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Utility
Cooking apparatus with adjustable cooking surface
6 Jul 21
A cooking apparatus includes a cooking surface, a leveling device, an inclinometer, and an electronic controller.
James J. Minard
Filed: 30 May 17
Utility
Cook-to-order grill and grill method
15 Jun 21
A grill is provided.
Dennis J. Nelson
Filed: 3 Oct 18
Utility
Calibration apparatuses and methods for food processing machines
11 May 21
A calibration system for a food processing machine has a conveyor for conveying a workpiece, scanning system for scanning the workpiece and creating a digital image of the workpiece, and a cutting device downstream from the scanning system for cutting the workpiece.
Tuan Anh Phan, Ernest Merrill, Matt Jones, James S. Tomlin
Filed: 17 Dec 18
Utility
Grilling appliance with lower platen position control
4 May 21
A grill is provided including a base structure.
Dennis J. Nelson
Filed: 12 Oct 18
Utility
Oven system for pressed food items
4 May 21
Embodiments of the invention described herein thus provide systems and methods for creating a pressed food item in an oven cooking cavity.
James K. Pool, III, Pete Ashcraft, Karl Jobst
Filed: 6 Feb 19
Utility
Lifting assemblies for assisting movement of die boxes on web packaging machines
23 Mar 21
A web packaging machine for forming a food product package from a lower web of packaging material and an upper web of packaging material includes a frame, a web transport conveyor extending along the frame and configured to transport the lower web of packaging material along the frame, and a die box pivotally coupled to the frame and configured to form or close the food product package.
Craig R. Bonneville
Filed: 30 May 17
Utility
Variable peak wavelength cooking instrument with support tray
26 Jan 21
Several embodiments include a cooking appliance/instrument (e.g., oven).
Shih-yu Cheng, Mark Janoff, Richard Metzler, Dan Yue
Filed: 11 Jun 18
Utility
Web-packaging machines with multiple sealing stations
28 Dec 20
A web packaging machine for enclosing a food product within a food product package has a first sealing station that seals an upper web of packaging material to a lower web of packaging material to thereby partially enclose the food product in the food product package and a second sealing station configured to further seal the upper web of packaging material to the lower web of packaging material to thereby fully enclose the food product in the food product package.
Craig R. Bonneville, Daryl W. Shackelford
Filed: 19 Jul 17
Utility
Food product handling device, system, and related methods
14 Dec 20
A food product handling device is provided.
Andre Richards, Thomas Ivy, Keith W. Hopkins, George E. Reed
Filed: 18 Feb 19
Utility
Method and apparatus for automatically packaging and dispensing food products
23 Nov 20
A food product gathering and dispensing system is disclosed.
Gregg A. Martin, Thomas Ivy, Andre Richards
Filed: 14 May 18
Utility
Automated beer-brewing system and method with brew cycle control valve arrangement
12 Oct 20
An automated beer-brewing system and method includes plural brewing containers, supply containers, and post-beer brewing containers to bottle the brewed beer and to handle waste fluids and solids.
Curtis C. Kucera, Jakob Kucera
Filed: 19 Feb 18
Utility
Launching system for robotic sausage loading machine
28 Sep 20
A system, and associated method, for launching and delivering separated food product in organized groups to a robotized packaging station for the product.
Nicholas J. Milo, Keith W. Hopkins, George E. Reed
Filed: 2 Dec 19
Utility
Product multiplying system and method of multiplying a product
14 Sep 20
A product multiplying system or a multiplier may divide a product into a plurality of units and may increase a number of units of the product that may be released into a receptacle.
Augusto Florindez
Filed: 9 Oct 17
Utility
Continuous cooking surface with individually controllable heating zones
14 Sep 20
Examples are disclosed herein that relate to a grill with a continuous cooking surface having individually controllable heating zones separated by one or more isolation zones.
Robert A. Shingler, Joseph R. Shaw
Filed: 14 May 18
Utility
Method and apparatus for automatically packaging and dispensing food products
7 Sep 20
A food product gathering and dispensing system is disclosed.
Gregg A. Martin
Filed: 4 Apr 18
Utility
In-oven camera
31 Aug 20
Several embodiments include a cooking appliance.
Shih-yu Cheng
Filed: 8 Sep 16
Utility
Nitrogen generator and uses thereof
24 Aug 20
A system and method to supply nitrogen gas is provided.
Charles Kleinrichert
Filed: 4 Jun 18
Utility
System to prepare nitrogen infused beverages
17 Aug 20
A system for preparing and dispensing a nitrogen infused beverage is provided.
Charles Kleinrichert
Filed: 9 Aug 17
Utility
Lever-switching multiple fluid-input beverage dispenser
8 Jun 20
A beverage dispensing apparatus including at least one multiple lever-switching assembly where the lever assembly has a plurality of levers and valves configured to dispense fluids, flavorings, syrups, and optionally pressurized gas through one or more channels in each of the assemblies.
Thomas R. Hecht
Filed: 16 May 17
Utility
Alignment assembly
25 May 20
An alignment system is disclosed.
Charles D. Faust, Dante M. Pietrinferni
Filed: 26 Feb 19