DE9005920U1 - Catering containers - Google Patents

Description

PO BOX 323217 0-2000 HAMBURG &Iacgr;3

22 May 1990

Company for Catering Technology mbH Brauhausstieg 21
&Idigr;/-2000 Hamburg 70

DlPL-ING. VINCENZ V. RAFFW DIPL-CHEM. DR. THOMAS FLECK

CHANCELLERY:

GEFFCKENSTRASSE 6 TELEPHONE: +49 81 777 7779 PATFAY. HAMBURG 7ElEX: 2 iC- S31 paly 3 TELEFAX: (ö«0) 480 25

Gastronorm containers

2682/10

In the catering industry and especially in communal catering, food is prepared, cooked and transported in so-called "Gastronorm" containers made of stainless steel and kept ready for presentation, scooping out and portioning in appropriate heated food serving basins. These containers are standardized according to DIN, with the corresponding standard being referred to as "Gastronorm".

In the catering establishments mentioned, so-called self-service systems are becoming more and more common. This means that greater demands are being placed on the presentation of the food. The conventional Uastronorm container made of stainless steel no longer meets these requirements, as many guests associate it with a "tin bowl". This has a negative effect on sales.

The innovation is therefore based on the task of creating a catering container that presents the food better and more attractively and at the same time meets the technical requirements with regard to keeping it warm and the like.

This task is solved by using ^a gastronorm container made of stoneware, porcelain, plastic or the like to accommodate the correspondingly smaller DIN stainless steel gastronorm container, whereby the Gastronorm container rests with its upper stacking edge on an edge section of the gastronorm container adapted to this in such a way that a gap remains between the container bases. The outer surface of the base of the gastronorm container is smooth.

This innovation creates a "container system" in which the familiar DIN Gastronorm container made of stainless steel is inserted into a correspondingly slightly larger catering container made of stoneware, porcelain, plastic or the like. Only the upper edge of the stainless steel Gastronorm container is therefore visible. The appearance is significantly improved. The space between the two containers is used to hold water, which improves heat transfer. The smooth outer surface ensures good heat or cold transfer when placed on a corresponding heated or cooled surface.

The catering container can advantageously be designed as specified in claim 2. The induction heating enables an adapted heating or keeping warm of the correspondingly displayed food.

In the following, the innovation is explained in more detail using an example embodiment with reference to the drawing.

Ef shows:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of a gastronomy container according to the innovation; and

Fig. 2 is a cross-section through the representation of Fig. 1.

The food container system shown in the drawing consists of an outer catering container 1 made of earthenware, porcelain, plastic or the like and has a correspondingly attractive appearance. A conventional DIN stainless steel gastronorm container 2 is placed in this catering container 1.
which is slightly smaller. The <3astronorm container 2 is placed with its upper edge 6 on a slightly lower edge section 8 of the edge 7 of the catering container 1
Due to the corresponding dimensions of the two containers, a gap 3 remains between the container bottom

9 and 10 free. This space can be filled at least partially with water to ensure good heat transfer when heated and to ensure appropriate use of the water vapor when heating and keeping the food fresh.
ensures.

On the outside, the base 10 of the catering container 1 is smooth to ensure good heat or cold transfer from a base 5. On the outside, a recess 4 can be made in the base

10 may be designed to accommodate an induction heater to enable individual heating.

According to the innovation, there are two containers with adapted dimensions, whereby the inner DIN-Gäätronor" = container made of stainless steel holds the food, the outer
Catering container 1 made of an attractive material for
a good appearance and at the same time the
technical conditions for keeping the
Food is guaranteed.

Claims (2)

Protection claims 1. Catering containers made of stoneware, porcelain, plastic or similar to accommodate a corresponding smaller DIN-Estplst^lgastronorm container (2) n>with a | h upper stack edge, which is aligned to an edge Ij section (8) of the catering container can be placed in such a way that; that between the container bottom (9, 10) a gap (3) | stays, where the outer surface of the floor (iö) of the catering area ^ holder is smooth. 2. Catering container according to claim 1, characterized in that in its base (10) on the outside there is a recess (4) /. designed to accommodate an induction coil. j