Patents by Inventor Richard W. Cartwright
Richard W. Cartwright 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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Patent number: 11659840Abstract: An oven may include a cooking chamber, a user interface, a first energy source, a second energy source and a cooking controller. The cooking chamber may be configured to receive a food product. The user interface may be configured to display information associated with processes employed for cooking the food product. The first energy source may provide primary heating of the food product placed in the cooking chamber. The second energy source may provide browning for the food product. The cooking controller may be operably coupled to the first and second energy sources. The cooking controller may include processing circuitry configured to enable an operator to make a browning control selection via the user interface by providing operator instructions to a selected control console rendered at the user interface. The selected control console may be selected based on a cooking mode of the oven.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Joshua B. Murphy, Jeffrey T. Debord, Eric A. Soller, Richard W. Cartwright
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Patent number: 11301788Abstract: A method for enabling network communication relating to a food preparation asset may include receiving, from a third party participant, a registration request to join a community including asset operators that operate at least one food preparation asset, registering the third party participant as a community member, providing the third party participant with access to a communication network for sharing information related to the asset, receiving data indicative of asset related activity, providing the third party participant with data indicative of asset related activity, and enabling the third party participant to establish communications with the asset or asset operators via the communication network based on the data indicative of asset related activity.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Illinois Tool Works, Inc.Inventors: Richard W. Cartwright, Damon C. Childers, Eric A. Soller
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Publication number: 20200187509Abstract: An oven may include a cooking chamber, a user interface, a first energy source, a second energy source and a cooking controller. The cooking chamber may be configured to receive a food product. The user interface may be configured to display information associated with processes employed for cooking the food product. The first energy source may provide primary heating of the food product placed in the cooking chamber. The second energy source may provide browning for the food product. The cooking controller may be operably coupled to the first and second energy sources. The cooking controller may include processing circuitry configured to enable an operator to make a browning control selection via the user interface by providing operator instructions to a selected control console rendered at the user interface. The selected control console may be selected based on a cooking mode of the oven.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2020Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Joshua B. Murphy, Jeffrey T. Debord, Eric A. Soller, Richard W. Cartwright
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Patent number: 10584881Abstract: An oven includes a cooking chamber configured to receive a food product, a user interface configured to display information associated with processes employed for cooking, first and second energy sources, and a cooking controller. The first energy source provides primary heating and the second energy source provides secondary heating for the food product. The cooking controller may be operably coupled to the first and second energy sources. The cooking controller may include processing circuitry configured to enable an operator to make a browning control selection via the user interface by providing operator instructions to a selected control console rendered at the user interface. The selected control console may be selected based on a cooking mode of the oven. The browning control selection may provide control parameters to direct application of heat to the food product via the second energy source.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2011Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC.Inventors: Joshua B. Murphy, Jeffrey T. Debord, Eric A. Soller, Richard W. Cartwright
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Publication number: 20190303817Abstract: A content distribution platform may include processing circuitry having a processor and memory. The memory may store a plurality of content items associated with at least one content library. The processor may be configured to enable assignment of tags to the food preparation assets. Each tag may define an association between a respective one of the assets and a characteristic of the respective one of the assets to enable the content distribution platform to distribute the content items on the basis of the tags.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Richard W. Cartwright, Jennifer L. Smith, Joshua B. Murphy
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Patent number: 10332045Abstract: A content distribution platform may include processing circuitry having a processor and memory. The memory may store a plurality of content items associated with at least one content library. The processor may be configured to enable assignment of tags to the food preparation assets. Each tag may define an association between a respective one of the assets and a characteristic of the respective one of the assets to enable the content distribution platform to distribute the content items on the basis of the tags.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Richard W. Cartwright, Jennifer L. Smith, Joshua B. Murphy
