ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,173, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Henny Penny Corp. (Eaton, Ohio).
"Automated cooking system with lift platforms" was invented by Kimberly Reichelderfer (Yellow Springs, Ohio), Thomas M. Smith (Lewisburg, Ohio), Adrian Jason Pereira (Dayton, Ohio) and Michael Maddux (Kettering, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated cooking system for adding time and labor efficiencies has a fryer including a plurality of fryer vats, heating elements, and a vertical transport assembly associated with each of the fryer vats. The vertical transport assembly is configured to support and move a basket of food product into and out of the c...