Patents Assigned to Stearns Product Development Corporation
  • Patent number: 11717111
    Abstract: A conveyorized contact toaster includes a toasting platen and a conveyer mechanism. The toasting platen includes a planar toasting surface. The conveyer mechanism is arranged in a loop and includes a bun interface portion and a return portion. The bun interface portion is in opposed relation to the planar toasting surface and comprises a base including a pair of lateral edges, and a plurality of gripping bodies extending from the base. The gripping bodies may be resilient and independently compressible. The plurality of gripping bodies are positioned along a plurality of gripping axes, with each gripping axis extending orthogonal to the pair of lateral edges and having at least two of the plurality of gripping bodies residing thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: STEARNS PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Howard Jay Frantz, Steve Raio
  • Patent number: 3984960
    Abstract: A plurality of modular panels are joined together by easily installed fasteners to provide an enclosure, or the like. The fasteners pass through ribs of abutting modular panels and are retained in place, in part, by an elongated bead defined by the ribs. Each fastener applies pressure to adjacent ribs at three spaced-apart regions, unlike prior art fasteners which act at a single point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1976
    Assignee: Stearns Product Development Corporation
    Inventors: Eugene L. Raio, Andrew P. Kennedy