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Patent number: 10057946Abstract: An oven includes a cooking chamber configured to receive a food product, a user interface configured to display information associated with processes employed for cooking, first and second energy sources, and a cooking controller. The first energy source provides primary heating and the second energy source provides secondary heating for the food product. The cooking controller executes instructions associated with a cooking program directing application of energy to the food product via the first or second energy sources. The cooking controller includes processing circuitry configured to monitor energy added to the food product via the first energy source in accordance with the cooking program, receive an indication of a change to a cooking parameter associated with a second energy source, and determine a modification to the cooking program by employing a modification algorithm based on the cooking parameter change.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2011Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC.Inventors: Nigel G. Mills, Richard W. Cartwright, Richard A. Kice
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Publication number: 20180084948Abstract: A fryer apparatus includes a selectively closeable frypot to alternate a mechanism of operation between an open frying platform and a pressure frying platform. The selectively closeable frypot includes a cover with a locking mechanism disposed within the cover that is actuated by rotation of a handle such that the footprint of the selectively closeable frypot may be sized comparable with a typical open frypot to accommodate space constraints of limited service restaurants. The fryer apparatus may also include a pressure assist feature so that the selectively closeable frypot efficiently reaches a desired pressure for smaller batches of food product when used as a pressure frying platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2016Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicant: Henny Penny CorporationInventors: Kimberly Eros, Richard W. Cartwright, Steven J. Long
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Patent number: 9740998Abstract: A content distribution platform may include processing circuitry having a processor and memory. The memory may store a plurality of content items associated with at least one content library. The processor may be configured to enable distribution of the content items to at least a selected asset among a plurality of food preparation assets via a network. The content items may include at least visible content descriptive of a food item preparable using the selected asset and invisible content including non-human readable instructions for enabling the selected asset to prepare the food item.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC.Inventors: Richard W. Cartwright, Damon C. Childers, Eric A. Soller
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Patent number: 9182126Abstract: An oven includes a cooking chamber configured to receive a food product, a user interface configured to display information associated with processes employed for cooking, first and second energy sources, and a cooking controller. The first energy source provides primary heating and the second energy source provides secondary heating for the food product. The cooking controller executes instructions directing application of energy to the food product via the first or second energy sources. The cooking controller may include processing circuitry configured to receive an indication of cooking parameters defining at least a food product category of the food product and select a cooking signature corresponding to the food product category. The cooking signature may include information descriptive of inherent properties of the food product category and input response properties defining one or more sets of instructions associated with a cooking sequence for the food product based on the cooking parameters.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2011Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Richard W. Cartwright, Richard A. Kice
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Publication number: 20140337070Abstract: A content distribution platform may include processing circuitry having a processor and memory. The memory may store a plurality of content items associated with at least one content library. The processor may be configured to enable assignment of tags to the food preparation assets. Each tag may define an association between a respective one of the assets and a characteristic of the respective one of the assets to enable the content distribution platform to distribute the content items on the basis of the tags.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2012Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventors: Richard W. Cartwright, Jennifer L. Smith, Joshua B. Murphy
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Publication number: 20140330908Abstract: A content distribution platform may include processing circuitry having a processor and memory. The memory may store a plurality of content items associated with at least one content library. The processor may be configured to enable distribution of the content items to at least a selected asset among a plurality of food preparation assets via a network. The content items may include at least visible content descriptive of a food item preparable using the selected asset and invisible content including non-human readable instructions for enabling the selected asset to prepare the food item.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2012Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Richard W. Cartwright, Damon C. Childers, Eric A. Soller
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Publication number: 20140310189Abstract: A method for enabling network communication relating to a food preparation asset may include receiving, from a third party participant, a registration request to join a community including asset operators that operate at least one food preparation asset, registering the third party participant as a community member, providing the third party participant with access to a communication network for sharing information related to the asset, receiving data indicative of asset related activity, providing the third party participant with data indicative of asset related activity, and enabling the third party participant to establish communications with the asset or asset operators via the communication network based on the data indicative of asset related activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2012Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Richard W. Cartwright, Damon C. Childers, Eric A. Soller
