Unitary food tray make-up conveyor table apparatus

Abstract

Abstract This is a unitary food tray make-up conveyor table apparatus for operation by a number of attendants in rapidly loading prepared hot or cold food onto trays for airplane in-flight kitchens, for hospitals, for nursing homes, and anywhere where a variety of foods are to be assembled on a number of trays for later distribution. It consists of a generally rectangular table having a conveyor operable about a food supply island area. A variety of foods are placed in the island area. Heating means and/or cooling means are provided in the island area. The island area food receiving means includes either heated and/or cooled compartments and/or shelves facing the long edges of the rectangular table. The table is supported on support cabinets having legs or casters with brakes and a shelf may connect the bottoms of the cabinets. The conveyor includes a stainless steel roller chain having spaced pins for receiving and detachably supporting stainless steel food tray holders. The conveyor is powered by an adjustable speed motor having a slip clutch automatic safety cut-off which stops the unit should any object get caught between tray holders.

Inventors

• 👤 Bruno Onori
• 👤 Meredith Luck

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