Patent ID: 8516953

Claim:
A convected-air food storage cabinet comprising: a front side provided with food access means, an opposed rear side provided with food access means, a base, a roof and spaced side walls interconnecting the front and rear sides, a plurality of food storage regions within the cabinet, a laterally extending cover extending from and attached laterally to the front and rear sides and spaced from each side wall, a first fan mounted adjacent the base and arranged beneath and adjacent to the laterally extending cover, the laterally extending cover including a substantially central aperture to allow for ingress of air to the first fan, a second fan mounted adjacent the roof, and a laterally extending partition containing a substantially central aperture mounted below and adjacent to the second fan, the laterally extending partition being spaced from the front and rear sides, wherein air directed around the laterally extending cover by the first fan is conveyed upwardly within the cabinet initially along the side walls and subsequently to the central aperture in the laterally extending partition and is then directed laterally along the roof by the second fan and subsequently downwardly across the front and rear sides to form air curtains extending downwardly across the front and rear sides.