Patents by Inventor Raymond P. Twohy

Raymond P. Twohy 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).

  • Publication number: 20150356666
    Abstract: A system to manage inventory of product supported within a product display area of a retail environment. The system includes a database that has product information associated with product supportable in the product display area. The product information of each product is at least partially defined by a graphical representation of the product. The system also includes an access device that is in communication with the database and that has a microprocessor programmed to access a visual snapshot of the product display area. The visual snapshot is indicative of product actually supported in the product display area, and the microprocessor is further programmed to manage inventory of the product display area based on a comparison of the graphical representation of the product and the visual snapshot of the product display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Ireneus Johannes Pas, Raymond P. Twohy
  • Publication number: 20150208827
    Abstract: A refrigerated merchandiser including a case defining a product display area to support product and a refrigeration system at least partially coupled to the case to condition the product display area. The case includes case structure at least partially exposed to the product display area. The merchandiser also includes a heat guide that is in communication with cold air within the product display area, and a heat source that is coupled to the case structure within the product display area. The heat source is further coupled to the heat guide by a thermal recovery device. The heat guide forms a bridge between the thermal recovery device and the cold air in the product display area such that power is generated based on a temperature difference across the thermal recovery device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: Hussmann Corporation
    Inventor: Raymond P. Twohy
  • Publication number: 20150173527
    Abstract: A refrigerated merchandiser including a case that defines a product display area and an access opening. The case has an air inlet and an air outlet, and a passageway fluidly connects the air inlet with the air outlet to direct a refrigerated airflow across the customer access opening in the form of an air curtain. The merchandiser also includes shelves that are coupled to the case. Each shelf includes an inlet, an outlet, a fan unit disposed in the shelf, and a heat exchanger. The fan unit is in communication with the passageway to draw air through the inlet to direct a portion of the airflow through the shelf toward the outlet. The heat exchanger is disposed in the shelf to cool the airflow in the shelf to provide independent zone cooling to a predetermined region of the product display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Hussmann Corporation
    Inventor: Raymond P. Twohy
  • Publication number: 20150164243
    Abstract: A refrigerated merchandiser including a case that defines a product display area. The case has an air inlet located adjacent the product display area, an air outlet to discharge an airflow into the product display area, and a passageway fluidly connecting the air inlet to the air outlet to direct a conditioned airflow from the air outlet across the product display area and generally toward the air inlet. The merchandiser also includes an electrical component and a power generation system that has a power generation device in communication with the airflow to convert kinetic energy of the airflow into electrical energy to power the electrical component based on movement of the airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Hussmann Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin A. Moody, Raymond P. Twohy
  • Publication number: 20140262178
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes an inlet header configured to receive refrigerant and an outlet header configured to discharge the refrigerant. First and second tubes in fluid communication with and extending between the inlet header and the outlet header direct refrigerant from the inlet header to the outlet header. Each of the tubes has a first side and a second side. The first side of the first tube is oriented to face the second side of the second tube. A first thermoelectric generator is in thermal communication with the first side of the first tube and a second thermoelectric generator is in thermal communication with the second side of the second tube. A plurality of fins is in thermal contact with the first thermoelectric generator and the second thermoelectric generator and with a surrounding environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: HUSSMANN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Raymond P. Twohy
  • Publication number: 20140021834
    Abstract: An island merchandiser including a first merchandiser module, a second merchandiser module, and a single, unitary base. The first merchandiser module includes a first case defining a first product display area that is maintained within a predetermined temperature range below approximately 41 degrees Fahrenheit. The second merchandiser module is positioned next to the first merchandiser module, and includes a second case defining a second product display area The second merchandiser module is positioned so that a rear wall of the second case is in communication with a rear wall of the first case so that the first and second merchandiser modules are positioned in a back-to-back relationship. The unitary base is positioned to at least partially support each of the first and second merchandiser modules relative to a support surface. The module defined by the second merchandiser module is different from the module defined by the first merchandiser module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Hussmann Corporation
