Michael J Maciejewski, 4717430 E Asbury Cir, Denver, CO 80013

2010008, Apr 15, 2010

Oct 10, 2008

12/249125

LOREN VELTROP - CHICAGO IL, US
DON VAN ERDEN - WILDWOOD IL, US
MICHAEL M. MACIEJEWSKI - SAINT CHARLES IL, US

PRINCE CASTLE INC. - CAROL STREAM IL

A47J 27/00

99467

A steamer for sandwich buns, bagels, croissants, cakes, vegetables, pastas, and other foods delivers fixed amounts of water onto a hot, dry platen through a vertically-oriented water conduit which is also thermally insulated from the hot platen and made from thermally insulating materials. The vertically-oriented water conduit retains water after a water supply is shut off at the beginning or end of a steam generating cycle. Orienting the conduit vertically reduces the surface area of liquid water exposed to air. Insulating the water conduit from the hot platen reduces the rate at which water standing in the conduit evaporates. Tubes used in the water conduit are insulating and easily removed from the water conduit assembly and flexible. Minerals that precipitate out of solution and become deposited onto the flexible tube are easily removed by flexing the flexible tube.

2010009, Apr 22, 2010

Oct 20, 2008

12/254066

LOREN VELTROP - CHICAGO IL, US
DON VAN ERDEN - WILDWOOD IL, US
MICHAEL M. MACIEJEWSKI - SAINT CHARLES IL, US

PRINCE CASTLE INC. - CAROL STREAM IL

A21D 13/00
A47J 37/06
A47J 27/04

426505, 426511, 426523, 99355

A spatula () has a platform () having an opening bounded by a food support (). At least a part of the food support () supports a food product, such as a bread product, for steaming or toasting. An optional guide () is disposed on one side of the platform (). The guide () is configured to align the food product with a package () arranged and sized to contain at least the food product. The platform () optionally has one or more segments () that rotate away from the platform ().

2010023, Sep 23, 2010

Mar 19, 2009

12/407691

LOREN VELTROP - CHICAGO IL, US
CHRISTOPHER B. LYONS - LAGRANGE PARK IL, US
MICHAEL M. MACIEJEWSKI - SAINT CHARLES IL, US
DONALD VAN ERDEN - WILDWOOD IL, US

PRINCE CASTLE INC. - CAROL STREAM IL

A23L 1/025
A47J 37/08

426240, 99332, 99401

A method of toasting a food product like an English muffin irradiates the food product with infrared (IR) energy from an infrared energy source while simultaneously directing an unheated air stream toward the food product.

2008028, Nov 27, 2008

May 24, 2007

11/805671

Robert C. Long - Glenview IL, US
Michael M. Maciejewski - St. Charles IL, US

A47J 37/08

99399, 99400

A toaster for bread-type food products includes a housing defining at least one toasting cavity having an upper mouth for depositing the food products into the cavity and a lower opening from which toasted food products exit the cavity. A perforate rack is provided beneath the lower opening and onto which the toasted food products are deposited as they exit the cavity. The rack is perforated to significantly reduce the surface area of the rack which might otherwise stick to the toasted food products. An imperforate plate is juxtaposed behind the perforate rack to prevent crumbs from the toasted food products from falling into the bottom of the toaster. The plate is spaced from the rack a sufficient distance to prevent any portions of the toasted food products from projecting through the perforate rack and touching the plate and sticking thereto. As disclosed herein, the perforate rack is provided as a wire form structure. At least a portion of the rack is angled to form a ramp down which the toasted food products move toward the front of the toaster. Preferably, the imperforate plate comprises a metal sheet.

2006026, Nov 23, 2006

May 20, 2005

11/134487

Loren Veltrop - Deerfield IL, US
Michael Maciejewski - St. Charles IL, US
Henry Villegas - Frankfort IL, US

H05B 1/00
H05B 3/06

219521000

A dual function heating and toasting apparatus is provided for radiantly heating or surface toasting bread-type food products. The apparatus includes a housing defining a heating/toasting chamber. A generally vertically oriented, center fixed heating platen is disposed in the chamber. A pair of generally vertically oriented, movable heating platens are disposed on opposite sides of the center fixed platen. A gate is movably mounted on the housing near the bottoms of the platens for movement between a closed position to hold a product between the platens and an open position allowing a finished product to exit the chamber. A product such as a bagel can be placed into the chamber onto the gate between one of the movable platens and the fixed platen and spaced therefrom to heat the bagel by radiant heat. Alternatively, a product such as a bun can be placed in the chamber onto the gate and the movable platen moved to bias the bun against the fixed platen to surface toast the bun. The gate is movable to the open position to allow the heated bagel or the toasted bun to exit the chamber.

2005019, Sep 15, 2005

Mar 13, 2004

10/799539

Loren Veltrop - Deerfield IL, US
Robert Long - Glenview IL, US
Michael Maciejewski - St. Charles IL, US

B26D001/30

083599000, 083607000

A manually-operated apparatus is provided for slicing a food product. The apparatus includes a base for supporting the apparatus on an appropriate support surface. An anvil is disposed on top of the base and includes a support surface on which the food product is positioned. A cutting head has a plurality of cutting blades for cutting the food product. A common pivot shaft pivotally mounts both the anvil and the cutting head to the base. The cutting head is mounted for pivotal movement between an elevated position allowing the food product to be positioned on the anvil and a lowered cutting position whereat the cutting blades have sliced through the food product and into slots in the anvil. The anvil is mounted for pivotal movement between a generally horizontal food-supporting position and an elevated cleaning position allowing food products to be cleaned off of the base.