Patents by Inventor Douglas Cecil William Thomas Sharp

Douglas Cecil William Thomas Sharp 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 making hot dogs and the like
    Patent number: 4119020
    Abstract: A device for providing a cavity in a bun for receiving a filling such as a sausage comprises a heating probe adapted to be inserted into a bun to compress the material of the bun to form the cavity and to toast the surface of the cavity so that the cavity remains after removal of the probe therefrom and locating means in the form of a cradle for locating a bun in alignment with the heating probe. Relative reciprocable movement between the probe and the locating means causes the probe to be inserted into and removed from a bun located in the locating means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1978
    Inventors: Douglas Cecil William Thomas Sharp, Frank Ellis