Patents by Inventor Herbert Mink

Herbert Mink 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).

  • Apparatus for storing, heating and dispensing portioned food items
    Patent number: 5048719
    Abstract: An apparatus for storing, heating and dispensing portioned foods items has a cooled storage unit for storing portioned food items, a cooking unit for heating the portioned food items, a transport lift unit for transferring the food items to be heated from the storage unit to the cooking unit and an output unit for transferring heated food items from the cooking unit to a dispensing station for dispensing. The storage unit includes a plurality of conveyor belts upon which the portioned food items are stored and which transport the food items to the transport lift unit. Each of the lift transport unit, the cooking unit and the output unit includes a conveyor for transferring the food items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Franz Empl, Herbert Mink