Patent ID: 6120819
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: A47J,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for institutional distribution of meals, said method comprising the steps of:a) preparing and disposing meals on individual trays in an institutional kitchen, said individual trays having a first individual tray part carrying a meal portion intended to be eaten hot, said individual trays having a second individual tray part carrying a meal portion intended to be eaten cold, said first individual tray part being adapted to receive a thermally insulative cloche,b) transporting said individual trays carrying meals in a thermally insulative enclosure of a thermally insulated transport means to the place where said meals are to be eaten,c) distributing said individual trays carrying meals into individual food refrigerating and heating units provided in each place where meals are to be eaten and directly accessible to the person eating said meals, andd) selectively heating said meal portions intended to be eaten hot on said individual trays placed in said individual units using individual heat sources to heat said food under said cloches.