34 results about "Food availability" patented technology

Systems and methods for monitoring conditions that affect the quality of food being served. Conditions such as temperature and elapsed time affect the quality of food and the safety of food consumers. Various embodiments of monitoring systems can be incorporated with different types of food containers. Sensors such as temperature probes can provide temperature information about the container and / or the food being served. The monitoring system can use such information in conjunction with elapsed time information in various ways. The monitored information can be displayed generally “real-time,” or it can be stored for subsequent analysis. The monitored information can also be used to trigger an alarm or similar indicator when a condition detrimental to food-serving is present. Various embodiments of the monitoring system having such features can be packaged in various embodiments, including a self-contained unit and an assembly of modular components linked by wire and / or wireless connections.

A cooking appliance and method for heating an item positioned on the appliance and used in food preparation or food serving or cooking. The appliance including: a chassis having an upper platform for supporting the item in use; an induction element located below the platform for heating the item when positioned on the appliance; a temperature sensing assembly having a temperature sensing element; the temperature sensing element providing a temperature signal indicative of a current temperature of the item; a user interface for enabling a user to select a desired temperature of the item in use; and a processor module that receives the temperature signal and controls power to the induction element for providing the desired temperature; wherein the temperature sensing assembly is exposed to a fan cooling path such that the temperature sensing element is selectively cooled from below.

An aquaculture or wastewater effluent water quality device to improve water quality and food supply in an aquaculture pond or body of water by incubating beneficial microbes in a temperature controlled environment and systematically releasing them to the surrounding water, allowing the beneficial microbes to perform sanitation functions and to help such systems or water bodies overcome the natural production of harmful microbial species without substantially heating or cooling the entire system any more than is required by the present state of the system or body of water or the inhabitants thereof.

A system and method monitor the progress of a meal and provide course menus in synchronization with the monitored progress of the meal. The system includes a menu application for retrieving course menus and sending them to a patron communicator located at a table in a restaurant. The patron communicator displays the course menu for viewing by the patrons seated at a table. When an attendant receives orders from the patrons, an attendant service indicator is activated to provide an attendant service signal to the patron communicator. The attendant service signal is provided to the menu application so the meal status may be updated and the next course menu corresponding to the updated meal status retrieved. The menu application may insert advertising in the course menus. The advertisements may also include special offers and discounts generated from food supply data so that dishes prepared with food approaching freshness expiration dates may be timely offered. In an alternative embodiment, the patron communicators may receive selection data for identifying menu items for an order so attendants may limit their presence at a table to the delivery of the ordered food.

An aquaculture or wastewater effluent water quality device to improve water quality and food supply in an aquaculture pond or body of water by incubating beneficial microbes in a temperature controlled environment and systematically releasing them to the surrounding water, allowing the beneficial microbes to perform sanitation functions and to help such systems or water bodies overcome the natural production of harmful microbial species without substantially heating or cooling the entire system any more than is required by the present state of the system or body of water or the inhabitants thereof.

A chilled food product comprising a generally flat holder, a foldable food supported on the holder which food comprises a generally flat dough-based material supporting at least one edible filling or topping, and a removal wrap containing the holder and the food. The holder comprises a base, first and second sides adjacent the base, and a pair of lines of weakness between the base and the first and second sides, respectively, wherein the lines of weakness facilitate folding of the sides of the holder and the foldable food into a folded food product after cooking the unwrapped chilled product. The cooked folded food can be handheld in a comfortable manner via the holder. The holder also can incorporate means to aid increasing the exposure or repositioning of the cooked folded food while contained in the holder for eating convenience. Holders having flaps or slots to improve access to held foods also are provided. A method of serving packaged chilled food products incorporating the holder also is provided.

A novel temperature regulating food conveying container system for holding hot and cold food in close proximity is provided. In preferred embodiments, the system generally includes a plurality of stacked, concentric, and annular levels with decreasing diameters. The levels are configured with a plurality of food serving containers each with a corresponding temperature regulating unit. One or more motors may be configured to rotate the individual levels. One or more light elements may be positioned at various locations on and around the levels. In further preferred embodiments, a control switch is configured to control the temperature of each individual temperature unit.

