Patents Assigned to UTZ Quality Foods, Inc.
  • Potato peeling system
    Patent number: 5843508
    Abstract: A potato peeling system includes a drum-type batch peeler, an unpeeled potato infeed assembly upstream from the batch peeler and a peeled potato discharge assembly downstream from the batch peeler. The batch peeler includes a rotary plate and a vertically adjustable cylindrical liner with a number of vertically spaced bands of different abrasive material. A drive moves the liner up and down to position a selected abrasive band above the plate for peeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Utz Quality Foods, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey E. Fuhrman
  • Potato peeling apparatus
    Patent number: 5752436
    Abstract: A potato peeling apparatus includes a drum-type batch peeler having a rotary plate and three vertically adjustable, cylindrical liners. Each liner has a different abrasive material and a separate drive for moving the liner between a raised and a lowered position. The liners have different diameters to allow positioning of the three liners inside each other in raised or lowered positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: UTZ Quality Foods, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey E. Fuhrman
  • Potato peeling system
    Patent number: 5662034
    Abstract: A potato peeling system includes a drum-type batch peeler, an unpeeled potato infeed assembly upstream from the batch peeler and a peeled potato discharge assembly downstream from the batch peeler. The batch peeler includes a rotary plate and a vertically adjustable cylindrical liner with a number of vertically spaced bands of different abrasive material. A drive moves the liner up and down to position a selected abrasive band above the plate for peeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: UTZ Quality Foods, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey E. Fuhrman