Patents by Inventor Gary W. Obrecht

Gary W. Obrecht 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).

  • Process for producing extruded food products
    Patent number: 5165949
    Abstract: A free-standing die assembly, for use in the production of extruded products, which is mounted as a separate unit apart from the extruder in which product ingredients are processed. The die assembly includes a center plate having a die unit secured to one or more planar faces of the plate, with each of the die units having at least one die orifice in the outer surface thereof. Hot flowable dough processed in an extruder is carried via suitable tubing to the center plate from where it is distributed to the planar faces of the plate and into the die units, from which it is extruded through the die orifices in the die units. The die assembly may be modified to permit the production of coextruded product from the die orifices in the die units of the assembly. One or more of the die assemblies may be associated with a single extruder. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, die units are secured to opposing side faces of the center plate to provide a free standing, dual-faced die assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: John T. Farnsworth, Roger D. Johnson, Gary W. Obrecht, Linda A. Young
  • Method for producing extruded center filled products
    Patent number: 5120554
    Abstract: A free-standing die assembly, for use in the production of extruded products, which is mounted as a separate unit apart from the extruder in which product ingredients are processed. The die assembly includes a center plate having a die unit secured to one or more planar faces of the plate, with each of the die units having at least one die orifice in the outer surface thereof. Hot flowable dough processed in an extruder is carried via suitable tubing to the center plate from where it is distributed to the planar faces of the plate and into the die units, from which it is extruded through the die orifices in the die units. The die assembly may be modified to permit the production of coextruded product from the die orifices in the die units of the assembly. One or more of the die assemblies may be associated with a single extruder. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, die units are secured to opposing side faces of the center plate to provide a free standing, dual-faced die assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: John T. Farnsworth, Roger D. Johnson, Gary W. Obrecht, Linda A. Young
  • Extrusion die assembly
    Patent number: 5110276
    Abstract: A free-standing die assembly, for use in the production of extruded products, which is mounted as a separate unit apart from the extruder in which product ingredients are processed. The die assembly includes a center plate having a die unit secured to one or more planar faces of the plate, with each of the die units having at least one die orifice in the outer surface thereof. Hot flowable dough processed in an extruder is carried via suitable tubing to the center plate from where it is distributed to the planar faces of the plate and into the die units, from which it is extruded through the die orifices in the die units. The die assembly may be modified to permit the production of coextruded product from the die orifices in the die units of the assembly. One or more of the die assemblies may be associated with a single extruder. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, die units are secured to opposing side faces of the center plate to provide a free standing, dual-faced die assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1992
    Inventors: John T. Farnsworth, Roger D. Johnson, Gary W. Obrecht, Linda A. Young