Patents by Inventor Barry F. Kriebel

Barry F. Kriebel 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).

  • Power spraying of agricultural products with wrinkled skins
    Patent number: 8137730
    Abstract: Raisins that have been formed by field drying of grapes and that have been exposed to rain during the drying process that has caused solids, particularly sand, to become embedded in the surface folds of the raisins, are cleaned of such embedded solids by spraying with a mixture of pressurized air and water applied through an atomizing nozzle, which achieves both washing and drying of the raisins. The same process is applicable to other agricultural products with wrinkled skins, and produces unusually effective results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Sun-Maid Growers of California
    Inventors: Barry F. Kriebel, James M. Henderson
  • POWER SPRAYING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS WITH WRINKLED SKINS
    Publication number: 20090162505
    Abstract: Raisins that have been formed by field drying of grapes and that have been exposed to rain during the drying process that has caused solids, particularly sand, to become embedded in the surface folds of the raisins, are cleaned of such embedded solids by spraying with a mixture of pressurized air and water applied through an atomizing nozzle, which achieves both washing and drying of the raisins. The same process is applicable to other agricultural products with wrinkled skins, and produces unusually effective results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: Sun-Maid Growers of California
    Inventors: Barry F. Kriebel, James M. Henderson