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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2002
Dennis John Vaseloff, Gurnee, IL (US);
Richard Lowell Thorne, Elgin, IL (US);
Loren Jay Veltrop, Deerfield, IL (US);
Dennis John Vaseloff, Gurnee, IL (US);
Richard Lowell Thorne, Elgin, IL (US);
Loren Jay Veltrop, Deerfield, IL (US);
Prince Castle, Inc., Carol Stream, IL (US);
Abstract
A food timing system is disclosed that includes a number of timer modules associated with food holding devices in a restaurant. The timer modules are connected in a network for communicating information about the food being held in food holding compartments of the food holding devices. Each timer module includes a plurality of timers, with each timer being associated with a food holding compartment of a food holding device. The timers measure the holding time of food in each food holding compartment and are capable of transferring the holding time to another timer when the food is transferred to a holding compartment associated with the other timer.