Food Warming Equipment Company, Inc.

Middeby Marshall Incorporated

Bruce Grau

Adrian A Bruno

William S Schjerven, Sr

Mark A Sieron

Frank Carbonara

Sylvia Pauline Schneeweiss, Legal Representative

Deron Lichte

Souksomchay Luangnikone

Gerald J Schneeweiss

A food container or cabinet may have a power cord extending and exiting from the cabinet at recess formed at a corner of side, top and back walls. The cabinet may be heated and humidified and operated with a control that operates air and water heating elements alternately and not simultaneously. The control may include a microprocessor and a digital storage device storing instructions for the microprocessor. An interface may be provided at the cabinet via which electronic signals can be directed to or received from the microprocessor or digital storage device. The container may be provided with a removable water receptacle and a water heating element positioned within the receptacle. The water heating element may be mounted in a pivotable fashion such that as the receptacle is removed from the container, the heating element is automatically pivoted out from within the receptacle and as the receptacle is returned to the container, the heating element is automatically pivoted into the receptacle.

Heated humidified food cabinet

A conveyor oven has a modulating gas valve which raises and lowers the thermal output of a burner that heats the oven. A bypass line passes a minimum amount of gas to prevent the burner from completely shutting down during periods while the oven remains above a threshold demand for more heat. Electrical isolation is provided between temperature controlling devices to prevent an electrical feed back which might otherwise prevent a complete shut down of the oven during hazardous conditions.

Conveyor oven having an energy management system for a modulated gas flow

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Island Lake, IL, United States of America

Bruce Grau