Patents by Inventor Anton Leroy Mika

Anton Leroy Mika 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).

  • Stuffing apparatus
    Patent number: 4044426
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for stuffing viscous food product into a shirred tubular casing article contaning a casing diameter sizing means confined within an unshirred portion of one closed end, comprising means to stretch-size and snub the casing to a predetermined diameter as it is being stuffed and control means to regulate the shape of the leading end and trailing end portions of a clip closed food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1977
    Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: Vytautas Kupcikevicius, Anton LeRoy Mika
  • Presizing disc with self-locking means
    Patent number: 4034441
    Abstract: A sizing disc for a shirred tubular casing length utilized in a stuffing apparatus said sizing disc including a rim portion, a wall support extending inwardly therefrom and terminating in a terminal end portion defining an annulus, and frangible self-locking elements disposed on said terminal end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1977
    Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: Vytautas Kupcikevicius, Anton Leroy Mika
  • Casing sensing means for stuffing apparatus
    Patent number: 4017941
    Abstract: In an apparatus for stuffing flowable product into a shirred tubing disposed on a stuffing horn to produce stuffed tubular articles of predesired length on a continuous basis, a sensing member is employed for detecting movement of the trailing end portion of the shirred tubing on the stuffing horn which activates control for interrupting the stuffing operation of the apparatus so as to terminate the flow of product from the stuffing horn before the shirred tubing is completely expended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1977
    Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: Vytas Andrew Raudys, Anton Leroy Mika