Foods and beverages: apparatus – Non-cooking heat treatment of food
Patent
1995-06-07
1996-05-28
Gerrity, Stephen F.
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Non-cooking heat treatment of food
99447, 126246, 126375, 206545, 220215, 220422, A47G 2304
Patent
active
055201032
ABSTRACT:
A heat retentive server for maintaining food at a desired temperature for an extended period of time includes an upper and lower shell which define a cavity therebetween. A heat storage medium comprised of a phase change material is disposed in the cavity. When the server is heated, the phase change material changes from a solid to a viscous gelatinous state and stores heat therein. When the material cools and changes from its viscous gelatinous state back to a solid, the heat is released through the shell so that food placed adjacent the server will be maintained at an elevated temperature.
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Lawson Steven R.
Zielinski David J.
Alexander Reginald L.
Continental Carlisle Inc.
Gerrity Stephen F.
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