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Patent No.:

US 12201212 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 16, 2021

Food pan cooling system with one or more perforated food pans

Applicant:

Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);

Inventors:

Liqun Ren, Haslet, TX (US);

Sasenka Kukolj, Keller, TX (US);

Ashutosh A. Potdar, Fort Worth, TX (US);

James R. Wright, Grand Prairie, TX (US);

Assignee:

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);

Attorney:

THOMPSON HINE LLP

Primary Examiner:

Elizabeth J Martin

Assistant Examiner:

Dario Antonio Deleon

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47B 31/02 (2006.01); A47B 31/00 (2006.01); A47J 41/00 (2006.01); F25D 23/06 (2006.01); F25D 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47B 31/02 (2013.01); A47J 41/0061 (2013.01); F25D 23/063 (2013.01); F25D 31/006 (2013.01); A47B 2031/003 (2013.01); F25D 2331/809 (2013.01); F25D 2400/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A food preparation table includes a housing at least in part defining multiple food pan receiving locations and a cooling air flow path internal of the housing below the food pan receiving locations. A first food pan is positioned within a first one of the food pan receiving locations such that side walls and a bottom wall of the first food pan are within the cooling air flow path, a first one of the side walls of the first food pan includes a plurality of openings therein to permit some cooling air to enter the first food pan and flow in contact with food items therein.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Ren, Liqun. (2025). Food pan cooling system with one or more perforated food pans (U.S. Patent No. 12201212). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12201212

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