Patents by Inventor Tomasz Robaszkiewicz

Tomasz Robaszkiewicz 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: 12136311
    Abstract: An improved dispenser unit for dispensing bulk food items, including a cabinet having at least one hopper having a drum with product compartments, a deflector and flexible gate valve, a dispense assembly, and a control system. The dispense assembly may or may not include one or more belts and/or sensors. The product compartments include flexible and/or elastic membranes, which dynamically change the effective product storage volume within a compartment, and eliminate rigid or semi-rigid pinch points between the drum and drum compartment. A product flow divider may be positioned above the receiving container in the dispense assembly, said divider configured to cause the dispensed product to divide into two or more flow streams into the receiving container. The receiving container may be vibrated or oscillated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: FRANKE TECHNOLOGY & TRADEMARK LTD.
    Inventors: Mark E. Allegra, Khalil Chmayssani, Ireneusz Czapp, Tomasz Robaszkiewicz, Marek Ormanin, Brian Phillips
  • Publication number: 20240144769
    Abstract: An improved dispenser unit for dispensing bulk food items, including a cabinet having at least one hopper having a drum with product compartments, a deflector and flexible gate valve, a dispense assembly, and a control system. The dispense assembly may or may not include one or more belts and/or sensors. The product compartments include flexible and/or elastic membranes, which dynamically change the effective product storage volume within a compartment, and eliminate rigid or semi-rigid pinch points between the drum and drum compartment. A product flow divider may be positioned above the receiving container in the dispense assembly, said divider configured to cause the dispensed product to divide into two or more flow streams into the receiving container. The receiving container may be vibrated or oscillated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Mark E. Allegra, Khalil Chmayssani, Ireneusz Czapp, Tomasz Robaszkiewicz, Marek Ormanin, Brian Phillips
  • Patent number: 11756368
    Abstract: An improved dispenser unit for dispensing bulk food items, including a cabinet having at least one hopper having a drum with product compartments, a deflector and flexible gate valve, a dispense assembly, and a control system. The dispense assembly may or may not include one or more belts and/or sensors. The product compartments include flexible and/or elastic membranes, which dynamically change the effective product storage volume within a compartment, and eliminate rigid or semi-rigid pinch points between the drum and drum compartment. A product flow divider may be positioned above the receiving container in the dispense assembly, said divider configured to cause the dispensed product to divide into two or more flow streams into the receiving container. The receiving container may be vibrated or oscillated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: FRANKE FOODSERVICE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark E. Allegra, Khalil Chmayssani, Ireneusz Czapp, Tomasz Robaszkiewicz, Marek Ormanin, Brian Phillips
  • Publication number: 20230215237
    Abstract: An improved dispenser unit for dispensing bulk food items, including a cabinet having at least one hopper having a drum with product compartments, a deflector and flexible gate valve, a dispense assembly, and a control system. The dispense assembly may or may not include one or more belts and/or sensors. The product compartments include flexible and/or elastic membranes, which dynamically change the effective product storage volume within a compartment, and eliminate rigid or semi-rigid pinch points between the drum and drum compartment. A product flow divider may be positioned above the receiving container in the dispense assembly, said divider configured to cause the dispensed product to divide into two or more flow streams into the receiving container. The receiving container may be vibrated or oscillated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Mark E. Allegra, Khalil Chmayssani, Ireneusz Czapp, Tomasz Robaszkiewicz, Marek Ormanin, Brian Phillips
  • Patent number: 11482066
    Abstract: An improved dispenser unit for dispensing bulk food items, including a cabinet having at least one hopper having a drum with product compartments, a deflector and flexible gate valve, a dispense assembly, and a control system. The dispense assembly may or may not include one or more belts and/or sensors. The product compartments include flexible and/or elastic membranes, which dynamically change the effective product storage volume within a compartment, and eliminate rigid or semi-rigid pinch points between the drum and drum compartment. A product flow divider may be positioned above the receiving container in the dispense assembly, said divider configured to cause the dispensed product to divide into two or more flow streams into the receiving container. The receiving container may be vibrated or oscillated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: FRANKE FOODSERVICE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark E. Allegra, Khalil Chmayssani, Ireneusz Czapp, Tomasz Robaszkiewicz, Marek Ormanin, Brian Phillips
  • Patent number: 11225380
    Abstract: A conveyor system that utilizes a curved, closed-loop pathway defined by a profiled track and a plurality of wheel cars movably contained within and guided by the profiled track. The wheel cars have an attachment side facing towards an open side of the profiled track, and the track is arranged such that its open side faces into a substantially horizontal direction and such that the attachment side of the cars is oriented substantially vertically in any position along the pathway. One or more carriers, each having a carrier rack adapted to support a food product to be transported, are mounted to the attachment side of a respective one of the wheel cars. The carriers can pivot about an axis perpendicular to the attachment side of the corresponding car so as to maintain the carrier rack in a horizontal position as the carrier travels along the pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Franke Technology and Trademark Ltd
    Inventors: Ireneusz Czapp, Mario Kiel, Tomasz Robaszkiewicz
  • Publication number: 20210094761
    Abstract: A conveyor system utilizes a curved, closed-loop pathway defined by a profiled track and a plurality of wheel cars movably contained within and guided by the profiled track. The wheel cars have an attachment side facing towards an open side of the profiled track, and the track is arranged such that its open side faces into a substantially horizontal direction and such that the attachment side of said cars is oriented substantially vertically in any position along the pathway. One or more carriers, each having a carrier rack adapted to support a food product to be transported, are mounted to the attachment side of a respective one of the wheel cars. The carriers can pivot about an axis perpendicular to the attachment side of the corresponding car so as to maintain the carrier rack in a horizontal position as the carrier travels along the pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Franke Technology and Trademark Ltd
    Inventors: Ireneusz CZAPP, Mario KIEL, Tomasz ROBASZKIEWICZ
  • Publication number: 20190311568
    Abstract: An improved dispenser unit for dispensing bulk food items, including a cabinet having at least one hopper having a drum with product compartments, a deflector and flexible gate valve, a dispense assembly, and a control system. The dispense assembly may or may not include one or more belts and/or sensors. The product compartments include flexible and/or elastic membranes, which dynamically change the effective product storage volume within a compartment, and eliminate rigid or semi-rigid pinch points between the drum and drum compartment. A product flow divider may be positioned above the receiving container in the dispense assembly, said divider configured to cause the dispensed product to divide into two or more flow streams into the receiving container. The receiving container may be vibrated or oscillated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Mark E. Allegra, Khalil Chmayssani, Ireneusz Czapp, Tomasz Robaszkiewicz, Marek Ormanin, Brian Phillips