Patents by Inventor Walter V. Vink

Walter V. Vink 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).

  • Sorbitol-containing hard candy
    Patent number: 4452825
    Abstract: A clear amorphous sugar-free hard candy prepared on a continuous basis from an aqueous sorbitol solution by heating such solution to a moisture-content level of less than about 5% by weight and then cooling the resulting mass to a temperature of from about 160.degree. F. to about 200.degree. F. before providing crystal nucleation sites sufficient to obtain a hard candy set time of no more than about 30 minutes in a metal mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1984
    Assignee: Nabisco Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Klacik, Walter V. Vink, Paul R. Fronczkowski
  • Two component soft candy
    Patent number: 4450179
    Abstract: A two-component soft candy composition including a supportive water-retaining shell portion and a variably flavored and colored core portion which can be produced by coextrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1984
    Assignee: Nabisco Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter V. Vink, Deborah G. Aldrich