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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:
Sep. 15, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 10, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald P Smith, Dallas, TX (US);
Michael J Dobie, Dallas, TX (US);
Alden B Sparman, Sr, Plano, TX (US);
John R Norris, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Patentsmith Corporation, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219 / ; 219 / ; 219 / ; 219 / ; 219 / ; 219 / ; 2211 / ; 2211 / ; 2211 / ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for vending a hot food product wherein a sealed container is moved from a protective sleeve and deposited in an oven where heat is transferred to the container for initially melting a protective sealing film and then heating the food product. After the food product has been heated, the container is removed from the oven and reinserted into the protective sleeve prior to dispensing the heated food product.