Patents by Inventor Dennis M. Mueller

Dennis M. Mueller 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).

  • Apparatus for despining cactus
    Patent number: 5495796
    Abstract: Spiny pads are centrifugally propelled in a spiralling-outward pathway by a plurality of fingers that swing around a cylindrical chamber from a concentric shaft. The interior surface of the chamber is partially lined with spine shearers such as a rasp, so that the pads scrape against the rasp and thereby are despined. Spine pieces leave the chamber through small perforations in the chamber wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Inventor: Dennis M. Mueller
  • Method and apparatus for despining cactus
    Patent number: 5427568
    Abstract: Spiny pads are centrifugally propelled in a spiralling-outward pathway by means of a plurality of fingers that swing around a cylindrical chamber from a concentric shaft. The interior surface of the chamber is partially lined with spine shearers such as a rasp, so that the pads scrape against the rasp and thereby are despined. Spine pieces leave the chamber through small perforations in the chamber wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventor: Dennis M. Mueller