US Patent Issued to A. J. ANTUNES & Co. on May 27 for "Automated bun handling and toasting system and method" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,534, issued on May 27, was assigned to A. J. ANTUNES & Co. (Carol Stream, Ill.).

"Automated bun handling and toasting system and method" was invented by Steve Gauger (Crystal Lake, Ill.), Chad Elliott (Naperville, Ill.) and David Anchor (Union, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and improved automated bun handling and toasting system and method are disclosed comprising a plurality of horizontally oriented bun storage tubes mounted upon a carousel, and an indexing system operatively connected to the carousel so as to rotate the carousel in a predetermined incremental manner and thereby dispose a particular one of the plurality ...