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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
May. 18, 2018
Hatco Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Nick Bassill, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Ishan Shah, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Brad Stoeckel, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Gerhard H. Wenzel, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Mark Gilpatric, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Jefferson Leach, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Fei Shang, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Edward Nunn, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Hatco Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A food pan well includes a base defining an internal cavity and a temperature regulating system disposed within the internal cavity. The temperature regulating system includes an internal enclosure and at least one of a cooling assembly and a warming assembly. The internal enclosure is positioned within the internal cavity. The internal enclosure includes a bottom wall and a sidewall that extends around a periphery of the bottom wall. The bottom wall and the sidewall cooperatively define a temperature regulated cavity. The base is configured to support one or more food pans such that the one or more food pans are selectively suspendable within the temperature regulated cavity. The cooling assembly is positioned to facilitate cooling at least one of the one or more food pans and the warming assembly is positioned to facilitate warming at least one of the one or more food pans.