Apparatus for storing and delivering hot and cold food

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APPARATUS FOR STORING AND DELIVERING A COMPARTMENTED TRAY OF PREPORTIONED HOT AND COLD FOOD FROM ITS POINT OF PREPARATION DIRECTLY TO THE CONSUMER COMPRISING: TRANSPORTABLE CHEST MEANS; PARTITION MEANS IN SAID CHEST MEANS VERTICALLY DIVIDING THE SAME INTO TWO SECTIONS, SAID PARTITION MEANS HAVING AT LEAST TWO VERTICALLY SPACEDAPART SECTIONS DEFINING A HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING SLOT THEREBETWEEN; AT LEAST ONE FOOD TRAY HAVING AT LEAST TWO LONGITUDINALLY SPACED-APART COMPARTMENTS FORMED THEREIN FOR RESPECTIVELY RECEIVING HOT AND COLD FOOD AND DEFINING THEREBETWEEN A PORTION EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY ACROSS SAID TRAY AND HAVING TOP AND BOTTOM SURFACES; AND MEANS FOR REMOVABLY SUPPORTING SAID TRAY IN SAID CHEST WITH SAID TRANSVERSE PORTION THEREOF EXTENDING THROUGH SAID PARTITION SLOT AND WITH SAID TWO TRAY COMPARTMENTS RESPECTIVELY LOCATED IN SAID TWO CHEST SECTIONS, SAID TOP AND BOTTOM SURFACES OF SAID TRAY PORTIONS SEALINGLY ENGAGING SAID PARTITION MEANS SECTIONS THEREBY MUTUALLY INSULATING SAID CHEST SECTIONS.