Patents by Inventor Mark Caraluzzi

Mark Caraluzzi 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).

  • Method of cooking food in a rotary cooking apparatus
    Patent number: 4649056
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus has a circular cooking vessel, an overflow situated at an upper portion of the cooking vessel for removing water and starch or scum from a top part of the water bath in the vessel, a heater situated in the cooking vessel for maintaining the water bath at a desired predetermined temperature and a horizontal circular plate arranged on the circular cooking vessel and covering the open top thereof. The plate has a plurality of circularly distributed apertures. There is further provided a variable-speed motor connected to the circular plate for rotating it at a selected speed. A plurality of perforated cooking baskets fit into respective apertures of the plate. Each basket has a handle for manually removing the basket from and inserting it into a respective aperture; and a configuration cooperating with the plate for suspending the basket from the plate for submersion into the water bath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1987
    Assignee: Yankee Noodle Dandy, Inc.
    Inventors: Mario Cardullo, Mark Caraluzzi, Peter Schildbach
  • Rotary cooking apparatus
    Patent number: 4597325
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus has a circular cooking vessel, an overflow situated at an upper portion of the cooking vessel for removing water and starch or scum from a top part of the water bath in the vessel, a heater situated in the cooking vessel for maintaining the water bath at a desired predetermined temperature and a horizontal circular plate arranged on the circular cooking vessel and covering the open top thereof. The plate has a plurality of circularly distributed apertures. There is further provided a variable-speed motor connected to the circular plate for rotating it at a selected speed. A plurality of perforated cooking baskets fit into respective apertures of the plate. Each basket has a handle for manually removing the basket from and inserting it into a respective aperture; and a configuration cooperating with the plate for suspending the basket from the plate for submersion into the water bath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1986
    Assignee: Yankee Noodle Dandy, Inc.
    Inventors: Mario Cardullo, Mark Caraluzzi, Peter Schildbach