Patents by Inventor Wieslaw Tomczyk

Wieslaw Tomczyk 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: 9339146
    Abstract: Escutcheons for a temperature-controlled food holding cabinet are removable and field replaceable by the use of interlocking keys and keyholes that hold the escutcheon in place and align the escutcheon to electrical connectors. The escutcheons are provided with illuminated user interfaces. A key formed on either the escutcheon or chassis of the cabinet, engages a corresponding keyhole formed on either the cabinet chassis or the escutcheon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: PRINCE CASTLE LLC
    Inventors: Wieslaw Tomczyk, Terry Tae-Il Chung, Jeff Schroeder, Brian Mathews, Thomas A. Marchese
  • Publication number: 20130251871
    Abstract: A food product steamer and method of producing a steamed food product are provided. The food product steamer includes rotatable platforms that can be covered and uncovered by one or more rotatable, concave hoods. In a first position for the platform(s), the plafform(s) supports a food product over a steam-emitting opening above a steam generator. In a first position for the hood, the hood covers the food product such that steam from the steam generator is trapped within the hood to steam the food product. In a second, open position, the hood is rotated where it can receive the food product when the food product slides or falls off the platform as the platform is rotated from its first position to a second, elevated position. At least one embodiment enables food products to be removed from either side of the steam generating base by using a double-acting hinge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Restaurant Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry Tae-II Chung, Loren Veltrop, Wieslaw Tomczyk, Donald Van Erden, Jack Guasta
  • Patent number: 8443721
    Abstract: A food product steamer includes rotatable platforms that can be covered and uncovered by one or more rotatable, concave hoods. In a first position for the platform(s), the platform(s) supports a food product over a steam-emitting opening above a steam generator. In a first position for the hood, the hood covers the food product such that steam from the steam generator is trapped within the hood to steam the food product. In a second, open position, the hood is rotated where it can receive the food product when the food product slides or falls off the platform as the platform is rotated from its first position to a second, elevated position. At least one embodiment enables food products to be removed from either side of the steam generating base by using a double-acting hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Restaurant Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry Tae-Il Chung, Loren Veltrop, Wieslaw Tomczyk, Donald Van Erden, Jack Guasta
  • Publication number: 20120261426
    Abstract: Escutcheons for a temperature-controlled food holding cabinet are removable and field replaceable by the use of interlocking keys and keyholes that hold the escutcheon in place and align the escutcheon to electrical connectors. The escutcheons are provided with illuminated user interfaces. A key formed on either the escutcheon or chassis of the cabinet, engages a corresponding keyhole formed on either the cabinet chassis or the escutcheon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: PRINCE CASTLE LLC
    Inventors: Wieslaw Tomczyk, Terry Tae-Il Chung, Jeff Schroeder, Brian Mathews, Thomas A. Marchese
  • Publication number: 20100226201
    Abstract: A multiple piece agitator for an ice dispenser, which could also include a beverage dispenser, having an ice bin with a limited access opening, is disclosed. The multiple piece agitator can be easily field disassembled within the dispenser's ice bin, then the agitator disassembled pieces removed for cleaning or servicing of the ice bin in which the agitator moves and/or for cleaning or servicing the agitator. The invention lessens the need to remove any icemaker, usually fitted to the ice dispenser, before servicing of the ice bin and/or agitator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: David K. Njaastad, Wieslaw Tomczyk
  • Publication number: 20070039242
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for a door of a transit vehicle with an angularly disposed floor portion incorporates a rotatably disposed driving member in combination with a driven member attached to the sealing arrangement to enable vertical movement thereof for providing a weather seal when the door is closed and accommodating the angularly disposed floor portion when the door is open and the door is disposed within the transit vehicle and above the floor portion. An inner and outer cover may be provided at the bottom edge of the door for esthetic purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Applicant: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: David Griffis, Wieslaw Tomczyk, Fotios Golemis
  • Publication number: 20070033875
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for a door of a transit vehicle with an angularly disposed floor portion incorporates a rotatably disposed driving member in combination with a driven member attached to the sealing arrangement to enable vertical movement thereof for providing a weather seal when the door is closed and accommodating the angularly disposed floor portion when the door is open and the door is disposed within the transit vehicle and above the floor portion. An inner and outer cover may be provided at the bottom edge of the door for esthetic purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicant: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: David Griffis, Wieslaw Tomczyk, Fotios Golemis
  • Publication number: 20050121939
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for a door of a transit vehicle with an angularly disposed floor portion incorporates a rotatably disposed driving member in combination with a driven member attached to the sealing arrangement to enable vertical movement thereof for providing a whether seal when the door is closed and for providing a clearance with the angularly disposed floor portion when the door is open and being disposed within the transit vehicle and above the floor portion. An inner and outer cover may be provided at the bottom edge of the door for esthetic purposes. A safety member may be provided adjacent the inner cover to prevent pinch point hazard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: David Griffis, Wieslaw Tomczyk, Fotios Golemis