Premark Feg L.l.c.

Carla A Monnier

Mark Edward Eberhardt, Jr

David Miller

James Carl Meyer

Juan C Guzman

David Scott Miller

Gary V Hoying

Thomas Alan Grueser

Doug W Noren

Lars T Noren

Clare Cecelia Dickey

Steven M Parmley

Mark Edward Eberhardt

Clare C Dickey

A scale and associated method automatically identify when a food product pricing scale is in an offline condition and changes a color condition on the scale display to alert scale operators of the offline condition.

Scale with automatic offline indication and related method

A machine for wrapping items to produce packages includes default settings which provide appropriate parameters for wrapping packages based on a ubiquitous feature of the item such as tray size. In addition, one or more exceptions to the default settings are included such that items of a given value for the ubiquitous feature which require special or unusual handling parameters will be detected and handled according to these different parameters. These parameters including exceptions are readily transferable between multiple wrapping machines. An autocalibration feature allows for specific differences in the tolerances and settings of different wrapping machines.

Package wrapping machine with item identifier based exception to default wrap settings

A scale and associated methods automatically identify when a food product pricing scale is in an offline condition and changes a color condition on the scale display to alert scale operators of the offline condition.

The invention is a gas fired water booster comprising a holding tank, a centrifugal pump, an infrared burner enclosed by a woven ceramic fiber sleeve, a primary and a secondary heat exchanger, and a gas/air supply source. Preferably, the tank and the burner are generally annular in shape and the burner is disposed substantially within the tank. An air/gas mixture is supplied to the burner by a blower and is ignited creating a combustion surface approximately one eighth of an inch above the surface of the woven ceramic fiber sleeve. Water is continuously circulated through the heat exchange system and the burner remains on until a temperature sensor indicates that the water has attained a temperature in the desired sanitizing range. When the booster is turned off the pump continues to pump water through the system for a period of time in order to remove any latent heat from the heat exchange system thereby avoiding vaporization of water left in therein, thus enhancing the life and reliability of the heat exchanger and booster accordingly.

Gas fired booster

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Vandalia, OH, United States of America

Carla A Monnier