Patents by Inventor Martin J. Matzinger

Martin J. Matzinger 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).

  • Automatic feeding of elongated products
    Patent number: 4552049
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for feeding elongated products, especially food products having generally square cross-sections. Included is a transporting assembly that has a surface for receiving the products and moving them in a direction generally transverse to their longitudinal axes. An escapement assembly is provided near the downstream end of the transporting assembly in order to move the products one at a time to a product feed assembly. Typically, the product feed assembly pushes the product to a slicing device to thereby provide stacks of sliced product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1985
    Assignee: Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Martin J. Matzinger, Daniel L. Orloff