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  • Patent number: 6471398
    Abstract: A temperature management apparatus for foodstuffs stored in a storage cabinet, wherein a temperature sensor is placed in the storage cabinet to detect an inside temperature of the cabinet thereby to calculate an ambient temperature of the foodstuffs based on the detected inside temperature, and wherein an internal temperature of the foodstuffs is presumed on a basis of the calculated ambient temperature. The temperature management apparatus is provided with a foodstuff temperature indicator for indicating the presumed internal temperature of the foodstuffs and an alarm device for issuing an alarm sound when the presumed internal temperature of the foodstuffs becomes lower than a lower limit temperature or higher than an upper limit temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Ukai