Patents by Inventor Ned C. Stevens

Ned C. Stevens 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 peeling food products
    Patent number: 5046411
    Abstract: Apparatus for continuously peeling food products such as citrus fruit and shrimp comprising a rotating drum having separately operable and closable compartments which when closed are subjected to steam and then to a suddenly applied vacuum, the peelings are loosened by the steam and vacuum treatment; and the partially peeled food is discharged onto a plurality of parallel counter-rotating rollers that strip away the peelings and allow the peeled product to fall onto a conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Assignee: University of Florida
    Inventors: Ferdinand le Grand, Ned C. Stevens