Patents by Inventor Effie J. Lee

Effie J. Lee has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Oven with radiant panel
    Patent number: 4781169
    Abstract: A food preparation oven comprising a plurality of radiant panel ducts which include apertures for directing streams of heated air toward a food product within the heating chamber. The radiant panels are made of highly thermal conductive aluminum and the outer surfaces thereof facing the food product are of a black color so as to radiate infrared energy toward the food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1988
    Assignee: Lincoln Foodservice Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitchell C. Henke, Carol S. Nealley, Effie J. Lee, Daniel S. Kaminski
  • Method for baking a food product
    Patent number: 4749581
    Abstract: A grooved baking pan and a method for baking therewith wherein the bottom surface of the pan is provided with a plurality of grooves. In the preferred embodiment, the grooves are V-shaped. The grooves are arranged in a pattern such as a grid pattern and apertures are located in the areas bounded by the intersecting grooves. The pan is used to bake high density food products such as pizza in an impingement oven wherein columns of heated air are formed which are directed at localized areas of the bottom surface of the pan. The pan is moved relative to the impinging air columns while the food product is being baked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1988
    Assignee: Lincoln Foodservice Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger K. Gorsuch, Gordon D. Bell, Mitchell C. Henke, Michelle Wibel, Ronald E. Bratton, Effie J. Lee
  • Grooved baking pan
    Patent number: 4676151
    Abstract: A grooved baking pan and a method for baking therewith wherein the bottom surface of the pan is provided with a plurality of grooves. In the preferred embodiment, the grooves are V-shaped. The grooves are arranged in a pattern such as a grid pattern and apertures are located in the areas bounded by the intersecting grooves. The pan is used to bake high density food products such as pizza in an impingement oven wherein columns of heated air are formed which are directed at localized areas of the bottom surface of the pan. The pan is moved relative to the impinging air columns while the food product is being baked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1987
    Assignee: Lincoln Foodservice Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger K. Gorsuch, Gordon D. Bell, Mitchell C. Henke, Michelle Wibel, Ronald E. Bratton, Effie J. Lee