A method for guiding a child in the self-selection of a nutritionally-balanced meal in order to increase the likelihood that the child will consume a nutritionally-balanced meal, the method comprising:creating a system of food categories according to nutritional content, and associating a unique visual guide with each food category;providing an offering of food items, each of the food items having the appropriate visual guide displayed therewith;providing the child with a tray having a plurality of different sections thereon, each of the sections having a visual guide associated therewith; andinstructing the child to self-select a plurality of food items, and place each selected food item in the section of the tray which has a visual guide which matches the visual guide associated with the food category to which that food item belongs, until pre-determined criteria have been satisfied.

The invention relates to the technical field of animal breeding, in particular to a method for measuring the ingestion preference degrees of sea cucumbers. The invention solves the problem that the food is difficult to observe and count by adding an indicator to natural foods and sediments difficult to distinguish and easy to leach. In the invention, an element analyzer is used to measure the heavy metal contents in the indicator and calculate the ingestion preference degrees of the sea cucumbers so as to reduce errors existing in traditional methods through manual observation and simple weighing and improve the accuracy and the operability of the experiment. The invention considers food availability, is more objective than a method of singly calculating the proportions of various foods in the inclusions of intestinal tracts and has practical application values.

The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions for the detection of infectious proteins or prions in samples, including the diagnosis of prion related diseases. One embodiment is an ultrasensitive method for detecting PrP-res (PrPSc) that allows the use of recombinant PrP-sen (rPrP-sen) as a substrate for seeded polymerization. A sample is mixed with purified rPrP-sen to make a reaction mix which is incubated to permit aggregation of the rPrP-sen with the PrP-res that may be present in the sample. Any aggregates are intermittently disaggregated by agitation (for example by sonication) and the reaction allowed to proceed to amplify target substrate. Any rPrP-res(Sc) in the reaction mix is detected to indicate the presence of PrP-res in the original sample. This assay, which is called rPrP-PMCA, is surprisingly much faster than existing PMCA methods, yet it still retains sufficient sensitivity to detect extremely low levels of PrP-res. An alternative of rPrP-PMCA is the QUIC method in which shaking of the reaction mixture is substituted for sonication. The surprising speed and efficiency of the method permits the rapid identification and diagnosis of prion disease, which can limit the transmission of prion diseases, particularly through the food supply.

A defined natural procedure that lists a series of steps that will effectively eliminate HIV from the victim's body in 2 months. The procedure starts with prayer to the God of Abraham for healing which continues throughout the process. It includes treating the yeast infection with a physician prescribed antifungal product and prednisone 7-day step down regimen (if needed). The elimination of refined sugar products and the inclusion of daily cardiovascular and weight bearing exercise will cut off the HIV's food supply. The final steps involve performing daily internal cleanse to detoxify the body, abstaining from sexual intimacy, and consuming a combination of foods in the form of a salad for breakfast with the remaining meals calorie restricted. With the HIV virus eliminated from the victim's body, the immune system will rebuild / replenish itself to the point where it can effectively combat opportunistic diseases.

A food sharing system comprises a server configured to receive, store, process, analyze, and / or provide information about food availability, food requests / searches, availability of food preparation facilities, and requests / searches for food preparation facilities. The server may provide to a user, in response to a request / search, options for food and / or food preparation facilities. When a user makes a selection, the server may facilitate a transaction for reserving and / or paying for food, food-sharing related goods or services, and / or food preparation facilities. Compensation in such transactions may include money, currency, services, credits, and / or combination of such.

Systems, devices, and methods for providing hanging feeder frame for a hive box, with a clear lid for monitoring food syrup inside with the lid being easily removed or attached by clip edges to the hanging feeder frame. The hanging feeder can include uniform diameter tubes that attach to inner sides of the frame to add stability to the frame. The hanging feeder can include a float system in the tubes to restrict access to the syrup so that the bees have a safe and easy access to their food supplies.

