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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7219767 | Serving utensil on retractable tether A serving utensil, used for serving food on a salad bar, is attached to a retractable tether device. The retractable tether device is coupled to the under surface of a sneeze shield extending over the food on a salad bar, effectively elevating the retractable tether... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7185583 | Machine for precision low stress coring and slicing of apples and other soft-cored or pitted fruits Fruit items are positioned between vertical pins located in the calyx and stem hole of said fruit item, thereby securing the fruit item by a compressive force through its core. A core tube surrounding the upper pin descends to meet the lower pin, thereby completely ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7094126 | Toy kitchen set with repositionable island A toy kitchen including a main unit and at least one island. Each island is removably coupled to the main unit in one of at least two positions. The island includes a frame and a coupling mechanism attached to the frame. The coupling mechanism is configured to remov... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6933481 | Customer-engaging food merchandising module An apparatus and method are disclosed for penetrating convenience store food markets with a customer-engaging food merchandising module. The customer-engaging food merchandising module comprises three units: a food storage and display unit attached to a food prepara... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6930296 | Apparatus, method and system for food management and food inventory An automated food handling system for food servings comprising a transfer means for transporting food servings therealong; a plurality of treatment modules coupled in parallel to the transfer means; means for sensing and recognizing the type of food servings being t... | 08/16/2005 |
| 5944143 | Fast service food court systems and method of establishing variations thereof To permit installations of food court systems at various sites in an expeditious and cost effective manner, freestanding modules for each site are selected from available food court sets, each set consisting of a predetermined equal number of customized m... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5626028 | Display case A modular food display case system permits a particular display case arrangement to be easily customized from a basic design. A plurality of modular bed sections, which are pre-manufactured from a lightweight composite honeycomb material, are used as the ... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5573082 | Manual food service system A manual food service system is provided for precluding a food server from touching currency or other items which may contaminate food. The system includes food preparation and assembly stations cooperable with an order payment station for receiving a tok... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5163536 | Modular foodservice equipment A two-tier counter system for use in commercial foodservice having an upper level of top-defining modular counter units with upper work areas, end margins of substantially identical profile and dual latching apparatus for releasably interlocking adjacent ... | 11/17/1992 |
| 4765440 | Food service conveyor A food service electrically driven conveyor having a substantially rectangular table with a flat top and a sprocket chain disposed in a continuous loop parallel to it. The chain is trained over sprockets of relatively small diameter located at each end of... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4582172 | Method and apparatus for automatically giving and receiving orders and for making calculation thereof in restaurants and shops The method and apparatus of this invention can be used for smoothly giving and receiving orders between clients and cookers in restaurants and shops or the like so that clients can order the goods at their own discretion and calculation and also so that c... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4007810 | Heater assembly for a rotating cafeteria type food service counter An improved overhead heater assembly fixed to a rotating cafeteria type food service counter. The improved heater assembly includes infrared type radiant heater rod elements disposed concentrically above the counter's hot food section, the number of heate... | 02/15/1977 |
| 3997028 | Entertainment table Apparatus is disclosed for dispensing and serving hot and cold foods comprising a cabinet having either one or a plurality of compartments within the cabinet for holding food, heat exchange means mounted in the compartments of the cabinet and an elevator ... | 12/14/1976 |