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Publication number: 20140297467Abstract: A method for enabling network communication relating to a food preparation asset may include receiving, from a third party participant, a registration request to join a community including asset operators that operate at least one food preparation asset and registering the third party participant as a community member. The method may further include providing the third party participant with access to a communication network for sharing content items related to the asset and providing the third party participant with content creation tools to facilitate the creation of content items that include instructions associated with operation of the asset relative to preparation of a food product. The method may further include enabling the third party participant to distribute the content items to the asset operators via the communication network.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2012Publication date: October 2, 2014Inventors: Eric A. Soller, Damon C. Childers, Richard W. Cartwright
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Publication number: 20130092680Abstract: An oven includes a cooking chamber configured to receive a food product, a user interface configured to display information associated with processes employed for cooking, first and second energy sources, and a cooking controller. The first energy source provides primary heating and the second energy source provides secondary heating for the food product. The cooking controller executes instructions directing application of energy to the food product via the first or second energy sources. The cooking controller may include processing circuitry configured to receive an indication of cooking parameters defining at least a food product category of the food product and select a cooking signature corresponding to the food product category. The cooking signature may include information descriptive of inherent properties of the food product category and input response properties defining one or more sets of instructions associated with a cooking sequence for the food product based on the cooking parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC.Inventors: Richard W. CARTWRIGHT, Richard A. KICE
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Publication number: 20130092145Abstract: An oven includes a cooking chamber configured to receive a food product, a user interface configured to display information associated with processes employed for cooking, first and second energy sources, and a cooking controller. The first energy source provides primary heating and the second energy source provides secondary heating for the food product. The cooking controller may be operably coupled to the first and second energy sources. The cooking controller may include processing circuitry configured to enable an operator to make a browning control selection via the user interface by providing operator instructions to a selected control console rendered at the user interface. The selected control console may be selected based on a cooking mode of the oven. The browning control selection may provide control parameters to direct application of heat to the food product via the second energy source.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC.Inventors: Joshua B. MURPHY, Jeffrey T. DEBORD, Eric A. SOLLER, Richard W. CARTWRIGHT
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Publication number: 20130092682Abstract: An oven includes a cooking chamber configured to receive a food product, a user interface configured to display information associated with processes employed for cooking, first and second energy sources, and a cooking controller. The first energy source provides primary heating and the second energy source provides secondary heating for the food product. The cooking controller executes instructions associated with a cooking program directing application of energy to the food product via the first or second energy sources. The cooking controller includes processing circuitry configured to monitor energy added to the food product via the first energy source in accordance with the cooking program, receive an indication of a change to a cooking parameter associated with a second energy source, and determine a modification to the cooking program by employing a modification algorithm based on the cooking parameter change.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC.Inventors: Nigel G. MILLS, Richard W. CARTWRIGHT, Richard A. KICE
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Patent number: 6918398Abstract: A system and method of selectively extending a wash cycle duration of a warewasher beyond a set minimum duration provides suitable cleaning of wares while at the same time seeking to increase the number of wash cycles per unit time. A system and method for detecting water level in a wash chamber or other tank provides the ability to identify a progressively fouling electrode. A system and method of automatically priming one or more chemical feed lines of a warewasher is also described.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2004Date of Patent: July 19, 2005Assignee: Premark FEG L.L.C.Inventors: David Charles Edelmann, Richard W. Cartwright, Gary V. Hoying
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Publication number: 20040244819Abstract: A system and method of selectively extending a wash cycle duration of a warewasher beyond a set minimum duration provides suitable cleaning of wares while at the same time seeking to increase the number of wash cycles per unit time. A system and method for detecting water level in a wash chamber or other tank provides the ability to identify a progressively fouling electrode. A system and method of automatically priming one or more chemical feed lines of a warewasher is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2004Publication date: December 9, 2004Inventors: David Charles Edelmann, Richard W. Cartwright, Gary V. Hoying
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Publication number: 20040084065Abstract: A system and method of selectively extending a wash cycle duration of a warewasher beyond a set minimum duration provides suitable cleaning of wares while at the same time seeking to increase the number of wash cycles per unit time. A system and method for detecting water level in a wash chamber or other tank provides the ability to identify a progressively fouling electrode. A system and method of automatically priming one or more chemical feed lines of a warewasher is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2002Publication date: May 6, 2004Inventors: David Charles Edelmann, Richard W. Cartwright, Gary V. Hoying