Patent ID: 11920836
Assignee: FBD PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC F  A | IPC A  F

Claim 7:
8. A food producing and dispensing system comprising:
a cabinet having a front, a rear, and left and right sides;
a temperature controlled food product chamber positioned within the frame structure;
a food preparation evaporator positioned to cool the temperature controlled food product chamber, the food preparation evaporator having an inlet;
a first compressor positioned within the lower one third of the cabinet;
a refrigerated storage compartment, located at least partially within the cabinet, the refrigerated storage compartment being located above the first compressor and below the temperature controlled food product chamber;
a first condenser and a first evaporator fluidly coupled to the first compressor; the first evaporator being located at least partially within the refrigerated storage compartment;
a second compressor positioned within the lower one third of the cabinet, the second compressor having a compressor refrigerant outlet;
a second condenser having an inlet fluidly connected to the refrigerant outlet of the second compressor and a condenser refrigerant outlet;
a first expansion valve having an inlet fluidly coupled to the outlet of the second condenser and an outlet fluidly coupled to the inlet of the food preparation evaporator to cool the temperature controlled food product chamber;
a second expansion valve having a fluid outlet and a fluid inlet, the fluid inlet of the second expansion valve being fluidly coupled to the refrigerant outlet of the second condenser at a point that is upstream from the inlet of the first expansion valve with respect to the flow of refrigerant into the second evaporator, such that activation of the second expansion valve will result in a portion of the refrigerant flowing from the second condenser being shunted to the fluid outlet of the second expansion valve; and
a cooling tube having an inlet fluidly coupled to the fluid outlet of the second expansion valve, and an outlet fluidly coupled to the inlet of the second compressor, with the cooling tube positioned to cool the refrigerant flowing into the inlet of the first expansion valve.