ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,718, issued on April 1, was assigned to THE MIDDLEBY Corp. (Elgin, Ill.).
"Power modulator for infrared conveyor oven" was invented by William S. Schjerven Sr. (Schaumburg, Ill.), James Jeffery Hanson (Elgin, Ill.) and Ricky Joe Sullivan McIntosh (Altoona, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method to control the power supplied to heating elements of a conveyor oven. The conveyor oven includes a plurality of heating elements to evenly distribute heat in an oven compartment. During peak-loads, the current draw of the heating elements may exceed available power of a power supply. Therefore, a system and method to reduce th...