Patents Assigned to Merritt Foods Company
  • Patent number: 3996760
    Abstract: A conveyor carries a plurality of frozen confection molds evenly spaced within rows. The molds incorporate a plurality of uniform spiral grooves to form spiral fins on the frozen confections. Ingredients are inserted into the molds and frozen with sticks embedded therein. An extractor arm is positioned above the row of frozen product and lowered to cause clamps to grip the sticks. When the extractor arm is raised, a cam pivots the clamps about a vertical axis to permit the fins to follow the spiral contour of the mold grooves as the frozen confections are withdrawn from the molds. The frozen confections are subsequently released from the clamp elements by a trip bar which simultaneously opens the jaws of the clamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1976
    Assignee: Merritt Foods Company
    Inventor: Sydney L. Bair, Jr.
  • Patent number: 3984621
    Abstract: A wiring system for delivering electrical energy from a remote location to another location such as an office module through a laminated floor construction which includes a floor, a floor covering above the floor and a subcovering positioned between the floor and the floor covering. The subcovering is of predetermined thickness and a groove is formed in the subcovering which extends all the way or substantially through the subcovering and extends between the two locations. An electrical cable unit comprising a plurality of conductors and an insulator sheath surrounding the conductors is disposed in the groove and is of a thickness such that the outer surface of the cable is flush with the top surface of the subcovering so that a smooth top surface is provided on which the floor covering is placed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1976
    Assignee: Merritt Foods Company
    Inventor: Robert L. Propst