Patent ID: 9068773
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: A47F,F25D

Abstract:
1. A pan chiller system comprising: a refrigeration package having a condensing unit, a heat exchanger and a pump for circulating a chilled liquid coolant such that the coolant remains in its liquid state during operation of said system; a pan chiller unit in fluid communication with said refrigeration package and having an outer housing and a food well received within the outer housing; a plurality of hollow divider bars arranged within said food well and an opening is defined between adjacent divider bars, wherein each divider bar is configured for directly receiving the liquid coolant chilled and circulated by said refrigeration package, each divider bar of said plurality of hollow divider bars includes an internal rib segmenting said each divider bar into an upper channel vertically displaced from a lower channel, said upper and lower channels in said each divider bar are longitudinally encircled and defined by opposite inner walls of said each divider bar- and said internal rib along a flow path of said coolant; an edge of each said internal rib includes a cutout constructed and arranged at an end of said divider bars for receiving said coolant and for enabling flow of said coolant between said upper and lower channels, said cutout encircled and defined by said opposite inner walls; and said divider bar walls enclosing said upper and lower channels, having a first surface being in direct contact with the coolant, and an outer shell opposite said first surface, being configured for directly supporting a food pan, wherein said internal rib is integrally attached to said opposite inner walls.