Paul E Simmons

US Patent:

7594582, Sep 29, 2009

Filed:

Apr 28, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/413352

Inventors:

Gerald A. Sus - Frankfort IL, US
Henry T. Ewald - Roselle IL, US
Paul G. Simmons - Glen Ellyn IL, US
Glenn Schackmuth - Oswego IL, US
John J. Mazurkiewicz - Plainfield IL, US
William J. Reimann - Batavia IL, US

Assignee:

Restaurant Technology, Inc. - Oak Brook IL

International Classification:

B65D 25/00

US Classification:

220 94, 248 99

Abstract:

A method is provided for storing a cooked food in a flexible-walled container having an opening. The method includes placing a quantity of food in a flexible-walled container and submerging at least a portion of the container in a liquid with the opening being located so that liquid does not enter the opening. At least the lower portion of the container is maintained in the liquid and the food is maintained in the container below the surface of the liquid. The liquid collapses the container to seal the container. The temperature of the liquid may be maintained at a non-ambient temperature to heat or cool the food as it is stored. The method may also include storing the food adjacent a work surface, or at a remote main vat and transporting the rack to the work surface at which a serving that includes the food is prepared.

US Patent:

7905173, Mar 15, 2011

Filed:

Apr 28, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/413828

Inventors:

Gerald A. Sus - Frankfort IL, US
Glenn Schackmuth - Oswego IL, US
Henry T. Ewald - Frankfort IL, US
Paul G. Simmons - Glen Ellyn IL, US

Assignee:

Restaurant Technology, Inc. - Oak Brook IL

International Classification:

A47J 39/02
F27D 1/18
F27D 11/00

US Classification:

99483, 219385, 219386, 219214, 219428, 312236

Abstract:

A cooked food staging device and method are provided. The device and method are particularly suited for storing breaded, battered or bread food items for extended periods of time without becoming soggy. A heated compartment having a slot has a flexible member covering at least a portion of the slot to restrict airflow and to permit access to the food items contained therein, which may be contained on trays, without the necessity of removing the tray to view and remove selected food items therefrom.

US Patent:

8251327, Aug 28, 2012

Filed:

Apr 16, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/799054

Inventors:

James C. Purgatorio - Woodridge IL, US
Henry T. Ewald - Roselle IL, US
Paul G. Simmons - Glen Ellyn IL, US
David W. Kirby - Lemont IL, US
Peter Rivera-Pierola - Chicago IL, US

Assignee:

Restaurant Technology, Inc. - Oak Brook IL

International Classification:

A47F 5/00

US Classification:

2482981, 211 51, 2483168

Abstract:

A container holder adapted to hold a container between two spaced apart prongs is provided herein. The prongs clamp the container with a clamping force large enough to hold the container, but small enough to avoid damaging the container. The prongs may be spaced apart to fit different-sized containers, while the clamping force still meets these criteria. The clamping force may be provided by a substantially constant-force spring or a variable-force spring. In a method according to the present invention, a stack of nested containers is held in a container holder as described, for subsequent removal of a selected container from the stack.

US Patent:

8268376, Sep 18, 2012

Filed:

Apr 15, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/066493

Inventors:

Gerald A. Sus - Frankfort IL, US
Henry T. Ewald - Roselle IL, US
Paul G. Simmons - Glen Ellyn IL, US
Glenn Schackmuth - Oswego IL, US
John J. Mazurkiewicz - Plainfield IL, US
William J. Reimann - Batavia IL, US

Assignee:

Restaurant Technology, Inc. - Oak Brook IL

International Classification:

A47J 39/00

US Classification:

426418, 426 79, 426112, 426125, 426395, 426412

Abstract:

A method is provided for storing a cooked food in a flexible-walled container having an opening. The method includes placing a quantity of food in a flexible-walled container and submerging at least a portion of the container in a liquid with the opening being located so that liquid does not enter the opening. At least the lower portion of the container is maintained in the liquid and the food is maintained in the container below the surface of the liquid. The liquid collapses the container to seal the container. The temperature of the liquid may be maintained at a non-ambient temperature to heat or cool the food as it is stored. The method may also include storing the food adjacent a work surface, or at a remote main vat and transporting the rack to the work surface at which a serving that includes the food is prepared.

