Patents by Inventor Sean Michael Wood

Sean Michael Wood 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).

  • System for food product casing removal
    Patent number: 9301534
    Abstract: An automated casing removal system for removing the casing of encased food products supported on a support frame. An inclined surface on the support frame has a staging area onto which encased food product is loaded. The staging area has a cutting member moveable along a portion of the length of the staging area, and a stop mechanism downstream from the cutting member on the inclined surface. The stop mechanism extends within a plane which intersects the inclined surface to prevent the food product from moving down the inclined surface. The staging area has retaining member upstream of the stop mechanism which retains the casing to unravel the casing from the food product as the food product rolls down the inclined surface when the stop mechanism is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: FORMAX, INC.
    Inventors: Noah Z. Pentelovitch, Henry George Randolph, III, Sean Michael Wood, Krystian Zimowski
  • METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR FOOD PRODUCT CASING REMOVAL
    Publication number: 20130337127
    Abstract: An automated casing removal system for removing the casing of encased food products supported on a support frame. An inclined surface on the support frame has a staging area onto which encased food product is loaded. The staging area has a cutting member moveable along a portion of the length of the staging area, and a stop mechanism downstream from the cutting member on the inclined surface. The stop mechanism extends within a plane which intersects the inclined surface to prevent the food product from moving down the inclined surface. The staging area has retaining member upstream of the stop mechanism which retains the casing to unravel the casing from the food product as the food product rolls down the inclined surface when the stop mechanism is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Noah Z. Pentelovitch, Henry George Randolph, III, Sean Michael Wood, Krystian Zimowski