Patent ID: 7836876

Claim:
An apparatus for transporting and an intermediate storage of cooked food and set dish meals, comprising: an uprightly arranged container equipped with wheels and at least one front door pivotably openable, said container being closable in an airtight manner via said front door and comprising at least one air valve to outside of said container, said at least one air valve being able to be closed and opened and connectable to an exterior vacuum pump, said container further comprising a U-shaped wall element forming a first side wall, an oppositely-positioned second side wall and a connecting rear wall formed as a single workpiece sandwich plate made of several layers of a rigid and heat-insulating material, capable of accommodating forces when the inside of the container is evacuated to a pressure of 10 mbar to 30 mbar, said U-shaped wall element being clamped in between a base plate and a lid plate equipped with respective grooves directed toward said U-shaped wall element and, in the respective grooves, said U-shaped wall element fits with an upper edge and a lower edge thereof, clamping being achieved via threaded rods leading through said base plate, said lid plate and through an interior of said U-shaped wall element that are fixedly tensioned and pressed together in a close-fitting and airtight connection, with walls on their inner side of said U-shaped wall element being equipped with tray rests made of aluminum or plastic and adhered to the inner side of the side walls forming a row of carrier strips arranged one above another, onto which a tray is able to be placed, with said U-shaped wall element being positioned between an upper plate and a lower plate for forming an interior portion of said container as an airtight and heat insulated container compartment for maintaining a pressure within the interior portion of said container of approximately 10 mbar to 30 mbar over a time period of at least 14 days; and, means for measuring and displaying temperature, pressure and moisture within the interior portion of said container when said container is closed, said means for measuring and displaying temperature, pressure and moisture including a display and an electronically readable-output via a communication interface to a computer for creating printable diagrams for the pressure, temperature and moisture within the interior portion of said container for the time period of at least 14 days.