Patents by Inventor John P. Gardner
John P. Gardner 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).
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Publication number: 20240065365Abstract: In one aspect, a protective headwear is provided and includes a headgear, an outer shell, a duct and a manifold. The headgear is configured to engage a wearer's head and at least partially support the protective headwear on a wearer's head. The headgear includes a front, a rear opposite the front, a right side, and a left side opposite the right side. The outer shell is coupled to the headgear at a coupling location and includes a shield positioned to the front of the headgear. The duct is at least partially coupled to and at least partially positioned in an interior of the outer shell. The duct is located below the coupling location.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: William P. Gardner, Nishank R. Patel, Eric T. Sommers, John C. Mehnert
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Patent number: 11317762Abstract: A multi-bank cooking system includes multiple discrete cooking systems sharing common plumbing and integrated safety features. The multi-bank cooking system may include two or more rack-fryer systems, each with discrete frypots, operating mechanisms and cooking controllers. Each of the discrete cooking systems, may share a common plumbing system with integrated valves and controls receiving coordinated safety signals to facilitate safe and efficient operation of the system.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: PITCO FRIALATOR, INC.Inventors: Steven J. Cyr, Steven Savage, Michael T. Fecteau, John P. Gardner, Steven Gallerani, Karl M. Searl
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Publication number: 20210330124Abstract: A multi-bank cooking system includes multiple discrete cooking systems sharing common plumbing and integrated safety features. The multi-bank cooking system may include two or more rack-fryer systems, each with discrete frypots, operating mechanisms and cooking controllers. Each of the discrete cooking systems, may share a common plumbing system with integrated valves and controls receiving coordinated safety signals to facilitate safe and efficient operation of the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: PITCO FRIALATOR, INC.Inventors: Steven J. Cyr, Steven Savage, Michael T. Fecteau, John P. Gardner, Steven Gallerani, Karl M. Searl
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Patent number: 10433674Abstract: A deep fat fryer with continuous oil filtering and purging of sediments therefrom during uninterrupted fryer operation is provided. The filter includes a cylindrical hollow housing with a first end and a second end and a hollow cylindrical screen with a longitudinal axis and first and second ends. The screen is disposed coaxially within the hollow housing to define an annulus therebetween. A piston mounted within the screen and reciprocatingly movable along the longitudinal axis between the first and second ends of the screen. A pump, seal, and associate motor are provided to provide continuous oil flow through the filter and the remainder of the fryer. A heat exchanger is provided downstream of the pump to transfer heat from the fryer to the oil flowing through the heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2016Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Pitco Frialator, Inc.Inventors: Steven J. Savage, Charles E. Pierce, John P. Gardner, Mark E. McCabe, Rory A. Longe, Kurt H. Jensen
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Patent number: 10390658Abstract: A detector configured to indirectly monitor a level of liquid within a container is provided. The detector includes a temperature sensor and a heat producing element proximate to the temperature sensor. A shell is disposed around the temperature sensor and heat producing element, the shell is configured to be disposed within a container and to provide a barrier between liquid disposed within the container and each of the temperature sensor and heat producing element. The heat producing element is configured to transfer heat generated therein to the shell, and the sensor is configured to measure a surface temperature of the heat producing element.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Pitco Frialator, Inc.Inventors: John P. Gardner, Steven J. Savage
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Publication number: 20170095117Abstract: A deep fat fryer with continuous oil filtering and purging of sediments therefrom during uninterrupted fryer operation is provided. The filter includes a cylindrical hollow housing with a first end and a second end and a hollow cylindrical screen with a longitudinal axis and first and second ends. The screen is disposed coaxially within the hollow housing to define an annulus therebetween. A piston mounted within the screen and reciprocatingly movable along the longitudinal axis between the first and second ends of the screen. A pump, seal, and associate motor are provided to provide continuous oil flow through the filter and the remainder of the fryer. A heat exchanger is provided downstream of the pump to transfer heat from the fryer to the oil flowing through the heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Applicant: Pitco Frialator, Inc.Inventors: Steven J. Savage, Charles E. Pierce, John P. Gardner, Mark E. McCabe, Rory A. Longe, Kurt H. Jensen
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Patent number: 9532681Abstract: A deep fat fryer with continuous oil filtering and purging of sediments therefrom during uninterrupted fryer operation is provided. The filter includes a cylindrical hollow housing with a first end and a second end and a hollow cylindrical screen with a longitudinal axis and first and second ends. The screen is disposed coaxially within the hollow housing to define an annulus therebetween. A piston mounted within the screen and reciprocatingly movable along the longitudinal axis between the first and second ends of the screen. A pump, seal, and associate motor are provided to provide continuous oil flow through the filter and the remainder of the fryer. A heat exchanger is provided downstream of the pump to transfer heat from the fryer to the oil flowing through the heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: PITCO FRIALATOR, INC.Inventors: Steven J. Savage, Charles E. Pierce, John P. Gardner, Mark E. McCabe, Rory A. Longe, Kurt H. Jensen