US Patent:

8555777, Oct 15, 2013

Filed:

Oct 4, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/243154

Inventors:

Manuel Calzada - Rolling Meadows IL, US
Paul G. Simmons - Glen Ellyn IL, US
Jerry Sus - Frankfort IL, US

Assignee:

Restaurant Technology, Inc. - Oak Brook IL

International Classification:

A47J 37/06
A47J 37/10
A22C 7/00

US Classification:

99349, 99350, 99367, 99372, 99379, 99385, 99389, 99422, 100 43, 100 44, 100 45, 100 46, 100 48, 100 49, 100 50, 426233, 426513, 426523

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a device and a method for cooking food on a grill having opposed upper and lower platens wherein a gap spacing between the platens is adjusted in an initial stage and in subsequent stages of the cooking time for the meat. The method includes causing the food to be located between two opposed platens, the opposed platens each having opposed cooking surfaces and the opposed cooking surfaces defining a gap spacing that is adjustable, and adjusting the gap spacing between the platens so that during an initial stage of the cooking the gap spacing is equal to or less than the nominal initial uncooked thickness of the food, and during one or more subsequent stages of the cooking, after the initial stage, the gap spacing between the platens is varied.

US Patent:

20060134271, Jun 22, 2006

Filed:

Dec 21, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/018295

Inventors:

Kathryn Proper - Chicago IL, US
Henry Ewald - Roselle IL, US
Paul Simmons - Glen Ellyn IL, US

International Classification:

A21D 13/00

US Classification:

426094000

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a sandwich assembly tool and methods of making a sandwich, which may be a hot or cold sandwich, quickly by pre-assembly of various sandwich components and simultaneous preparation of different parts of the same sandwich. The sandwich assembly tool is composed of a member preferably having one or two cavities for containing a quantity of garnish. The cavities are used for the assembly of the sandwich. The tool may have a raised ridge adjacent one or both cavities for placement against the hinge of a bread component. Methods of making a sandwich are disclosed. The methods may include one or more of the use of preassembled sandwich fillings, assembly of garnishes in advance of a customers order or while other portions of the sandwich are being heated using the sandwich assembly tool, the simultaneous heating of a bread component and the sandwich filling, placing the bread component over the tool containing garnish, and inverting the tool and bread combination to deposit the sandwich garnish onto the bread component.

US Patent:

20060134272, Jun 22, 2006

Filed:

Dec 21, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/018959

Inventors:

Kathryn Proper - Chicago IL, US
Henry Ewald - Roselle IL, US
Paul Simmons - Glen Ellyn IL, US

International Classification:

A21D 13/00

US Classification:

426094000

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a sandwich assembly tool and methods of making a sandwich, which may be a hot or cold sandwich, quickly by pre-assembly of various sandwich components and simultaneous preparation of different parts of the same sandwich. The sandwich assembly tool is composed of a member preferably having one or two cavities for containing a quantity of garnish. The cavities are used for the assembly of the sandwich. The tool may have a raised ridge adjacent one or both cavities for placement against the hinge of a bread component. Methods of making a sandwich are disclosed. The methods may include one or more of the use of preassembled sandwich fillings, assembly of garnishes in advance of a customer's order or while other portions of the sandwich are being heated using the sandwich assembly tool, the simultaneous heating of a bread component and the sandwich filling, placing the bread component over the tool containing garnish, and inverting the tool and bread combination to deposit the sandwich garnish onto the bread component.

US Patent:

20060134273, Jun 22, 2006

Filed:

Dec 21, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/018989

Inventors:

Kathryn Proper - Chicago IL, US
Henry Ewald - Roselle IL, US
Paul Simmons - Glen Ellyn IL, US

International Classification:

A21D 13/00

US Classification:

426094000

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a sandwich assembly tool and methods of making a sandwich, which may be a hot or cold sandwich, quickly by pre-assembly of various sandwich components and simultaneous preparation of different parts of the same sandwich. The sandwich assembly tool is composed of a member preferably having one or two cavities for containing a quantity of garnish. The cavities are used for the assembly of the sandwich. The tool may have a raised ridge adjacent one or both cavities for placement against the hinge of a bread component. Methods of making a sandwich are disclosed. The methods may include one or more of the use of preassembled sandwich fillings, assembly of garnishes in advance of a customer's order or while other portions of the sandwich are being heated using the sandwich assembly tool, the simultaneous heating of a bread component and the sandwich filling, placing the bread component over the tool containing garnish, and inverting the tool and bread combination to deposit the sandwich garnish onto the bread component.