Patents by Inventor Ralph R. Pecoraro

Ralph R. Pecoraro 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 selectively heating an individual food item in a refrigerated environment
    Patent number: 4180125
    Abstract: A cabinet type enclosure, preferably in the form of a cart, which is adapted to be connected to a source of refrigeration for refrigerating a plurality of food items on a plurality of meal trays positioned in the enclosure has a plurality of thin, generally horizontal fixedly mounted heater shelf members extending into the enclosed space from one side wall thereof. The heater shelf members are adapted to be moved relative to and under hot food containers positioned on the trays to heat same. The enclosure also has pairs of tray guides on its opposing side walls. The meal trays have integral transverse abutment means which extend over a portion of the tray surface at a location above the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1979
    Assignee: UOP Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Schulz, Ralph R. Pecoraro, Gerard T. Hogan
  • Apparatus for selectively heating an individual food item in a refrigerated environment
    Patent number: RE30623
    Abstract: A cabinet type enclosure, preferably in the form of a cart, which is adapted to be connected to a source of refrigeration for refrigerating a plurality of food items on a plurality of meal trays positioned in the enclosure has a plurality of thin, generally horizontal fixedly mounted heater shelf members extending into the enclosed space from one side wall thereof. The heater shelf members are adapted to be moved relative to and under hot food containers positioned on the trays to heat same. The enclosure also has pairs of tray guides on its opposing side walls. The meal trays have integral transverse abutment means which extend over a portion of the tray surface at a location above the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1981
    Assignee: UOP Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Schulz, Ralph R. Pecoraro, Gerard T. Hogan