A food and water dispensing assembly for pets including a food dispensing assembly, a water dispensing assembly, a storage assembly and a water draining assembly is disclosed. The food dispensing assembly holds and stores food. It continuously dispenses food in order to avoid food supplies getting low. The water dispensing assembly holds and stores water. It continuously dispenses water in order to avoid water levels ever declining. Thereby allowing the pet to be fed and provided water even when unsupervised. The water draining assembly is essential as it prevents overflow of water from the water assembly to ever occur. Any overflow of water in the system is disposed of through the water draining assembly, which aids in avoiding water damage that may result from water overflow due to a structural failure of the water dispensing system or otherwise. The water draining assembly is crucial to prevent emergency situations from arising.

The invention proposes a method of controlling food temperature, the method comprising the steps of: heating food to a first target temperature; exciting a fluorescent marker of the food, wherein the fluorescent marker corresponds to a fluorophore of nutrient substance and / or anti-nutrient substance within the food; detecting current fluorescence- related parameter value of the fluorescence marker, and based on current heating time and predetermined relationships between heating time and fluorescence-related parameter value, calculating current reference fluorescence-related parameter value; comparing the detected current fluorescence-related parameter value with the calculated current reference fluorescence-related parameter value; and controlling heating power supplied to the food based on a comparison result.

A nutrition tracking system comprises a nutrition tracking server, a plurality of weight-based food offering terminals, and one or more nutrition and meal information inquiry terminals. Multiple weight-based food offering terminals may be equipped on a food service cart. Each weight-based food offering terminal may be initialized to offer a type of food. The weight-based food offering terminal automatically measures the weight of food taken by a customer or for a customer, calculates the cost of food, and shows the weight and the cost on the display in real time. When the food is paid, the weight-based food offering terminal automatically reports the vending information to the nutrition tracking server. The nutrition tracking server maintains a database for customer meal information and a database for customer nutrition information. Customers may inquire their meal history and nutrition information using the nutrition and meal information inquiry terminals.

The invention relates to the field of trachidermus fasciatus, in particular to a breeding and fry rearing method of trachidermus fasciatus. The method specifically comprises the following steps: parent fish cultivation and wintering period treatment, artificial spawning induction, spawning and fertilized egg collection, egg mass incubation, newly hatched fry cultivation and large-scale fry cultivation and domestication. In the parent fish overwintering, wild living freshwater shrimps need to be caught in advance and cultured in an overwintering pond so as to meet food supply of the trachidermus fasciatus in a whole overwintering period. In the artificial spawning induction, a use method and dosage of an oxytocic are controlled so as to meet requirements of spawning induction of the trachidermus fasciatus. An egg collector used in the spawning is a transparent organic glass product so as to effectively avoid disturbance of a spawning behavior of the trachidermus fasciatus parent fish by turning over the egg collector when the spawning is checked, and can remarkably improve the egg collecting efficiency. The method can effectively improve a parent fish spawning rate, a fertilized egg hatching rate, a fry survival rate and an artificial compound feed domestication success rate, and is complete and efficient for breeding and fry rearing of trachidermus fasciatus.

A food serving tray cover system that is removably attachable to various food serving trays to form an enclosure wherein the contents of the enclosure will be protected from pests such as birds and insects. The collapsible food serving tray cover system includes an elongated bracket having a U-shape and defining a channel therein that can removably secure a serving tray. A covering assembly including canvas-like material is attached at regular intervals to support ribs which are pivotally connected on the arms of the U-shaped bracket. The covering assembly is deployable such that the canvas material and support ribs move radially along the pivotal connection in a 180-degree manner to form an interior volume over an attached serving tray. A handle provides a gripping area that allows for selective closing and opening of the food serving tray cover system.

The invention discloses a food supply method and device and a storage medium. The method comprises the steps that a target order is obtained and used for indicating supply of first foods to a user using a first terminal, and the target order comprises the food type and the supply type of the first foods; under the situation that the first foods meet the supply condition, target mechanical equipment is controlled to place the first foods into a storage cabinet; first meal fetching information is obtained and used for showing that the user using the first terminal is located in the target meal fetching area, and the first foods are supplied to the user using the first terminal in the target meal fetching area; and according to first meal fetching information, the target mechanical equipmentis controlled to take the first foods out of the storage cabinet and place the first foods to the target meal fetching area. The food supply method and device and the storage medium solve the technical problem that the food supply efficiency is not high.

