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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2005
Jeffrey L. Sands, Freeport, IL (US);
Ronald J. Glavan, Rockton, IL (US);
Curtis J. Scadden, Madison, WI (US);
Ronald J. Dorsten, Oak Park, IL (US);
Arthur J. Erickson, Aurora, IL (US);
Craig M. Conley, Oswego, IL (US);
Jeffrey L. Sands, Freeport, IL (US);
Ronald J. Glavan, Rockton, IL (US);
Curtis J. Scadden, Madison, WI (US);
Ronald J. Dorsten, Oak Park, IL (US);
Arthur J. Erickson, Aurora, IL (US);
Craig M. Conley, Oswego, IL (US);
Restaurant Technology, Inc., Oak Brook, IL (US);
Abstract
A food item is cooked in a cooking device and transferred to a heated holding table by two exit conveyors. The food item then falls onto one of two transfer conveyors that move perpendicularly to the direction of movement of the exit conveyors. The food items travel on the transfer conveyors and then fall onto a main conveyor. The main conveyor moves in a direction that is parallel to the direction of movement of the exit conveyors. If the food item has not been manually removed from the main conveyor after a predetermined amount of time, the food item falls off the main conveyor and into a drawer waste chute for disposal.