09-24 |
Thomas A. Jennings; Theodore A. Pierce; Eugene C. Pierce; Stephen E. Bertrand |
A point-of-sale display for selling containers of chilled food items includes a quadrilateral vessel having a bottom and end and side walls, the walls containing thermally insulating material. At least seven removable panels each of which contains a material that is liquid at room temperature and has a freezing point of about 32 degrees Fahrenheit or colder are configured to fit together to form vertical walls about at least one interior chamber in the vessel and sized to be placed into the vessel with two panels on opposed vessel ends, two panels each on opposed vessel sides and one panel extending between the vessel sides spaced from each vessel end, the panel extending between the vessel sides extending fully between the vessel sides and the panels on each vessel side together not extending fully along the side. The panels can be placed in a freezer below the freezing point of the liquid until the liquid freezes and then placed in the vessel to form an interior chamber in the vessel. Containers of food items to be sold may be loaded into the interior chamber and kept cold by their proximity to the panels. |
124 |
Horizontal refrigerator |
US10005420 |
2001-12-04 |
US20020083727A1 |
2002-07-04 |
Yasuhide
Koike; Toshinobu
Ishihara; Tomio
Suyama; Kouichi
Yamamoto |
The cooling efficiency of a refrigerating chamber and a storage chamber is improved, and the cooling capability is prevented from degrading. A horizontal refrigerator 10 is comprised of an underlying refrigerator body 11 and an overlying show-case 12. The show-case 12 disposed on the top surface of a thermally insulated box 16 of the refrigerator body 11 is comprised of an outer box 37, an inner box 38 disposed within the outer box 37 spaced by a necessary space therefrom, and a heat insulating material 39 filled between both boxes 37, 38, and an opening 12a is formed only in a top portion. The opening 12a is opened and closed by a plurality of slidable doors 45. A cooling pipe 47 connected to a refrigerating mechanism is disposed in a meander form in contact with the outer surface on the insulating material side in the bottom and rear portions of the inner box 38, such that the entire inner box 38 is cooled by circulation of a coolant supplied from the refrigerating mechanism. |
125 |
Refrigerated speed rail apparatus |
US09478171 |
2000-01-05 |
US06351963B2 |
2002-03-05 |
Jeffrey A. Surber; Timothy R. Dinan |
The invention disclosed and claimed in this patent is an improved refrigerated speed rail apparatus. The speed rail permits organized storage of beverage containers and provides easy and rapid access to those containers. The included refrigeration system chills beverages stored in the speed rail apparatus thereby enhancing the flavor of those beverages. |
126 |
REFRIGERATED SPEED RAIL APPARATUS |
US09478171 |
2000-01-05 |
US20010047661A1 |
2001-12-06 |
JEFFREY A
SURBER; TIMOTHY
R.
DINAN |
The invention disclosed and claimed in this patent is an improved refrigerated speed rail apparatus. The speed rail permits organized storage of beverage containers and provides easy and rapid access to those containers. The included refrigeration system chills beverages stored in the speed rail apparatus thereby enhancing the flavor of those beverages. |
127 |
Self-service freezer chest with inventory monitoring means |
US08970299 |
1997-11-14 |
US06269285B1 |
2001-07-31 |
Daniel R. Mignault |
A freezer chest for storing and displaying frozen foods such as packaged ice cream products for sale to retail customers includes a modular storage bin in which a product stack plate is mounted on a helical support spring. Packaged ice cream products are loaded onto the product stack plate. The product stack plate, urged by the helical spring, advances the stack of frozen products to the top of the storage bin as products are removed by customers. A permanent magnet mounted on the product stack plate generates a magnetic field that couples with position sensors mounted in a vertical array along the storage bin. Each sensor produces an output signal in response to coupling alignment of the magnetic field with the sensor as the stack plate moves through the storage bin. The helical support spring extends the stack plate incrementally in proportion to the weight load removed as each packaged product is unloaded. A controller receives the output signal from each sensor, generates a digital data word corresponding with the product stack height in each bin, and stores the data word for retrieval by a central computer at a remote location. |
128 |
Food preserving systems |
US09782399 |
2001-02-13 |
US20010004836A1 |
2001-06-28 |
Neil
E.
Richmond; Renald
M.
