Food handling system

US5210387A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Patentsmith Corportion · US

Inventors

• Donald P. Smith · Geneva, US
• Michael J. Dobie · Double Oak, US
• Alden B. Sparman, Sr. · Plano, US
• John R. Norris · Plano, US
• Donald P. Lohr · Dallas, US
• Gerald Easterling · Carrollton, US
• R. W. Taylor · Southlake, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 1991
• Grant date: May 11, 1993
• Expiry date: Jun 28, 2011

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S99/14
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

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.