Patents by Inventor Clifton M. Buell

Clifton M. Buell 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).

  • Method and apparatus for making loaves crustless, sliced bread
    Patent number: 7223429
    Abstract: A method of making a loaf of crustless, sliced bread from a rectangular prismatic loaf of bread, the method comprising: decrusting the bread by moving the loaf of broad longitudinally past cutting blades to remove the crust from four sides of the loaf of bread; slicing the crustless bread by moving the loaf transversely past a plurality of blades to slice the loaf; and packaging the loaf by moving the loaf longitudinally to a packaging station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Sara Lee Bakery Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Berger, Clifton M. Buell, Kevin Ike Wilson, R. Daniel Hickman, Jose Maria Aguila Plassa, Javier Llavina Nadal, Barry Janeway
  • Method and apparatus for making loaves crustless, sliced bread
    Publication number: 20040156966
    Abstract: A method of making a loaf of crustless, sliced bread from a rectangular prismatic loaf of bread, the method comprising: decrusting the bread by moving the loaf of broad longitudinally past cutting blades to remove the crust from four sides of the loaf of bread; slicing the crustless bread by moving the loaf transversely past a plurality of blades to slice the loaf; and packaging the loaf by moving the loaf longitudinally to a packaging station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Richard A. Berger, Clifton M. Buell, Kevin Ike Wilson, R. Daniel Hickman, Jose Maria Aguila Plassa, Javier Llavina Nadal, Barry Janeway