The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2017
The Middleby Corporation, Elgin, IL (US);
John H. Wiker, Serena, IL (US);
Mohan K. Panicker, Darien, IL (US);
Richard H. Van Camp, Aurora, IL (US);
Theodore James Chmiola, Roscoe, IL (US);
William S. Schjerven, Sr., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Magdy A. Albert, Sleepy Hollow, IL (US);
The Middleby Corporation, Elgin, IL (US);
Abstract
An oven with a sensor positioned to detect an event that will cause a decrease in the internal temperature of a tunnel. The oven includes a controller configured to increase the thermal output of a heating element in anticipation of the upcoming decrease in the internal temperature. In some embodiments, the oven is a conveyor over and the sensor is positioned to detect a food item approach the tunnel on a conveyor. In some embodiments, the amount of current provided to an electric heating element is increased by increasing the target temperature. In some embodiments, the amount of current provided to the electric heating element is increased by a predetermined offset.