Patents Assigned to Banquet Foods Corporation
  • Chicken weighing apparatus
    Patent number: 4428179
    Abstract: A device for filling a package with a predetermined weight of items, such as pieces of chicken, is disclosed. The device, under the control of a computer, determines which, of several pieces of chicken held in a plurality of holding means, should be added to a partially filled package in order to bring the contents of that package up to the predetermined weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1984
    Assignee: Banquet Foods Corporation
    Inventors: C. Wane Jordan, John W. Walker
  • Adjustable spacer for contact plate freezer
    Patent number: 4423604
    Abstract: An improvement is disclosed for contact plate freezers. Adjustable spacer means are provided which can change the distance separating consecutive freezing plates within the freezer. This enables a single contact plate freezer to be used on products of various sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1984
    Assignee: Banquet Foods Corporation
    Inventor: Eugene Riley