Specialty Equipment Companies, Inc.

Specialty Equipment Company, Inc.

Dan G Hopkins

Harry A Brancheau

Michael A Branz

Ronald D Upton

Robert A Johnson

Paul H Corden

Ralph A Fuhrmann, Jr

Thomas E Yingst

Joseph G Correia

A refrigeration unit with a thermal break member and an anti-sweat heating mechanism in the form of a heater wire suitable for high humidity environments is provided. The thermal break member includes a main body portion and a conduit portion connected to the main body portion. The conduit portion defines a channel disposed near the access opening of the refrigerated compartment and configured to receive therein the heater wire. The thermal break member includes a closure member and a flexible hinge portion. The flexible hinge portion has a first end connected to the main body portion and a second end connected to the closure member. A typical value for the durometer of the flexible hinge portion is 70 Shore A, and a typical value for the durometer of the main body portion and the closure member is 80 Shore D.

Hinged pocket thermal breaker and refrigeration unit

Two door refrigerator with curved doors

A food preparation table includes a cabinet with a food preparation surface and a heat-insulated food storage compartment. An evaporator and a fan are disposed inside the cabinet so that air moves through the evaporator upon operation of the fan. In one embodiment, a temperature controller operates the evaporator fan only during operation of the refrigeration equipment in the cooling mode. A condiment plenum is disposed adjacent to the preparation surface and includes at least one condiment plenum wall that defines a complex structure. At least one open top condiment pan is received by the condiment plenum. A cool air supply system, which can include an auxiliary fan, one or more baffles, and air flow dams and guides, efficiently distributes cool air from a localized site, to widely dispersed locations, some of which being inside the storage compartment and some of which being exposed to the ambient atmosphere. A return air system efficiently collects relatively warmed air from widely dispersed locations and returns it to a localized site where the air can be efficiently recooled.

Food preparation table with open air food storage

A commerical merchandising unit for displaying products offered for sale is integrally provided with a device displaying moving merchandising message indicia. Fixed merchandising message indicia may further be integrally combined in the general vicinity of the moving indicia. The integral appearance of either the moving indicia, or the fixed and moving indicia, combined with a merchandising unit, such as a refrigerated display case, significantly enhances the merchandising affect of the merchandising indicia.

Integral moving message device for merchandising display case

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Inman, SC, United States of America

Dan G Hopkins