Title: Banquet food serving apparatus

Abstract: Apparatus for preparing individual servings of food for a banquet type meal is disclosed which includes a carousel means for presenting empty plates for use in a plurality of vertical stacks and means for positioning cooked food in bulk adjacent such carousel means. Preferred embodiments of the apparatus are described in which the empty plates are automatically presented in a common plane for serving of bulk food thereon at each of three work stations with a fourth work station for the removal of filled plates and in which the empty plates may be stored and heated in the carousel prior to use. Design considerations for mobility and flexibility of the apparatus in use are disclosed.

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Inventors: Angst, Edy P. (Carson City, NV, US)

Application Number: 783211
Filing Date: 1977-03-31
Publication_date: 1978-08-22
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Primary Class(es): 312/305 108/22, 312/71, 312/351.11, 312/351.7
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US Patent Ref:

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399197	Mar, 1889	Hawkins	312/71.
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3053600	Sep, 1962	Holloway	312/71.
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3437057	Apr, 1969	Wulff	108/22.
3503346	Mar, 1970	Chan	108/22.

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Primary Examiner: Downey, Kenneth
Assistant Examiner: Sakran, Victor N.
Attorney: Phillips, Moore, Weissenberger, Lempio & Majestic