Patents Assigned to Enodis Corporation
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Patent number: 8459176Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2009Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Enodis CorporationInventors: Roberto Nevarez, William E. Smith, Jan Claesson
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Publication number: 20130025472Abstract: A grilling apparatus comprising: an upper cooking grid; a lower cooking grid; at least one pair of connectors movably connecting the upper cooking grid to the lower cooking grid; and a handle which is connected to the pair of connectors to allow the upper and lower cooking grids to move towards and away from one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: Enodis CorporationInventor: KEITH A. STANGER
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Patent number: 8210100Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2006Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Enodis CorporationInventors: Roberto Nevarez, Douglas S. Jones, Jan Claesson, Ryan J. Stephens, David W. Harter
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Patent number: 8188408Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2008Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Enodis CorporationInventors: Jan Claesson, Raymond Carr, Roberto Nevarez
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Patent number: 8109202Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2005Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Enodis CorporationInventors: Roberto Nevarez, Douglas S. Jones, Jan Claesson, Ryan J. Stephens, David W. Harter
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Patent number: 8093538Abstract: A combination oven that is operable with convection air, impingement air and microwave energy in various combinations thereof. The oven has an oven chamber and a fan box that are located front to back. A fan in the fan box circulates heated air by discharging via openings in a top and a bottom and taking in via an intermediate opening of a baffle plate. Impingement plates are easily installed and removed in the oven chamber to provide impingement air upwardly or downwardly. At least one of the impingement plates is installed and removed by a sliding motion. Microwave energy is provided through the side walls of the oven chamber. Intake ports for cooling air are located in a bevel between the side walls and bottom wall of the oven's outer enclosure so as to allow the oven to be located right next to other structures, such as a wall. An interlock assembly is also provided for the oven door.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2007Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Enodis CorporationInventors: Jan Claesson, Keith A. Stanger, Nigel Thorneywork, Andrew Brown, Davic Crayfourd, David Harter, William Day
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Patent number: 8074837Abstract: An ice portion control module includes an ice bin for storing ice. A base in the ice bin has one or more portion control compartments. The one or more portion control compartments has an interior volume to hold a predetermined portion of the ice. An actuator moves the one or more portion control compartments between a fill position wherein the one or more portion control compartments holds the ice, and a dispense position wherein the predetermined portion of the ice is dispensed out of the one or more portion control compartments.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2009Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Enodis CorporationInventors: Roberto Nevarez, William E. Smith, Jan Claesson
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Patent number: 8071922Abstract: A combination oven that is operable with convection air, impingement air and microwave energy in various combinations thereof. The oven has an oven chamber and a fan box that are located front to back. A fan in the fan box circulates heated air by discharging via openings in a top and a bottom and taking in via an intermediate opening of a baffle plate. Impingement plates are easily installed and removed in the oven chamber to provide impingement air upwardly or downwardly. At least one of the impingement plates is installed and removed by a sliding motion. Microwave energy is provided through the side walls of the oven chamber. Intake ports for cooling air are located in a bevel between the side walls and bottom wall of the oven's outer enclosure so as to allow the oven to be located right next to other structures, such as a wall. An interlock assembly is also provided for the oven door.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2005Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Enodis CorporationInventors: Jan Claesson, Keith A. Stanger, Nigel Thorneywork, Andrew Brown, Davic Crayfourd, David Harter, William Day
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Patent number: 7954422Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2005Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Enodis CorporationInventors: Roberto Nevarez, Douglas S. Jones, Jan Claesson, Ryan J. Stephens, David W. Harter
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Patent number: 7838807Abstract: A combination oven that is operable with convection air, impingement air and microwave energy in various combinations thereof. The oven has an oven chamber and a fan box that are located front to back. A fan in the fan box circulates heated air by discharging via openings in a top and a bottom and taking in via an intermediate opening of a baffle plate. Impingement plates are easily installed and removed in the oven chamber to provide impingement air upwardly or downwardly. At least one of the impingement plates is installed and removed by a sliding motion. Microwave energy is provided through the side walls of the oven chamber. Intake ports for cooling air are located in a bevel between the side walls and bottom wall of the oven's outer enclosure so as to allow the oven to be located right next to other structures, such as a wall. An interlock assembly is also provided for the oven door.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2007Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Enodis CorporationInventors: Jan Claesson, Keith A. Stanger, Nigel Thorneywork, Andrew Brown, Davic Crayfourd, David Harter, William Day
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Patent number: 7834299Abstract: A combination oven that is operable with convection air, impingement air and microwave energy in various combinations thereof. The oven has an oven chamber and a fan box that are located front to back. A fan in the fan box circulates heated air by discharging via openings in a top and a bottom and taking in via an intermediate opening of a baffle plate. Impingement plates are easily installed and removed in the oven chamber to provide impingement air upwardly or downwardly. At least one of the impingement plates is installed and removed by a sliding motion. Microwave energy is provided through the side walls of the oven chamber. Intake ports for cooling air are located in a bevel between the side walls and bottom wall of the oven's outer enclosure so as to allow the oven to be located right next to other structures, such as a wall. An interlock assembly is also provided for the oven door.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2007Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Enodis CorporationInventors: Jan Claesson, Keith A. Stanger, Nigel Thorneywork, Andrew Brown, Davic Crayfourd, David Harter, William Day
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Patent number: 7258881Abstract: A conveyor oven having a heating chamber and an oven chamber. A conveyor is disposed in the oven chamber to convey food products between an entry port and an exit port. An air impingement assembly is disposed to provide jets of impingement air toward the food product. A fan blower, a heater and a moisture delivery device are arranged to provide heat and moisture to an airflow to the air impingement assembly so that the jets of air are heated and laden with moisture and provide as a blanket-like mixture of air and moisture at the surface of the food product.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2003Date of Patent: August 21, 2007Assignee: Enodis CorporationInventors: Douglas S. Jones, Paul R Molloy, William J. Day, Jr.
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Publication number: 20030217645Abstract: A conveyor oven having a heating chamber and an oven chamber. A conveyor is disposed in the oven chamber to convey food products between an entry port and an exit port. An air impingement assembly is disposed to provide jets of impingement air toward the food product. A fan blower, a heater and a moisture delivery device are arranged to provide heat and moisture to an airflow to the air impingement assembly so that the jets of air are heated and laden with moisture and provide as a blanket-like mixture of air and moisture at the surface of the food product..Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2003Publication date: November 27, 2003Applicant: Enodis CorporationInventors: Douglas S. Jones, Paul R. Molloy, William J. Day
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Patent number: D625952Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2009Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Enodis CorporationInventors: Roberto Nevarez, William E. Smith, Jan Claesson
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Patent number: D633178Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2010Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Enodis CorporationInventors: William E. Smith, Roberto Nevarez, Harry Edward Wing
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Patent number: D649984Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2009Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Enodis CorporationInventors: Roberto Nevarez, William E. Smith, Jan Claesson