RICHARD CARON
Cosmetology in Boston, MA

4976609, Dec 11, 1990

Dec 8, 1988

7/281448

James T. Grob - Shreveport LA
Richard N. Caron - Dorchester MA

The Frymaster Corporation - Shreveport LA

F23D 340

431326

A flashback inhibiting fuel fired infrared burner has a housing with a base wall, a side wall section extending outwardly from the base wall periphery, and a side opening positioned opposite the base wall. Retained in and covering the housing side opening is a foranimous burner plate structure. An air-fuel mixture supply pipe extends forwardly into the housing interior through a front end of the side wall section into a rear end portion of the housing interior and has an open outlet end. A discharge end portion of the supply pipe is received in an open front end portion of a flow reversing tube having a closed rear end. The supply pipe and flow reversing tube are laterally shrouded within the housing by an elongated baffle member having outlet openings formed in longitudinally extending front and rear wall portions thereof, the total cross-sectional area of the outlet openings in the front longitudinal wall portion being greater than that of the outlet openings in the rear longitudinal wall portion. The reversing tube and baffle member cooperate during burner startup to cause an air-fuel mixture discharged from the supply pipe to flow outwardly through front portion of the burner plate structure before a substantial portion of the air-fuel mixture is discharged from the balance of the plate structure, whereby a front mounted igniter may be utilized to start the burner without appreciable risk of creating a hard ignition condition or an associated flame flashback into the housing interior. To increase the radiant heat transfer capacity of the burner plate structure its exterior surface is coated with an emissivity enhancing material.

5305615, Apr 26, 1994

Jan 7, 1993

8/001188

David H. McFadden - Lexington MA
Richard N. Caron - Dorchester MA
John M. Collins - Ipswich MA
Robert Farra - Leminster MA
Kevin P. Barnes - Stoneham MA
Joop F. Hoekstra - Medfield MA
Thomas P. Hosmer - Concord MA

Gas Research Institute - Chicago IL

F25D 2500

62378

A system for and method of storing and automatically dispensing predetermined amounts of one or more food products from closed containers is described. The system preferably includes multi-compartment containers carried by a carrousel assembly and moved by a dispensing mechanism for automatically selecting the appropriate container and compartment for which food is dispensed. By using a control with memory for keeping inventory, the system can dispense any one of several food products on demand.

5224415, Jul 6, 1993

Feb 4, 1992

7/831110

David H. McFadden - Lexington MA
Richard N. Caron - Dorchester MA
John M. Collins - Ipswich MA
Robert Farra - Leminster MA
Kevin P. Barnes - Stoneham MA
Joop F. Hoekstra - Medfield MA
Thomas P. Hosmer - Concord MA

Gas Research Institute - Chicago IL

A47J 2700, A47J 3700, A47J 3712, G07F 1100

99357

A system for and method of storing and automatically dispensing predetermined amounts of one or more food products from closed containers is described. The system preferably includes multi-compartment containers carried by a carrousel assembly and moved by a dispensing mechanism for automatically selecting the appropriate container and compartment for which food is dispensed. By using a control with memory for keeping inventory, the system can dispense any one of several food products on demand.

5142968, Sep 1, 1992

Sep 13, 1991

7/759606

Richard N. Caron - Dorchester MA
David H. McFadden - Lexington MA
John M. Collins - Ipswich MA
John Dieckmann - Belmont MA

Arthur D. Little, Inc. - Cambridge MA

A47J 3700, A47J 3712

99404

An automated system for storing and cooking french fried potatoes includes a refrigeration and storage assembly and unique transport system which is easily used with fryers of a commercial type. The transport system includes a horizontal and vertical transport assembly for moving baskets of fries to and from the one or more fryers, with the vertical transport assembly being adapted to lower the basket into the fryer as well as support the basket above the fryer after cooking so as to allow the basket to drain. In accordance with another aspect of the present invention the refrigeration system is such and the strips are oriented all in substantially the same direction before being loaded into a basket so as to enable the fries to be cooked with little or no sticking without requiring the operator to shake the potatoes during or following cooking.