Apparatus for measuring internal temperatures of food patties
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California
InventorsRajinder Paul Singh, Jane Kee Kim, Linh My Dang
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Abstract
An apparatus for measuring internal temperatures of food patties that includes a drawer sled slidably mounted on a pair of shafts. The drawer sled is formed with a drawer cavity that is sized and shaped to receive a food patty. Moreover, the drawer sled is movable between a loading/unloading position and a temperature measuring position. In the loading/unloading position a food patty can be inserted into or removed from the drawer cavity. Conversely, in the temperature measuring position, one or more temperature probes are inserted radially into the food patty such that one of the temperature probes detects the temperature of the food patty at its geometric center.
Claims49
An apparatus for measuring internal temperatures of food patties, comprising:
- at least one temperature probe;
- and
- at least one drawer sled for holding at least one food patty;
- wherein said drawer sled is movable between a loading/unloading position wherein a food patty can be loaded into the drawer sled or unloaded from the drawer sled and a temperature measuring position wherein the temperature probe is inserted radially into the food patty.
An apparatus as recited in clam 13, further comprising:
- a data acquisition interface connected to said temperature probe;
- and
- a computer connected to said data acquisition interface and to said alarm;
- wherein said computer is configured to activate said alarm at said predetermined temperature.
An apparatus for measuring internal temperature of a food patty, comprising:
- a temperature probe array;
- and
- at least one drawer sled configured to hold at least one food patty;
- wherein said drawer sled is movable between a loading/unloading position wherein a food patty can be loaded into the drawer sled or unloaded from the drawer sled and a temperature measuring position wherein the temperature probe array is inserted radially into the food patty.
An apparatus as recited in clam 33, further comprising:
- a data acquisition interface connected to said temperature probe;
- and
- a computer connected to said data acquisition interface and to said alarm.
A method for measuring internal temperatures of food patties, comprising:
- mechanically inserting a central temperature probe radially into a food patty until the temperature probe reaches a geometric center of the food patty.
An apparatus for measuring internal temperatures of food patties, comprising:
- a temperature probe;
- and
- means for holding at least one food patty that is movable between a loading/unloading position wherein a food patty can be loaded or unloaded and a temperature measuring position wherein the temperature probe is inserted radially into the food patty.
An apparatus as recited in clam 47, further comprising:
- a data acquisition interface connected to said temperature probe;
- and
- a computer connected to said data acquisition interface and to said alarm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.