US 12,161,259 B1
Apparatus for thawing frozen food and for chilling hot food
Dylan Wolff, Los Angeles, CA (US); Alex Spataru, Los Angeles, CA (US); Brett Abrams, Santa Monica, CA (US); William Hamelin, Los Angeles, CA (US); Ernie Reed, Chino, CA (US); Ricardo Martinez, Lancaster, CA (US); Michael Maffe, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Frank Yannick Huisman, Granada Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to CNSRV, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by CNSRV, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/551,154.
Application 17/551,154 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/684,321, filed on Nov. 14, 2019, abandoned.
Int. Cl. A47J 36/24 (2006.01); A23B 4/07 (2006.01); A23L 3/12 (2006.01); A23L 3/365 (2006.01); F25D 1/00 (2006.01); F25D 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 36/2405 (2013.01) [A23B 4/07 (2013.01); A23L 3/12 (2013.01); A23L 3/365 (2013.01); F25D 1/00 (2013.01); F25D 17/02 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
5. A container assembly adapted to thaw and cool food, the container assembly comprising:
a. a container including a top edge, a bottom interior surface, a bottom exterior surface, an upper portion, a lower portion, an inner interior circumferential wall, an exterior circumferential wall, and an inner interior chamber;
b. said lower portion containing a plumbing system with said plumbing system further containing, at least one pipe, an inlet, an outlet, a pump directly connected to a heater and said heater directly connected to a power source;
c. said inlet located along said plumbing system at a location closer to said inner interior circumferential wall than said outlet;
d. at least one basket sized to fit within said inner interior chamber;
e. a hole in said bottom interior surface with said hole directly connected to a valve;
f. the inlet and outlet being separated by no more than two times the diameter of said at least one pipe;
g. wherein said improved container is filled with water for circulation within said at least one pipe in a generally horizontal plane; and
h. whereby water is pumped from said inlet to said outlet and heated by said heater for thawing of food within said improved container assembly.