Abstract: A holding bin includes a plurality of compartments defined across a width of the holding bin, each compartment of the plurality of compartments configured to receive a plurality of food holding trays. A housing defines an outer perimeter of the holding bin. A first display is secured through the housing. A second display is removably secured to the housing. A controller is communicatively connected to the first display and the second display. The controller is configured to operate the first display and the second display to coordinatedly present a location and a status of a food tray within a compartment of the plurality of compartments.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 31, 2021
Publication date:
October 7, 2021
Applicant:
Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Brian Smetana, Donald Sweeney, Ebrahim Kassamali, Sean Forrest, Rich Bauer, Nagasuryarama Vegesna
Abstract: A conveyor toaster includes a toaster cabinet, an opening extending through the toaster cabinet and configured to receive a food product, and a conveyor assembly positioned in the toaster housing and associated with the feed opening. The conveyor assembly includes a conveyor belt configured to be operated by a drive motor to transport the food product past a heating element. The conveyor toaster further includes a an input sensor arranged proximate the opening and configured to detect the food product and a processor operably coupled to the input sensor and the conveyor assembly. The processor is configured to change between an operating condition with a first belt speed and an idle condition with a second belt speed based upon a signal from the input sensor.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 30, 2021
Publication date:
September 30, 2021
Applicant:
Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Christopher Lyons, Kyle Kestner, Greg Klostermann, Elizabeth Bertness, Michael Rainone, Caleb Nehls
Abstract: Systems and methods of bun holding and toasting use a bun dispenser and a toaster. The bun dispenser includes a bun holding cabinet in which a plurality of buns are held on shelves and each of the shelves include conveyors. A shuttle of the bun dispenser translates within at least one axis to align the shuttle with a shelf to receive a bun. A dispensing shelf of the bun dispenser receives the bun from the shuttle. A toaster receives the bun from the dispensing shelf and operates to toast the bun and dispense the toasted bun at a predetermined location.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 27, 2019
Date of Patent:
September 28, 2021
Assignee:
Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Marcus Frio, Glenn Schackmuth, Donald Sweeney, Richard Bauer, Michael Infanger, Michael A. Carvajal, Luigi Zevola, Fausto Annicchiarico Petruzzelli, Scott Rote, Yuri Gallegos, Sean Forrest
Abstract: A baked goods handling system includes a holding cabinet operable to create a controlled environment therein. A dispenser receives a baked good from the holding cabinet and directs the baked good away from the holding cabinet. A treatment device receives the baked good from the dispenser to perform a treatment on the baked good.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 4, 2018
Date of Patent:
September 28, 2021
Assignee:
Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Richard Bauer, Glenn Schackmuth, Scott Rote, Nathan Wicker, Thomas Tyrawa, Marcus Frio, Steven Shei, Quinton Ford, Greg Klostermann, Sajid Safvi, David E. Paton, Tyler Greek, Mark Kurth, Sean Forrest
Abstract: A dispensing basket includes a pair of opposed side walls and a back wall that extends between the opposed side walls. A pair of front walls extend from the side walls in a direction towards each other and angled away from the back wall. The pair of front walls form a funnel with an opening between the pair of front walls. A floor extends between lower ends of the side walls, the back wall, and the front walls.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 23, 2019
Date of Patent:
September 14, 2021
Assignee:
Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Eugene S. Maslana, Glenn Schackmuth, Brian Smetana
Abstract: A produce pusher for use in a produce slicer includes a T-bracket. The T-bracket includes a base plate and a projection. A first fin and a second fin of a plurality of fins extend parallel to and in contact with the projection. A third fin of the plurality of fins extends parallel to the first fin on a side of the first fin opposite the projection. A fourth fin of the plurality of fins extends parallel to the second fin on a side of the second fin opposite the projection. A first spacer of the plurality of spacers is positioned between the first and third fins and a second spacer of the plurality of spacers is positioned between the second and fourth fins. A fastener extends through and simultaneously applies a compressive force to the plurality of fins, plurality of spacers and the projection.
Abstract: A tamper-evident food delivery packaging systems, methods of tamper-evident packaging of food for delivery, and apparatus for tamper-evident food packaging operate to form resilient self-fastening perforations through a packaging. A binding apparatus includes an anvil and a flipper plate. A cutter head includes a profile blade and a slot blade. A pusher is pivotably connected between the profile blade and the slot blade. The cutting apparatus moves in a reciprocal motion relative to the anvil while the flipper plate engages a pusher to pivot the pusher during the reciprocal motion.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 15, 2019
Date of Patent:
August 10, 2021
Assignee:
Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Eugene S. Maslana, Sean Forrest, Brian Smetana, Richard Bauer
Abstract: In certain examples, a beverage dispenser includes a gas system configured to collect ambient air, pressurize the ambient air, and dispense the pressurized ambient air, a valve configured to dispense a base fluid, and a concentrate system configured to dispense a concentrate. A manifold is configured to form a gas-injected mixed beverage comprising the base fluid, the concentrate, and the pressurized ambient air, and a nozzle is configured to apply a back-pressure upstream on the gas-injected mixed beverage and dispense the gas-injected mixed beverage.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 9, 2019
Date of Patent:
June 22, 2021
Assignee:
MARMON FOODSERVICE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventors:
Nicholas Michael Giardino, Michael Thomas Marszalek, Jonathan Robert Wirkus
Abstract: A modular food holding bin has multiple food holding units or bins, which can be connected and disconnected from each other in multiple different configurations. Each bin can be set to its own temperature, independently of the others.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 26, 2018
Date of Patent:
June 15, 2021
Assignee:
Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Christine Suen Laub, Paul Gerard Touchette, Loren J. Veltrop
Abstract: A gas injection system for injecting a gas into a liquid to form a solution includes a flow channel that conveys a liquid from an upstream inlet configured to receive the liquid and a downstream outlet configured to dispense the solution, sparger positioned in the flow channel, a solution pressure detection device configured to sense a pressure of the solution in the flow channel, and a liquid valve configured to regulate flow of the liquid in the flow channel based on the pressure sensed by the solution pressure detection device. The sparger is configured to inject the gas into the liquid through the porous surface as the liquid flows across the surface.
Abstract: A product display unit for displaying products includes a track defining a non-linear path and a pusher that moves along the non-linear path. The pusher is configured to move the products along the non-linear path.