Patents by Inventor Rex E. Moule

Rex E. Moule 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).

  • Self-surfaced meat product manufacturing method and apparatus
    Patent number: 4348572
    Abstract: An emulsion is stored in pressure containers and is ultimately forced from one container and then the other to a pump which pumps the emulsion against back pressure of the food product into a long Teflon tube of large diameter. The tube passes through cavities in plural microwave ovens and is cured by microwave energy from two magnetrons in each oven operating at about 2,450 megahertz and 1,000 watts each. The flow rate is controlled by the pump so that the food product remains in the microwave energy field for about 4 to 5 minutes whereupon it is fully cured. The continuously flowing food product in the tube is surrounded by a hot oil heat exchanger which heats the surface to about two to five hundred degrees Fahrenheit, while the product is radially constrained and is under back pressure. The tube passes through a cooling heat exchanger immediately after the heater whereupon the surface is cooled to about 40.degree. Fahrenheit while radially constrained and under pressure, thus forming a smooth self-skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1982
    Inventor: Rex E. Moule
  • Self-surfaced meat product manufacturing method and apparatus
    Patent number: 4294858
    Abstract: An emulsion is stored in pressure containers and is ultimately forced from one container and then the other to a pump which pumps the emulsion against back pressure of the food product into a long Teflon tube of large diameter. The tube passes through cavities in plural microwave ovens and is cured by microwave energy from two magnetrons in each oven operating at about 2,450 megahertz and 1,000 watts each. The flow rate is controlled by the pump so that the food product remains in the microwave energy field for about 4 to 5 minutes whereupon it is fully cured. The continuously flowing food product in the tube is surrounded by a hot oil heat exchanger which heats the surface to about two to five hundred Fahrenheit, while the product is radially constrained and is under back pressure. The tube passes through a cooling heat exchanger immediately after the heater whereupon the surface is cooled to about 40.degree. Fahrenheit while radially constrained and under pressure, thus forming a smooth self-skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1981
    Inventor: Rex E. Moule