Patent ID: 6295820
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: A23B,A23L,F25B,F25D

Abstract:
A food chiller comprising:a supporting base including a housing in which is mounted a temperature control device comprising a Peltier effect thermoelectric module disposed between a cold sink and an opposite heat sink, said housing defining an upwardly opening cooling duct system, including a cool air supply duct receiving cooled air via a flow connection from said cold sink and a return air duct, a cool air circulation fan disposed in the cooling duct system to circulate air therethrough;a food container supported on the housing, said container having an upper enclosing side wall above the housing and a lower bottom wall within said housing said bottom wall forming an enclosing top wall for said duct system and having formed therein a plurality of inlet holes communicating with said cool air supply duct and a plurality of outlet holes communicating with said return air duct, one of the ducts positioned to extend along an outer peripheral wall of the housing, and the other of said ducts centrally disposed within said one duct and separated therefrom by a generally vertically extending common dividing wall; and,said duct system further comprising a cool air duct inlet, a return air duct outlet, and a recirculation passage including said circulation fan and said cold sink and interconnecting said inlet and outlet.