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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1993
Hiroshi Torimitsu, Nagoya, JP;
Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyoake, JP;
Abstract
A monitoring system for a plurality of food storage apparatuses each of which includes a food storage cabinet for storing foodstuffs therein, a cooling device for cooling the interior of the storage cabinet, a setting device for determining a temperature condition of the storage cabinet, a detection device for detecting an internal temperature of the storage cabinet and control means for applying a control signal based on the predetermined temperature and the detected internal temperature to the cooling device for controlling operation of the cooling device in such a manner that the storage cabinet is maintained at the predetermined temperature, wherein the food storage apparatuses each are provided with output means for issuing electric signals respectively indicative of the predeteremined temperature condition and the detected internal temperature outwardly, and wherein the monitoring system includes a signal receiver for monitoring each operating condition of the food storage apparatuses on a basis of the electric signals applied thereto from the respective output means.