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Publication number: 20160270595Abstract: A detector configured to indirectly monitor a level of liquid within a container is provided. The detector includes a temperature sensor and a heat producing element proximate to the temperature sensor. A shell is disposed around the temperature sensor and heat producing element, the shell is configured to be disposed within a container and to provide a barrier between liquid disposed within the container and each of the temperature sensor and heat producing element. The heat producing element is configured to transfer heat generated therein to the shell, and the sensor is configured to measure a surface temperature of the heat producing element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Applicant: Pitco Frialator, Inc.Inventors: John P. Gardner, Steven J. Savage
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Patent number: 9357881Abstract: A detector configured to indirectly monitor a level of liquid within a container is provided. The detector includes a temperature sensor and a heat producing element proximate to the temperature sensor. A shell is disposed around the temperature sensor and heat producing element, the shell is configured to be disposed within a container and to provide a barrier between liquid disposed within the container and each of the temperature sensor and heat producing element. The heat producing element is configured to transfer heat generated therein to the shell, and the sensor is configured to measure a surface temperature of the heat producing element.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: PITCO FRIALATOR, INC.Inventors: John P. Gardner, Steven J. Savage
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Publication number: 20150060350Abstract: A deep fat fryer with continuous oil filtering and purging of sediments therefrom during uninterrupted fryer operation is provided. The filter includes a cylindrical hollow housing with a first end and a second end and a hollow cylindrical screen with a longitudinal axis and first and second ends. The screen is disposed coaxially within the hollow housing to define an annulus therebetween. A piston mounted within the screen and reciprocatingly movable along the longitudinal axis between the first and second ends of the screen. A pump, seal, and associate motor are provided to provide continuous oil flow through the filter and the remainder of the fryer. A heat exchanger is provided downstream of the pump to transfer heat from the fryer to the oil flowing through the heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: Pitco Frialator, Inc.Inventors: Steven J. Savage, Charles E. Pierce, John P. Gardner, Mark E. McCabe, Rory A. Longe, Kurt H. Jensen
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Patent number: 8828223Abstract: A deep fat fryer with continuous oil filtering and purging of sediments therefrom during uninterrupted fryer operation is provided. The filter includes a cylindrical hollow housing with a first end and a second end and a hollow cylindrical screen with a longitudinal axis and first and second ends. The screen is disposed coaxially within the hollow housing to define an annulus therebetween. A piston mounted within the screen and reciprocatingly movable along the longitudinal axis between the first and second ends of the screen. A pump, seal, and associate motor are provided to provide continuous oil flow through the filter and the remainder of the fryer. A heat exchanger is provided downstream of the pump to transfer heat from the fryer to the oil flowing through the heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2008Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Pitco Frialator, Inc.Inventors: Steven J. Savage, Charles E. Pierce, John P. Gardner, Mark E. McCabe, Rory A. Longe, Kurt H. Jensen
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Publication number: 20130295245Abstract: A detector configured to indirectly monitor a level of liquid within a container is provided. The detector includes a temperature sensor and a heat producing element proximate to the temperature sensor. A shell is disposed around the temperature sensor and heat producing element, the shell is configured to be disposed within a container and to provide a barrier between liquid disposed within the container and each of the temperature sensor and heat producing element. The heat producing element is configured to transfer heat generated therein to the shell, and the sensor is configured to measure a surface temperature of the heat producing element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: John P. Gardner, Steven J. Savage
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Patent number: 8029271Abstract: A self-cleaning burner system incorporates an automatic clean cycle when the burner is started up. Cycles may be programmed for once-a-day cleaning cycle or for other desired interval. On start-up, the cycle routes a small amount of fuel to the burner for ignition inside the burner to clean the burner surfaces. The system incorporates an igniter for fast, routine, and safe ignition of the fuel. Thus, small amounts of debris that accumulate on a surface burner are automatically ignited when the burner is started, keeping the burner clean and operating at a high state of efficiency at all times. The self-cleaning burner system may be incorporated into a fryer or other heating appliance for reliable, efficient operation.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2010Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Pitco Frialator Inc.Inventors: Anthony F. Reale, David W. Tucci, George McMahon, John P. Gardner, Francis H. Ingram, Steven J. Savage, Nathaniel A. Lambert, Martin W. Lawrence
