Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Carroll

Thomas J. Carroll 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).

  • Flexible sugarless chewing gum
    Patent number: 4753806
    Abstract: Sugarless stick chewing gum which is flexible for extended shelf life periods is made with cooked aqueous hydrogenated starch hydrolysate having a moisture content of about 8.+-.4%, and which may also contain glycerine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1988
    Assignee: Nabisco Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Carroll, Gary S. Kehoe
  • Sweet flavorful soft flexible sugarless chewing gum
    Patent number: 4726953
    Abstract: Soft, flexible sugarless chewing gum having a moisture content of about 2 to 7% and improved sweetness and flavor characteristics over extended periods of mastication time are provided by formulating gum base with unencapsulated saccharin, encapsulated saccharin, cooked aqueous hydrogenated starch hydrolysate having a moisture content of about 10.+-.6%, and, optionally, glycerine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1988
    Assignee: Nabisco Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Carroll, Walter R. Hopkins
  • Powdered center-filled chewing gum compositions
    Patent number: 4513012
    Abstract: A center-filled chewing gum comprising an outer-shell and a cavity enclosed by said outer-shell wherein there is contained in said cavity a dry, powdered center-filled composition comprising at least one sweetener and a lubricant selected from the group consisting of magnesium stearate, talc and colloidal silica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1985
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: Thomas J. Carroll, Vincent G. Corsello, Michael Glass, Dominic J. Piccolo
  • Process for preparing a non-chalky, organoleptically pleasing chewing gum composition
    Patent number: 4493849
    Abstract: The method of preparing a chewing gum comprising the steps of: (a) forming a premixture of lecithin and a dicalcium phosphate dihydrate-sugar and agglomeration such that the adherent film forming action of the lecithin coats the dicalcium phosphate dihydrate; (b) adding the premixture of (a) to a chewing gum composition; and (c) forming a chewing gum piece therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1985
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: Thomas J. Carroll, Michael Rubin, Dominic J. Piccolo, Michael Glass
  • Gum composition with plural time releasing flavors and method of preparation
    Patent number: 4485118
    Abstract: A gum composition and method for making the same is disclosed which contains a sequentially releasable plural flavor system comprised of different flavors. One of the flavors is encapsulated within a water-insoluble coating. A separate liquid flavor is introduced individually and is available for immediate release.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1984
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: Thomas J. Carroll, Deborah Feinerman, Robert J. Huzinec, Dominic J. Piccolo
  • Energy efficient building structure and panel therefor
    Patent number: 4467859
    Abstract: A building structure is constructed from a plurality of sheathed, foam cored structural panels which are adapted to receive solar energy conversion or heat storage devices and are adapted to be connected in an air flow loop to provide integral heating and/or cooling systems for the building structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1984
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas J. Carroll, James K. Paisley
  • Heat shield blocking and mounting disc for lens grinding
    Patent number: 4221083
    Abstract: A heat shield and blocking disc for use in lens grinding which comprises a carrier layer of flexible optical transparent plastic having transparent adhesive coatings on both sides thereof, one of which is adapted to stick to a plastic lens blank but to be stripped therefrom with a minimum of residue with the other adhesive compatible with the normal alloy used in blocking glass lens blanks, permitting a simpler blocking of plastic lenses and the use of the normal alloy, thereby reducing the cost of the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1980
    Assignee: Valley Industrial Products
    Inventor: Thomas J. Carroll