Hatco Corporation

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The Vollrath Company, LLC

Luxine, Inc.

Nicholas Bassill

Jim Virgin

Gerhard H Wenzel

Taylor Bley

James Jakubowski

Michael Ross

Dongyu Wang

Jih-Sheng Lai

Kevin Veeser

Michael Majchrzak

Clifford Jameson

Clifford Jamerson

Matthew Thomas

William Novotny

A cubby unit includes a plurality of cubbies and one or more processing circuits. Each of the plurality of cubbies includes a cubby housing defining an internal compartment, a light disposed within the internal compartment, and a door. The door facilitates accessing the internal compartment of the cubby housing. At least a portion of the door is transparent. The one or more processing circuits are configured to to acquire access information, determine whether the access information is associated with a respective order within a respective cubby of the plurality of cubbies, and activate the light of the respective cubby in response to the access information being associated with the respective order such that light emitted by the light shines through the portion of the door that is transparent of the respective cubby to indicate in which one of the plurality of cubbies the respective order is located.

To-go cubby unit

A cubby unit includes a unit housing, a plurality of cubbies disposed within the unit housing, and an interface positioned along the unit housing. Each of the plurality of cubbies includes a cubby housing defining an internal compartment and a door coupled to the cubby housing. The door facilitates accessing the internal compartment of the cubby housing. The interface provides a cubby selection interface that facilitates manual assignment of a respective cubby to a respective order by an employee.

A cooking unit includes a cooktop, a hood assembly, a duct assembly, and a fan. The cooktop defines a slot at least partially extending along a peripheral edge of the cooktop. The hood assembly includes a hood support extending upward from the cooktop and a hood coupled to the hood support. The hood support defines a conduit. The hood defines an intake and a hood chamber connecting the intake to the conduit of the hood support. The duct assembly includes ducting extending beneath the cooktop. The ducting connects the conduit to the slot. The fan is positioned to drive air into the intake, through the hood chamber, through the conduit, through the ducting, and out of the slot. At least a portion of the air exiting the slot returns to the intake such that an air curtain is generated between the slot and the intake.

Ventless hood for cooking unit

A cubby unit includes a plurality of cubbies and a thermal management system. Each of the plurality of cubbies includes a cubby housing defining an internal compartment. The thermal management system is configured to facilitate thermally regulating at least one of (i) a food product selectively received within the internal compartment of at least one of the plurality of cubbies or (ii) the internal compartment of the at least one of the plurality of cubbies.

Induction warmer

An induction heating and control system and method have enhanced reliability and advanced performance features for use with induction cooking devices, such as induction heating ranges. Enhanced performance is facilitated via the use of an induction heating system which integrates voltage management, power management, thermal management, digital control sensing and regulation systems, and protection systems management.

Induction heating and control system and method with high reliability and advanced performance features

An induction heating method and device comprise an inductive heat source ( ) having a controller ( ), a resonant converter ( ) and an induction coil ( ). The controller ( ) generates a variable frequency variable duty cycle control voltage in response to a power setting. The variable duty cycle of the control voltage decreases in response to an increase in the variable frequency of the control voltage. In response to the control voltage, the resonant power converter ( ) generates an output between a first node ( ) and a second node ( ). Coupled between the first and second nodes ( ), the induction coil ( ) varies the amount of heat it produces in response to the output power.

Apparatus and method for inductive heating

A valve for controllably admitting a pressurized gas into a bottle and dispensing a liquid from the bottle. The valve attaches to the top of an opened bottle and includes a valve body having a liquid section and a gas section. An intake tube descends from the valve body into the bottle and communicates with a liquid outlet spout through the liquid section of the valve body. Gas from a source of pressurized gas is controllably admitted through the valve body into the neck of the bottle to force the liquid within the bottle up the intake tube and into the liquid section of the valve body. A finger actuated trigger operates against a valve slide to selectively control opening and closing of the liquid and gas sections of the valve body. Valving is arranged so that communication between the liquid inlet and liquid outlet is always established before gas is admitted into the bottle and is maintained until after the gas supply is closed. This assures that excess gas pressure cannot accumulate within the bottle and that the liquid is exposed to a minimum pressure. The dispensing valve also includes a quick disconnect coupling so that the supply of pressurized gas may be conveniently disconnected from the dispensing valve while maintaining a sealed air-free atmosphere within the bottle.

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