A bain-marie's and cold tables pan and pan liner system includes a temperature controlled food serving bar having at least one channel preferably a thermally controlled. A sub-pan is received in the channel and has a bottom, and an upward extending side wall which terminates in a lateral extending flange and defines generally upper sub-pan surfaces and lower sub-pan surfaces wherein the one sub-pan is made of a material and predefined thickness x sufficient to provide structural stability when disposed in the thermally controlled environment. A pan liner has a complementary configuration to the sub-pan having a bottom, and an upward extending side wall which terminates in a lateral extending flange and nested on the sub-pan and covers the upper sub-pan surfaces and having thickness x-y which is thinner than the sub-pan thickness x and made of a recyclable material.

The invention relates to the field of plant protection natural enemy insect breeding, and discloses a breeding method of harmonia axyridis, which comprises the stages of plant seedling preparation, aphid propagation, harmonia axyridis breeding and the like, the scheme adopts two modes of aphid independent propagation and aphid-harmonia axyridis coexistence propagation to propagate aphids, and food supply of harmonia axyridis in different growth stages is fully met; meanwhile, the mode of segmented feeding in different growth periods is adopted, and the growth habit and the growth period of the harmonia axyridis can be conveniently and accurately monitored. By adopting the scheme to breed the harmonia axyridis, the growth cycle of the harmonia axyridis can be effectively shortened, the method has the advantages of being simple in breeding method, mild in breeding condition, simple in breeding equipment, suitable for industrialized large-scale breeding and the like, the survival rate of the harmonia axyridis is high, and the method is suitable for large-scale breeding of the harmonia axyridis in various regions for biological control of aphids.

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing microalgae micro powder containing astaxanthin and fatty acids with enhanced penetration performance and food availability, and more particularly, to a method for manufacturing microalgae micro powder containing astaxanthin and fatty acids with enhanced penetration performance and food availability, in which four kinds of functional microalgae are selected and mass-cultured so as to be processed into a dietary shape for easy penetration performance.

The invention discloses a bionic tortoise capable of freely moving and feeding. The bionic tortoise comprises a tortoise shell, a free moving device arranged on the tortoise shell and a feeding device used for feeding feed. Wherein the free moving device comprises a mounting frame arranged in the tortoise shell, four limbs arranged on the mounting frame and a power mechanism used for driving the limbs to swing; the power mechanism comprises a power source and four groups of slider-crank mechanisms; the four groups of slider-crank mechanisms are respectively connected between the power source and each limb; the feeding device comprises a storage bin used for storing feed and a discharging mechanism used for discharging the feed in the storage bin to the outside, and the discharging mechanism comprises a discharging cylinder body, a feeding port, a discharging port and a pushing assembly, wherein the feeding port, the discharging port and the pushing assembly are formed in the discharging cylinder body. The bionic turtle can freely move in water and can automatically put feed in the water, and food supply of aquarium fishes is effectively guaranteed.

A system for alimentary provisioning includes a computing device configured to provide an alimentary instruction set including a plurality of target nutrient quantities, receive, from each alimentary provider device of a plurality of alimentary provider devices, a plurality of provider ingredients, generate a plurality of ingredient combinations, wherein each ingredient combination is a combination of two or more provider ingredients of the plurality of provider ingredients, and select a plurality of beneficial ingredient combinations from the plurality of ingredient combinations, wherein selecting each ingredient combination of the plurality of ingredient combinations includes determining a nutrient listing corresponding to each ingredient combination of the plurality of ingredient combinations, creating a distance metric from the nutrient listing to the alimentary instruction set, and selecting at least an ingredient listing that minimizes the distance metric, and selecting the plurality of beneficial ingredient combinations to minimize the distance metric.