Patents by Inventor Shaji Kulangara Veettil
Shaji Kulangara Veettil 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: 11904323Abstract: A viscous food product dispensing system having a transport section for receiving a particulate food product from a bin, an auger for processing and conveying the received particulate food product from the transport section into an outlet adapter via one or more flutes, a milling device housed in the outlet adapter, and a discharge nozzle in the outlet adapter that pinches off the viscous food product created by the milling device. The auger has a unique design that allows it to engage and break whole nuts.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Trade Fixtures, LLCInventors: Scott Johnson, Shaji Kulangara Veettil, John Calow, Vaishakh Rajan, Ronald Brundick, Pranav Bhat
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Patent number: 11440018Abstract: A viscous food dispensing system includes a chute inlet configured to funnel particulate food product into a sleeve and a transport device having an over-center cutout. The transport device is configured to rotate within the sleeve to convey the particulate food product. A processing surface extends downward from the chute inlet towards a curved base of the sleeve along a portion of the transport device. The processing surface is spaced laterally apart from the transport device to define a processing zone between the processing surface and the transport device. The particulate food product is processed as the particulate food product is captured between a leading edge of the over-center cutout and the processing surface while the transport device is rotating.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Trade Fixtures, LLCInventors: Scott Johnson, Shaji Kulangara Veettil, John Calow, John Clayton Odom, Ronald Brundick, Ashok Dyavarasegowda
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Publication number: 20220257031Abstract: A gravity-feed dispenser for storage and dispensing of bulk material includes a compartment. A gate separates the compartment from a spout. The gate is operable to open and close to selectively permit bulk material to pass from the compartment into the spout. An actuator is movable relative to the spout and mechanically connected to the gate such that movement of the actuator operates the gate to reversibly open and close. Movement of the actuator concurrently reversibly positions the actuator to a dispensing position below a dispensing end of the spout, wherein dispensed bulk material passes through the spout and the actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2021Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: Trade Fixtures, LLCInventors: Shaji Kulangara Veettil, Ronald Brundick, Christoper Lyons, Austen Siwiec, Craig Pavlich
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Publication number: 20210046485Abstract: A viscous food product dispensing system having a transport section for receiving a particulate food product from a bin, an auger for processing and conveying the received particulate food product from the transport section into an outlet adapter via one or more flutes, a milling device housed in the outlet adapter, and a discharge nozzle in the outlet adapter that pinches off the viscous food product created by the milling device. The auger has a unique design that allows it to engage and break whole nuts.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: Trade Fixtures, LLCInventors: Scott Johnson, Shaji Kulangara Veettil, John Calow, Vaishakh Rajan, John Clayton Odom, Ronald Brundick, Ashok Dyavarasegowda, Pranav Bhat
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Publication number: 20200391230Abstract: A nozzle for a viscous food dispensing system configured to dispense a viscous food product includes a nozzle passage extending from a nozzle inlet to a nozzle outlet, and a first port positioned proximate the nozzle outlet. A valve insert is positioned within the nozzle passage between the nozzle inlet and the first port, and the valve insert includes a second port. The first port and the second port are configured to move between an open position and a closed position in which flow from the nozzle inlet to the nozzle outlet is restricted by the second port then restricted by the first port.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: Trade Fixtures, LLCInventors: Scott Johnson, Shaji Kulangara Veettil, John Calow, John Clayton Odom, Ronald Brundick, Ashok Dyavarasegowda
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Patent number: 10843203Abstract: A viscous food product dispensing system having a transport section for receiving a particulate food product from a bin, an auger for processing and conveying the received particulate food product from the transport section into an outlet adapter via one or more flutes, a milling device housed in the outlet adapter, and a discharge nozzle in the outlet adapter that pinches off the viscous food product created by the milling device. The auger has a unique design that allows it to engage and break whole nuts.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Trade Fixtures, LLCInventors: Scott Johnson, Shaji Kulangara Veettil, John Calow, Vaishakh Rajan, John Clayton Odom, Ronald Brundick, Ashok Dyavarasegowda, Pranav Bhat
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Publication number: 20200290054Abstract: A viscous food dispensing system includes a chute inlet configured to funnel particulate food product into a sleeve and a transport device having an over-center cutout. The transport device is configured to rotate within the sleeve to convey the particulate food product. A processing surface extends downward from the chute inlet towards a curved base of the sleeve along a portion of the transport device. The processing surface is spaced laterally apart from the transport device to define a processing zone between the processing surface and the transport device. The particulate food product is processed as the particulate food product is captured between a leading edge of the over-center cutout and the processing surface while the transport device is rotating.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: Trade Fixtures, LLCInventors: Scott Johnson, Shaji Kulangara Veettil, John Calow, John Clayton Odom, Ronald Brundick, Ashok Dyavarasegowda
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Publication number: 20170267441Abstract: A viscous food product dispensing system having a transport section for receiving a particulate food product from a bin, an auger for processing and conveying the received particulate food product from the transport section into an outlet adapter via one or more flutes, a milling device housed in the outlet adapter, and a discharge nozzle in the outlet adapter that pinches off the viscous food product created by the milling device. The auger has a unique design that allows it to engage and break whole nuts.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Scott Johnson, Shaji Kulangara Veettil, John Calow, Vaishakh Rajan, John Clayton Odom, Ronald Brundick, Ashok Dyavarasegowda, Pranav Bhat
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Patent number: 9127881Abstract: A machine for dispensing blended iced beverages is characterized by a cabinet for storing a plurality of supplies of beverage ingredients and a refrigeration system for chilling an interior of the cabinet to chill the beverage ingredient supplies. A duct extends between the cabinet interior and a remote point of delivery of the beverage ingredients and a tubing bundle extends from the supplies and through the duct to the delivery point to deliver beverage ingredients from the supplies to the delivery point. The interior of the duct is chilled to chill the tubing bundle and beverage ingredients in the tubing bundle, so that chilled beverage ingredients are always provided to the point of delivery, even when the machine is idle for an extended period of time. Various techniques are provided for chilling the interior of the duct.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2010Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Comehus, Inc.Inventors: Douglas Anderson, Nikolay Popov, Shaji Kulangara Veettil, Neravati Sudhir Kumar, James E. Gooding, III, Santhosh Kumar
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Patent number: 8899072Abstract: An adapter for mounting an icemaker on top of an ice bin of an ice and beverage dispenser has a lid mounted for both sliding movement and pivotal movement relative to the remainder of the adapter. The lid normally covers an inlet to the ice bin. To expose the ice bin inlet for visually inspection of the interior of the bin and/or to accommodate manual filling of the bin with ice, the lid is manually slid forward off of and then be rotated away from the bin inlet to fully expose the inlet. The lid at all times remains connected to the adapter so that it is not lost or exposed to unsanitary conditions.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2009Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Cornelius, Inc.Inventors: Shaji Kulangara Veettil, Nishant Kulkarni, Douglas Anderson
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Patent number: D810565Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: TRADE FIXTURES, LLCInventors: Scott Johnson, Ronald Brundick, John Clayton Odom, Pranav Bhat, Shaji Kulangara Veettil, Ashok Dyavarasegowda