Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080230533 | Conveyorized oven and method for uniform cooking - A conveyorized oven that provides uniform cooking with control of the heater and/or the conveyor belt speed. The oven includes a controller that monitors power consumption of the heater and uses the power consumption to control the heater and/or the speed of the motor that drives the conveyor belt. The power consumption is monitored by counting the on time cycles of a switch that connects and disconnects the heater to a power main. Changes in the power consumption due to changes in loading are used by the controller to reduce recovery times of the oven temperature to a set temperature by controlling the heater and/or the motor. By using a stepper motor, there is no need for a gear box. | 09-25-2008 |
20100139493 | INTEGRATED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPENSING AND BLENDING/MIXING BEVERAGE INGREDIENTS - An integrated beverage blending system comprising: a controller for menu selection; an ice portion control module; an ingredient module; a dispensing apparatus in communication with the ice portion control module and the ingredient module, wherein the ice and the ingredient are dispensed into a beverage container via the dispensing apparatus; and at least one blender module which blends and/or mixes the ice and the ingredient in the beverage container, thereby producing the beverage; wherein, upon removal of the beverage container from the blender module, the blender module initiates a cleaning mode. | 06-10-2010 |
20110168738 | INTEGRATED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPENSING BEVERAGE INGREDIENTS - An integrated beverage blending system comprising an ice portion control module, an ingredient module; an ice dispensing conduit in communication with the ice portion control module, and an ingredient dispensing valve removably connected to the ice dispensing conduit and in communication with the ingredient module. Ice is dispensed into a beverage container via the ice dispensing conduit and the ingredient is dispensed into the beverage container via the ingredient dispensing valve. | 07-14-2011 |
20120100270 | COOKING APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH PRODUCT RECOGNITION - Cooking apparatus having first and second platens with product recognition. A positioning mechanism moves the second platen toward the first. A detector senses the second platen making contact with a food product disposed on the first platen and provides a signal. A controller uses the signal to measure the travel distance of the second platen. The product thickness is a function of the travel distance, which is used to select a cooking procedure for the food product. The controller then executes the selected cooking procedure to cook the food product. The detector can include a micro switch, proximity sensor, touch sensor, strain sensor, thermal sensor, optical sensor, sonar sensor or positioning load change sensor. | 04-26-2012 |
20120180775 | IMPINGEMENT OVEN WITH A PLURALITY OF VARIABLE AIRFLOW COOKING ZONES - Conveyor oven that uses three or more cooking zones to provide flexible baking solutions in a commercial kitchen environment. The flexibility of each zone is achieved by providing variable air velocities in the impingement jets in each zone. By increasing or decreasing the air velocity in the zone the operator can control the heat transfer rate to the food product in that zone without having to actually adjust the temperature of the oven. The airflow rate in the zones is controlled via the operator controller. | 07-19-2012 |
20120237657 | COOKING APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH PRODUCT RECOGNITION - Cooking apparatus having first and second platens with product recognition. A positioning mechanism moves the second platen toward the first. A detector senses the second platen making contact with a food product disposed on the first platen and provides a signal. A controller uses the signal to measure the travel distance of the second platen. The product thickness is a function of the travel distance, which is used to select a cooking procedure for the food product. The controller then executes the selected cooking procedure to cook the food product. The detector can include a micro switch, proximity sensor, touch sensor, strain sensor, thermal sensor, optical sensor, sonar sensor or positioning load change sensor. | 09-20-2012 |
20130239818 | INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR DISPENSING AND BLENDING/MIXING BEVERAGE INGREDIENTS - An integrated beverage blending system comprising: a controller for menu selection; an ice portion control module; an ingredient module; a dispensing apparatus in communication with the ice portion control module and the ingredient module, wherein the ice and the ingredient are dispensed into a beverage container via the dispensing apparatus; and at least one blender module which blends and/or mixes the ice and the ingredient in the beverage container, thereby producing the beverage; wherein, upon removal of the beverage container from the blender module, the blender module initiates a cleaning mode. | 09-19-2013 |
20130243917 | INTEGRATED METHOD FOR DISPENSING AND BLENDING/MIXING BEVERAGE INGREDIENTS - A method for producing at least one beverage, the method comprising: selecting a beverage from a menu; portioning and/or dispensing of ice and/or at least one ingredient into a beverage container, based upon the menu selection; positioning the beverage container with the ice and the beverage ingredient into an interior of a housing of the blender module, the blender module comprising an integrated cleaning apparatus; blending and/or mixing the ice and the ingredient in the beverage container while disposed in the blender module, thereby producing the beverage; and initiating a cleaning mode wherein, upon completion of the blending and/or mixing process and removal of the beverage container from the blender module, the interior of the blender module is cleaned for subsequent usage. | 09-19-2013 |
20140023755 | CLAMSHELL GRILL AND METHOD WITH PRODUCT COOK PROCEDURES - A clamshell grill having a user interface and a processor that executes one or more programs to select an initial cooking recipe for a food product, by determining an actual product thickness of the food product, determining if the actual product thickness of the food product is greater than or less than the cooking recipe's product thickness, and if the actual product thickness of the food product is greater than or less than the cooking recipe's product thickness, then executing a modified cooking recipe to accommodate a change in the actual product thickness during a cooking cycle, wherein the modified cooking recipe adjusts at least one parameter of the initial cooking recipe. | 01-23-2014 |
20140147564 | INTEGRATED MIXING AND CLEANING BEVERAGE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD THEREOF - An integrated beverage blending and cleaning includes at least one blender module comprising a housing, a spindle, at least one blade, a drain, and a cleaning assembly. The housing comprises a substantially vertically disposed wall. A controller which, upon completion of a blending or mixing sequence, activates a cleaning and/or sanitizing mode via said cleaning assembly to clean at least an interior of said housing. | 05-29-2014 |
20140205726 | CONTOLLER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR DISPENSING AND BLENDING/MIXING BEVERAGE INGREDIENTS - A method of controlling an integrated beverage system that comprises a dispensing module that dispenses one or more ingredients into a beverage container and a blending/mixing module that blends and/or mixes the ingredients in the beverage container, the method comprising: controlling the dispensing module and the blending/mixing module to prepare first and second beverages concurrently or sequentially. | 07-24-2014 |