Patents by Inventor Allan S. Hodgson

Allan S. Hodgson 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).

  • Measurement of fruit particles
    Patent number: 7212654
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods to characterize and measure fruit pieces in food products are provided. A sample is spread on a viewing cell and illuminated. The image is captured by a camera and fed to a computer with imaging software. Information useful for quality control purposes and process control is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Dawn Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Allan S. Hodgson, Jessica M. Arnold
  • MEASUREMENT OF FRUIT PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20010012380
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods to characterize and measure fruit pieces in food products are provided. A sample is spread on a viewing cell and illuminated. The image is captured by a camera and fed to a computer with imaging software. Information useful for quality control purposes and process control is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 1997
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Inventors: ALLAN S. HODGSON, JESSICA M. ARONOLD
  • Method for bakery product measurement
    Patent number: 6201885
    Abstract: The computer imaging analysis of bakery products for quality control and other purposes is disclosed. Apparatus and methods useful in such analysis are disclosed. The methods are useful on all types of bakery products. They can be used to analyze for parameters, such as size, shape, area and volume. They can also be used to analyze holes, grain or crust. Viewable images may be provided. The parameters can be compared with prescribed specifications and can be used on a plurality of products to determine substantial uniformity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Bunge Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Allan S. Hodgson, Catherine R. Barrow, Jessica M. Arnold
  • Recovery of domestic oil from spent clay
    Patent number: 4110356
    Abstract: Spent clay from the bleaching of C.sub.18+ domestic glyceride esters ("oils") is deoiled by slurrying such spent clay with aqueous alkali at a temperature of at least about 80.degree. C. and a weight ratio of water to clay of about 2-6:1 at a high "pH window" for such oil recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1978
    Assignee: SCM Corporation
    Inventors: Allan S. Hodgson, Jerry F. P. Red