Patents by Inventor Anthony D. Oliver

Anthony D. Oliver has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5492717
    Abstract: A pear processing method and apparatus is provided which includes several mechanisms for properly orienting the pear prior to coring, peeling and seed celling of the pear. Each pear is tumbled between a pair of orienting rolls to a position wherein the stem of the pear is oriented downwardly. Whiskers on one of the rolls speed up this orienting of the pear. A friction clutch on the other roll helps maintain the pear in its proper position, once the proper alignment has been attained. The pear is dropped downwardly into a transfer cup having four resilient fingers which tend to orient the pear. The pear is then pushed out of the transfer cup downwardly into a feed cup having a concave receptacle for centering the stem of the pear and three upwardly extending arms which grasp and center the blossom end of the pear. The pear is then transferred to a station wherein the pear is cored and thereafter peeled and seed celled simultaneously. The stem and blossom are also trimmed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1996
    Assignee: Atlas Pacific Engineering Company
    Inventors: Douglas F. Paterson, Konrad Meissner, William V. Redd, Anthony D. Oliver, Michael S. Lipford, Don A. Perry, C. Richard Schoner
  • Patent number: 5435238
    Abstract: A pear processing method and apparatus is provided which includes several mechanisms for properly orienting the pear prior to coring, peeling and seed celling of the pear. Each pear is tumbled between a pair of orienting rolls to a position wherein the stem of the pear is oriented downwardly. Whiskers on one of the rolls speed up this orienting of the pear. A friction clutch on the other roll helps maintain the pear in its proper position, once the proper alignment has been attained. The pear is dropped downwardly into a transfer cup having four resilient fingers which tend to orient the pear. The pear is then pushed out of the transfer cup downwardly into a feed cup having a concave receptacle for centering the stem of the pear and three upwardly extending arms which grasp and center the blossom end of the pear. The pear is then transferred to a station wherein the pear is cored and thereafter peeled and seed celled simultaneously. The stem and blossom are also trimmed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Assignee: Atlas Pacific Engineering Company
    Inventors: Douglas F. Paterson, Konrad Meissner, William V. Redd, Anthony D. Oliver, Michael S. Lipford, Don A. Perry, C. Richard Schoner
  • Patent number: 5431095
    Abstract: A pear processing methods and apparatus is provided which includes several mechanisms for properly orienting the pear prior to coring, peeling and seed celling of the pear. Each pear is tumbled between a pair of orienting rolls to a position wherein the stem of the pear is oriented downwardly. Whiskers on one of the rolls speed up this orienting of the pear. A friction clutch on the other roll helps maintain the pear in its proper position, once the proper alignment has been attained. The pear is dropped downwardly into a transfer cup having four resilient fingers which tend to orient the pear. The pear is then pushed out of the transfer cup downwardly into a feed cup having a concave receptacle for centering the stem of the pear and three upwardly extending arms which grasp and center the blossom end of the pear. The pear is then transferred to a station wherein the pear is cored and thereafter peeled and seed celled simultaneously. The stem and blossom are also trimmed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Assignee: Atlas Pacific Engineering Company
    Inventors: Douglas F. Paterson, Konrad Meissner, William V. Redd, Anthony D. Oliver, Michael S. Lipford, Don A. Perry, C. Richard Schoner
  • Patent number: 5413206
    Abstract: A pear processing method and apparatus is provided which includes several mechanisms for properly orienting the pear prior to coring, peeling and seed celling of the pear. Each pear is tumbled between a pair of orienting rolls to a position wherein the stem of the pear is oriented downwardly. Whiskers on one of the rolls speed up this orienting of the pear. A friction clutch on the other roll helps maintain the pear in its proper position, once the proper alignment has been attained. The pear is dropped downwardly into a transfer cup having four resilient fingers which tend to orient the pear. The pear is then pushed out of the transfer cup downwardly into a feed cup having a concave receptacle for centering the stem of the pear and three upwardly extending arms which grasp and center the blossom end of the pear. The pear is then transferred to a station wherein the pear is cored and thereafter peeled and seed celled simultaneously. The stem and blossom are also trimmed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
    Assignee: Atlas Pacific Engineering Company
    Inventors: Douglas F. Paterson, Konrad Meissner, William V. Redd, Anthony D. Oliver, Michael S. Lipford, Don A. Perry, C. Richard Schoner
  • Patent number: 5410955
    Abstract: A pear processing method and apparatus is provided which includes several mechanisms for properly orienting the pear prior to coring, peeling and seed celling of the pear. Each pear is tumbled between a pair of orienting rolls to a position wherein the stem of the pear is oriented downwardly. Whiskers on one of the rolls speed up this orienting of the pear. A friction clutch on the other roll helps maintain the pear in its proper position, once the proper alignment has been attained. The pear is dropped downwardly into a transfer cup having four resilient fingers which tend to orient the pear. The pear is then pushed out of the transfer cup downwardly into a feed cup having a concave receptacle for centering the stem of the pear and three upwardly extending arms which grasp and center the blossom end of the pear. The pear is then transferred to a station wherein the pear is cored and thereafter peeled and seed celled simultaneously. The stem and blossom are also trimmed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Assignee: Atlas Pacific Engineering Company
    Inventors: Douglas F. Paterson, Konrad Meissner, William V. Redd, Anthony D. Oliver, Michael S. Lipford, Don A. Perry, C. Richard Schoner