Patents Assigned to John H. Beckman
  • Large encased meat product with flat ends
    Patent number: 5277648
    Abstract: A joining system for flat end discs is used in an elongated encased food product. The food casing is joined to the flat end discs permitting food stuffing of the casing. An adhesive joining, a clamping joining, a tension band joining or a piercing joining takes place in an area external to and within the peripheral boundaries of the flat end discs. The axial outward force of the food product on the discs is thus coupled to the axial tension of the casing joined to the discs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Assignee: John H. Beckman
    Inventors: John H. Beckman, George C. Haettinger, Leonard I. Tafel, Stuart P. Gavin
  • Reinforced casings for preparing dimensionally uniform processed food products with flat ends
    Patent number: 5273482
    Abstract: Tubular food casings for preparing dimensionally uniform processed meat products with flat ends for maximizing yields for prepackaged product. Casings reinforced with one or more narrow polymeric bands securely bonded to the terminal ends of casing units are able to receive flat end plates which cooperate with the bands to form reliable end closures without clips and minimal casing requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Assignee: John H. Beckman
    Inventors: John H. Beckman, Thomas R. Stanley, Ronald S. Kearby, Ralph R. Shelley