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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2021
Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc., Osseo, MN (US);
Christopher Lyons, Western Springs, IL (US);
Kyle Kestner, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Greg Klostermann, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Elizabeth Bertness, Batavia, IL (US);
Michael Rainone, Palestine, TX (US);
Caleb Nehls, Tyler, TX (US);
Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc., Osseo, MN (US);
Abstract
A conveyor toaster includes a toaster cabinet, an opening extending through the toaster cabinet and configured to receive a food product, and a conveyor assembly positioned in the toaster housing and associated with the feed opening. The conveyor assembly includes a conveyor belt configured to be operated by a drive motor to transport the food product past a heating element. The conveyor toaster further includes a an input sensor arranged proximate the opening and configured to detect the food product and a processor operably coupled to the input sensor and the conveyor assembly. The processor is configured to change between an operating condition with a first belt speed and an idle condition with a second belt speed based upon a signal from the input sensor.