Patents by Inventor Norman R. Sloan

Norman R. Sloan 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).

  • Patent number: 4784054
    Abstract: Equipment for holding or staging a bicompartmented sandwich package is disclosed. The equipment comprises supporting structure for supporting several packages, and heating elements for applying heat to only a part of the package. The support includes an uninterrupted floor supporting the warmed or hot compartment of the package, and shelving structure for supporting the unwarmed or cool package compartment. Heaters are disposed above and below the hot compartment. The support structure is arranged to retain the heat around the warmed or hot compartment. One embodiment, the floor structure is inclined so as to urge packages in the structure to slide downwardly to a pre-determined pick-up point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1988
    Assignee: Restaurant Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Gus Karos, Nick Karos, Ralph E. Weimer, Norman R. Sloan, Dye O. Miller
  • Patent number: 4488479
    Abstract: A portable apparatus is provided for cooking eggs on a heated cooking surface or grill and includes a frame with a plurality of rings carried on the frame. Each ring is adapted to be disposed on the grill and to receive a shelled egg therein. A peripheral wall means is provided for enclosing the rings. A removable closure assembly is provided for being positioned over the rings and includes (1) a cover at least coextensive with the peripheral wall means and adapted to engage the peripheral wall means, (2) an open top container mounted on the cover and defining a reservoir for receiving a predetermined quantity of water therein, and (3) means for defining an unobstructed orifice through the cover and communicating with the interior of the container for metering the water at a predetermined rate onto the grill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1984
    Assignee: Restaurant Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Norman R. Sloan, Dionizas Remys, Robert A. Novy