Patents Assigned to The Alan Nuttall Partnership Limited
  • Patent number: 11849867
    Abstract: A food display cabinet having a plurality of food display zones, wherein each food display zone including a heat exchange element and is configurable to be held at the same or different temperatures, the food display cabinet having a control logic to control the temperature of each of the food display zones, the control logic configured to: receive an indicia of an item to be placed in a first food display zone, and the time in which the item is placed in the zone; identify a temperature and power profile associated with the item; vary the temperature of the first food display zone, using the heat exchange element, so that the first food display zone is at the identified temperature at the time the item is placed in the first food display zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: The Alan Nuttall Partnership Limited
    Inventors: Alan Nuttall, Michael James Steele
  • Patent number: 11503954
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cabinet (10) for the temporary storage of a heated food item. The cabinet (10) has a in base (12), a top (14) and opposing sides (16,18). The base (12), top (14) and opposing sides (16,18) define an interior space (20) of the cabinet (10) which is accessible through opposing apertures (22, 24) at each end of the cabinet (10). The cabinet (10) is provided with air movement means and air heating means operable to draw air from the interior space (20) of the cabinet (10), heat said air and utilise a portion of said heated air to produce air curtains across the opposing apertures (22, 24) of the cabinet (10). The remainder of said air is circulated within the interior space (20) of the cabinet (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: THE ALAN NUTTALL PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Steele, Alan Nuttall
  • Patent number: 9565954
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an open fronted food storage cabinet. The cabinet has a top, rear, base and opposed sides. The top, rear, base and opposing sides define an interior space of the cabinet which is accessible through an opening to the front of the cabinet. The opening is defined between edges of the top, base and opposing sides of the cabinet. The cabinet includes an interior chassis structure comprised of a base panel, a rear panel and a top panel which are mechanically connected to one another. The base, rear and top panels are each formed from a structural sandwich composite material having thermal insulation properties. The rear panel includes an aperture to which a mechanism operable to alter the temperature within interior space of the cabinet is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: The Alan Nuttall Partnership Limited
    Inventors: Alan Nuttall, Michael Steele, Robert Bowles, James Geary
  • Patent number: 9462897
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an open fronted food storage cabinet (10). The cabinet (10) has a top (16), rear (14), base (12) and opposed sides (18,20). The top, rear, base and opposing sides (12,14,16,18,20) define an interior space (22) of the cabinet (10) which is accessible through an opening (24) to the front of the cabinet (10). The opening (24) is defined between edges of the top (16), base (12) and opposing sides (18,20) of the cabinet (10). The cabinet (10) includes an interior chassis structure (26) comprised of a base panel (12a), a rear panel (14a) and a top panel (16a) which are mechanically connected to one another. The base, rear and top panels (12a,14a,16a) are each formed from a structural sandwich composite material (28) having thermal insulation properties. The rear panel (14a) includes an aperture (38) to which a mechanism (40) operable to alter the temperature within interior space (22) of the cabinet (10) is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: The Alan Nuttall Partnership Limited
    Inventors: Alan Nuttall, Michael Steele, Robert Bowles, James Geary