    Inventors: Moisses Navarro, Diego Wood, Raymond P. Twohy, Kevin A. Moody, Michael A. Gillett, Anand Ganesh Rajagopalan, Robert Mullen, Al Arrosagaray
  • Publication number: 20130334938
    Abstract: A merchandiser including a case defining a product display area for supporting and displaying food product. The case includes a case frame having at least one mullion that defines an opening into the product display area. A door is positioned over the opening and is pivotably coupled to the case frame for movement between a closed position and an open position. A door hold open mechanism includes a housing attached to one of the mullion and the door, while the other of the mullion and the door defines a channel. The door hold open mechanism further includes an engagement member outwardly biased from the housing and is engageable with the other of the mullion and the door within the channel to hold the door in the open position to provide access to the product display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Hussmann Corporation
    Inventors: David W. Dickey, Paul D. Fogarty, Garrick N. McFarland, Denise Slatton, Raymond P. Twohy
  • Patent number: 8561419
    Abstract: An island merchandiser including a first merchandiser module, a second merchandiser module, a third merchandiser module, and a fourth merchandiser module. The first merchandiser module includes a product display area maintained within a temperature range at or below 32 degrees Fahrenheit. The second merchandiser module is positioned next and coupled to the first merchandiser module. The third merchandiser module is positioned next and coupled to the first merchandiser module and the second merchandiser module. The fourth merchandiser module is positioned next to the first merchandiser module and the second merchandiser module opposite the third merchandiser module. The island merchandiser also includes a first insulation panel positioned between the first and second merchandiser modules and the third merchandiser module, and a second insulation panel positioned between the first and second merchandiser modules and the fourth merchandiser module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Hussmann Corporation
    Inventors: Moisses Navarro, Diego Wood, Raymond P. Twohy, Kevin A. Moody, Michael A. Gillett, Anand Ganesh Rajagopalan, Robert Mullen, Al Arrosagaray
  • Patent number: 8517477
    Abstract: A merchandiser including a case defining a product display area for supporting and displaying food product. The case includes a case frame that has at least one mullion defining an opening into the product display area, a door that is positioned over the opening and pivotably coupled to the case frame for movement between a closed position and an open position, and a door hold open mechanism attached to either the mullion or the door. The other of the mullion and the door defines a channel, and the door hold open mechanism includes an engagement member that is outwardly biased from the mullion or the door to which the door hold open mechanism is attached such that the engagement member is engageable with the other of the mullion and the door within the channel to hold the door in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Hussmann Corporation
    Inventors: David W. Dickey, Paul D. Fogarty, Garrick N. McFarland, Denise Slatton, Raymond P. Twohy
  • Publication number: 20120000229
    Abstract: An island merchandiser including a first merchandiser module, a second merchandiser module, a third merchandiser module, and a fourth merchandiser module. The first merchandiser module includes a product display area maintained within a temperature range at or below 32 degrees Fahrenheit. The second merchandiser module is positioned next and coupled to the first merchandiser module. The third merchandiser module is positioned next and coupled to the first merchandiser module and the second merchandiser module. The fourth merchandiser module is positioned next to the first merchandiser module and the second merchandiser module opposite the third merchandiser module. The island merchandiser also includes a first insulation panel positioned between the first and second merchandiser modules and the third merchandiser module, and a second insulation panel positioned between the first and second merchandiser modules and the fourth merchandiser module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: HUSSMANN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Moisses Navarro, Diego Wood, Raymond P. Twohy, Kevin A. Moody, Michael A. Gillett, Anand Ganesh Rajagopalan
  • Publication number: 20110273065
    Abstract: A merchandiser including a case defining a product display area for supporting and displaying food product. The case includes a case frame that has at least one mullion defining an opening into the product display area, a door that is positioned over the opening and pivotably coupled to the case frame for movement between a closed position and an open position, and a door hold open mechanism attached to either the mullion or the door. The other of the mullion and the door defines a channel, and the door hold open mechanism includes an engagement member that is outwardly biased from the mullion or the door to which the door hold open mechanism is attached such that the engagement member is engageable with the other of the mullion and the door within the channel to hold the door in the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: HUSSMANN CORPORATION
    Inventors: David W. Dickey, Paul D. Fogarty, Garrick N. McFarland, Denise Slatton, Raymond P. Twohy