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Publication number: 20110003259Abstract: A self-cleaning burner system incorporates an automatic clean cycle when the burner is started up. Cycles may be programmed for once-a-day cleaning cycle or for other desired interval. On start-up, the cycle routes a small amount of fuel to the burner for ignition inside the burner to clean the burner surfaces. The system incorporates an igniter for fast, routine, and safe ignition of the fuel. Thus, small amounts of debris that accumulate on a surface burner are automatically ignited when the burner is started, keeping the burner clean and operating at a high state of efficiency at all times. The self-cleaning burner system may be incorporated into a fryer or other heating appliance for reliable, efficient operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2010Publication date: January 6, 2011Inventors: Anthony F. Reale, David W. Tucci, George McMahon, John P. Gardner, Francis H. Ingram, Steven J. Savage, Nathaniel A. Lambert, Martin W. Lawrence
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Patent number: 7731490Abstract: A self-cleaning burner system incorporates an automatic clean cycle when the burner is started up. Cycles may be programmed for once-a-day cleaning cycle or for other desired interval. On start-up, the cycle routes a small amount of fuel to the burner for ignition inside the burner to clean the burner surfaces. The system incorporates an igniter for fast, routine, and safe ignition of the fuel. Thus, small amounts of debris that accumulate on a surface burner are automatically ignited when the burner is started, keeping the burner clean and operating at a high state of efficiency at all times. The self-cleaning burner system may be incorporated into a fryer or other heating appliance for reliable, efficient operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2006Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Pitco Frialator, Inc.Inventors: Anthony F. Reale, David W. Tucci, George McMahon, John P. Gardner, Francis H. Ingram, Steven J. Savage, Nathaniel A. Lambert, Martin W. Lawrence
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Publication number: 20080282905Abstract: A deep fat fryer with continuous oil filtering and purging of sediments therefrom during uninterrupted fryer operation is provided. The filter includes a cylindrical hollow housing with a first end and a second end and a hollow cylindrical screen with a longitudinal axis and first and second ends. The screen is disposed coaxially within the hollow housing to define an annulus therebetween. A piston mounted within the screen and reciprocatingly movable along the longitudinal axis between the first and second ends of the screen. A pump, seal, and associate motor are provided to provide continuous oil flow through the filter and the remainder of the fryer. A heat exchanger is provided downstream of the pump to transfer heat from the fryer to the oil flowing through the heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2008Publication date: November 20, 2008Inventors: Steven J. Savage, Charles E. Pierce, John P. Gardner, Mark E. McCabe, Rory A. Longe, Kurt H. Jensen
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Patent number: 5801011Abstract: The invention relates to an improved process for preparing cephalosporins by reaction compounds such as 7-amino-cephalosporanic acid, 7-amino-3-deacetoxy-cephalosporanic acid or their derivatives with derivatives of .alpha.-amino acids in the presence of a properly immobilized penicillin acylase enzyme under the following conditions, independently, or in combination: (1) at a temperature ranging from 0.degree. C. to +20.degree. C.; or (2) at ambient pH; with a high molar ratio of .alpha.-amino acid to a cephalosporanic nucleus.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 1996Date of Patent: September 1, 1998Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventor: John P. Gardner
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Patent number: 5646275Abstract: 7.beta.-Amino-3-hydroxy-1-carba(1-dethia)-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid esters are provided via cyclization of compounds of Formula IIA below. ##STR1## The 7.beta.-Amino-3-hydroxy-l-carba(1-dethia)-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid esters are useful chiral intermediates in the synthesis of .beta.-lactam antibiotics.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 1995Date of Patent: July 8, 1997Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: John P. Gardner, Billy G. Jackson
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Patent number: 5637692Abstract: 7.beta.-Amino-3-hydroxy-1-carba(1-dethia)-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid esters are provided via cyclization of cis-3-(substituted amino)-1-(2-substituted 2-oxoethyl)-4-substituted azetidinones. The 7.beta.-amino-3-hydroxy-1-carba (1-dethia)-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid esters are useful chiral intermediates to .beta.-lactam antibiotics.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1995Date of Patent: June 10, 1997Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: James Aikins, John P. Gardner, Billy G. Jackson, John R. Rizzo, Eddie V. Tao
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Patent number: RE37274Abstract: A skin treatment process designed to reduce the aging process of the skin and to cause the skin to become a semi-permeable membrane. The steps include exfoliation, cleansing, hydration, and oxygenation. By placing solutions ranging from a pH substantially in the range of 4.5 to 8.8 on the skin in a predetermined order, the skin will be able to accept a oxygenated mist of moisturized nutrients on a pore-by-pore basis.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 1998Date of Patent: July 10, 2001Inventor: John P. Gardner