Self-contained trolley for temperature conditioning and distribution of meal trays

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9924833
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14361766

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The present invention relates to a self-contained trolley for temperature conditioning and distribution of meal trays (13) comprising two compartments separated by an insulating wall (11), namely a compartment for heating, called the hot compartment, and a compartment for chilling, called the cold compartment, receiving at least one stack of meal trays arranged so that one part of each meal tray (13) is located in the hot compartment and the other part thereof is located in the cold compartment, wherein the heating of the hot compartment and the chilling of the cold compartment are simultaneously obtained by means of a thermochemical system. This trolley is characterized in that said reactor (15) and the evaporator of the thermochemical system are respectively and exclusively arranged in the hot compartment and in the cold compartment and in that the reactive material used in the thermochemical system consists of a compacted mixture of manganese chloride and expanded natural graphite (ENG), and the gas consists of ammonia.

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SOFRIGAMCS 20137 - 1 RUE DE L'UNION 92565 RUEIL-MALMAISON CEDEX

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Kindbeiter, Francis Pia, FR 13 20
Rigaud, Laurent Pia, FR 13 14

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