Patent ID: 8245769
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: A47J,F25B,F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator-oven combination for an aircraft galley food service system, said refrigerator-oven combination having a heating mode for heating food items, and a refrigerator mode for cooling food and beverage items, the refrigerator-oven combination comprising: a housing defining a thermally insulated compartment, said thermally insulated compartment including a wall; a steam heating device including a steam injection valve disposed in said thermally insulated compartment for providing heated steam into said thermally insulated compartment for heating at least a portion of an interior of said thermally insulated compartment; and a thermoelectric cooling device mounted to said wall of said thermally insulated compartment for cooling at least a portion of the interior of said thermally insulated compartment.