Corsi |
A refrigeration system for maintaining edible substances at a low temperature of the present invention includes a serving pan, an element for retaining or holding the serving pan, and a refrigeration tube and a glycol medium surrounding the pan is disclosed. The refrigeration tube and glycol medium act together in order to maintain the pan at a low temperature for a prolonged period of time and to provide an even cooling of the pan. In a second embodiment, the refrigeration tube may be surrounded by the glycol medium. In a further embodiment, the system may be used to heat food rather than to cool food by using a heat pump alone or in combination with electric heating elements. In yet another embodiment, the glycol medium may surround only the sides or only the bottom of the pan. |
129 |
Refrigeration system for use in the food service industry |
US303757 |
1999-05-03 |
US6085535A |
2000-07-11 |
Neil E. Richmond; Renald M. Corsi |
The refrigeration system for maintaining edible substances at a low temperature of the present invention includes a serving pan, an element for retaining or holding the serving pan, and a refrigeration tube and a glycol medium surrounding the pan. The refrigeration tube and glycol medium act together in order to maintain the pan at a low temperature for a prolonged period of time and to provide an even cooling of the pan. |
130 |
Chilled item server |
US221888 |
1998-12-28 |
US6067810A |
2000-05-30 |
Thomas A. Jennings; Theodore A. Pierce; Eugene C. Pierce; Christopher A. Onufrik |
A chilled item server is disclosed including an outer barrel formed of thermoplastic material that has a generally cylindrical shape, substantially vertical sides, a generally flat, closed bottom, and an open top having an annular ledge. An inner liner fits within the outer barrel and has a generally elongated truncated pyramidal shape, a generally flat bottom, an open top with an extended rim formed to compliment the generally square opening shape of the outer barrel and to rest on the annular ledge. A chamber is located between the inner liner and the outer barrel and is filled with polystyrene foam. At least one freezer panel is formed of appropriate size and shape to fit within the inner liner. The freezer panel is formed of thermoplastic material and arranged in a syncline. The freezer panels have cavities within each freezer panel that is filled with 2% saline solution. Casters are mounted to the generally flat bottom of the outer barrel. Graphics are printed on styrene that is wrapped, and secured to the outer barrel. Thereafter, beverages are placed within the server and subjected to the cool atmosphere created within the server by the freezer panel and thereafter maintained at an effective temperature for consumption. |
131 |
In store keep-a-cooler |
US487147 |
1990-03-02 |
US5007249A |
1991-04-16 |
Albert Van Druff, Jr. |
An auxiliary, portable storage and cooling unit in combination with a primary source of refrigerated air providing a secondary source of refrigerated air formed of a housing having an upper product storage compartment and a fan driven refrigerated air flow path including an air inlet duct for connection to the primary source of refrigerated air, an air inlet chamber, air distribution ducts, and air distribution chambers for feeding refrigerated air into the storage compartment. |
132 |
Salad bar for supermarkets and restaurants |
US552969 |
1983-11-17 |
US4572598A |
1986-02-25 |
Franklin Moore, Jr. |
A self-serve type of salad bar for supermarkets and restaurants. The salad bar comprises a base which supports a table. The table supports a container for fruits and vegetables and for ice. A cover member is supported above the container by posts which are movable to an upper position to position the cover in an upper position to provide access to the container and the contents thereof. In its upper position, the cover serves as a shield to prevent contamination of the contents of the container. The posts and the cover are movable to a lower position in which the cover closely encloses the container and prevents access to the container. Readily adjustable support members support the posts in the upper position thereof and prevent accidental lowering of the posts and the cover. |
133 |
High efficiency refrigeration system |
US430766 |
1982-09-30 |
US4484450A |
1984-11-27 |
Augustine J. Dolce |
A refrigeration system utilizing cooled spillover air from a refrigerated display case 10, the spillover air being recovered and removed from the ambient space through openings 9. The recovered spillover air is conducted through conduit 29 in heat exchange relation to a subcooler 33, lowering the temperature of refrigerant passing to the display case evaporator 19, the still cool spillover air then being used in a space air conditioning system 30. |
134 |
Refrigerating apparatus |
US867279 |
1978-01-05 |
US4210000A |
1980-07-01 |
Doo S. Lee |
An improved refrigerating apparatus for use as a refrigerator, showcase for frozen foods or the like, comprising an airtight chamber defined by an inner wall and an outer wall and hermetically enclosing air therein as separated from outside, a storage compartment defined by the inner wall and surrounded by the airtight chamber, a circulation passage provided within the airtight chamber for passing cold air around the storage compartment in circulation, and a cooler and blower disposed in the passage. The cold air flowing through the airtight chamber refrigerates the storage compartment through the heat conduction of the inner wall. |
135 |
Package for perishable produce |
US880242 |
1978-02-22 |
US4189868A |
1980-02-26 |
Donald L. Tymchuck; Nelson J. Beall; Noel Davis; William M. Dreier |
A package combination for storing and preserving a living plant such as lettuce. A bag, formed of a plastic material, is inflated with a gaseous medium. A living plant having an absorbent block attached to its root system, is placed within the bag in such a manner that the block absorbs moisture which condenses within the bag, and makes it available to the plant. |
136 |
Auxiliary refrigerated display case |
US725644 |
1976-09-22 |
US4085986A |
1978-04-25 |
Ronald H. Taub |
An open-top, thermally insulated "secondary" case for the storage and display of perishable food stuffs which must be maintained at a refrigerated temperature. The case is "parasitic" in the sense that it itself includes no independent refrigeration apparatus but is, rather, supported on a wall of a primary or "host" refrigerated storage and display case so that, with the aid of a cooperating fixed baffle, air deflection panel, or vane, cooled air from the primary storage case is directed into the secondary case, thereby to cool the interior of the secondary case and the articles retained therein. |
137 |
Refrigerated display case for flowers and the like |
US3730603D |
1971-03-24 |
US3730603A |
1973-05-01 |
LOOMS P |
The invention is an open-top, refrigerated display case which may be mounted on a cart, booth or the like. The display case includes a plurality of elongated bins placed side by side in a stepped array from an upper bin at the rear of the case to a blower bin at the front of the case. The bins are thus advantageously arranged to provide a best possible display of merchandise within them. At the same time, the stepped arrangement permits a slow flow of refrigerated air as from back of the case, from the upper bin, and forwardly into the lower bin with the cool air cascading over merchandise especially within the lower bin.
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138 |
Wet-ice display container |
US59288166 |
1966-11-08 |
US3399546A |
1968-09-03 |
KUNS ROGER R; NELSON ORWIG |
|
139 |
Article display apparatus |
US77915758 |
1958-12-09 |
US2986019A |
1961-05-30 |
ARMOUR HAPPER WILLIAM RICHARD |
|
140 |
Nesting portable frozen food display box |
US58763056 |
1956-05-28 |
US2880596A |
1959-04-07 |
BROWN WILLIAM R; WATSON JR GEORGE A |
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