Patents by Inventor Bernard G. Huff

Bernard G. Huff 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).

  • Patent number: 10501219
    Abstract: A combination chamber and external suction vacuum packaging machine is operable to evacuate a vacuum bag and seal closed an open margin of the bag. The vacuum packaging machine includes a base and a lid that define a vacuum chamber operable for use in a chamber packaging operation, where the bag is entirely received within the vacuum chamber, and an external packaging operation, where only part of the bag is received within the vacuum chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Hantover, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Rausch, Bernard G. Huff
  • Publication number: 20170313454
    Abstract: A combination chamber and external suction vacuum packaging machine is operable to evacuate a vacuum bag and seal closed an open margin of the bag. The vacuum packaging machine includes a base and a lid that define a vacuum chamber operable for use in a chamber packaging operation, where the bag is entirely received within the vacuum chamber, and an external packaging operation, where only part of the bag is received within the vacuum chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: Hantover, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Rausch, Bernard G. Huff
  • Patent number: 9708088
    Abstract: A combination chamber and external suction vacuum packaging machine is operable to evacuate a vacuum bag and seal closed an open margin of the bag. The vacuum packaging machine includes a base and a lid that define a vacuum chamber operable for use in a chamber packaging operation, where the bag is entirely received within the vacuum chamber, and an external packaging operation, where only part of the bag is received within the vacuum chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Hantover, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Rausch, Bernard G. Huff
  • Publication number: 20150052850
    Abstract: A combination chamber and external suction vacuum packaging machine is operable to evacuate a vacuum bag and seal closed an open margin of the bag. The vacuum packaging machine includes a base and a lid that define a vacuum chamber operable for use in a chamber packaging operation, where the bag is entirely received within the vacuum chamber, and an external packaging operation, where only part of the bag is received within the vacuum chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: HANTOVER, INC.
    Inventors: David A. Rausch, Bernard G. Huff
  • Patent number: 8905825
    Abstract: A container for storing at least one object, such as a knife, utensil, and the like, wherein the object has a blade that is occasionally dressed is disclosed. The container includes a housing presenting an object-receiving opening and a blade-dressing assembly configured to provide selective dressing of the blade. The blade-dressing assembly includes a carrier and a dressing component supported on the carrier. The carrier is shiftably supported on the housing so as to move between a storage position in which the dressing surface is incapable of engaging the blade and an operating position in which the dressing surface is engageable by the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Hantover, Inc.
    Inventor: Bernard G. Huff
  • Publication number: 20130237137
    Abstract: A container for storing at least one object, such as a knife, utensil, and the like, wherein the object has a blade that is occasionally dressed is disclosed. The container includes a housing presenting an object-receiving opening and a blade-dressing assembly configured to provide selective dressing of the blade. The blade-dressing assembly includes a carrier and a dressing component supported on the carrier. The carrier is shiftably supported on the housing so as to move between a storage position in which the dressing surface is incapable of engaging the blade and an operating position in which the dressing surface is engageable by the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: HANTOVER, INC.
    Inventor: Bernard G. Huff
  • Patent number: 7146783
    Abstract: A vacuum packaging machine (10) is provided having a base (12) and a pivotally mounted lid (14) which cooperatively define a package air evacuation chamber (76) adapted to receive the open end (98) of a filled flexible package (100), thereby allowing evacuation of air from the package (100) and heat sealing of end (98). The machine (10) is characterized by an essentially flat and uninterrupted, easily cleanable base upper wall (28) which eliminates concavities in the like which can lead to unsanitary collection of fluids or solids. The machine (10) also has a vacuum source (16) and a vacuum conduit assembly (18) the latter having conduits within base (12) and lid (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Hantover, Inc.
    Inventors: Clark A. Levsen, Bernard G. Huff
  • Patent number: 6158128
    Abstract: Meat and poultry scissors are disclosed as including a pair of swingably interconnected blades fixed to respective thumb and finger handles. The blades are flat and the thumb handle presents a thumb-receiving opening defined about an axis that is oblique relative to the respective blade, while the finger handle presents a finger-receiving opening defined about an axis that is perpendicular to the respective blade. In addition, the blades are different lengths, with the longer blade having a blunt outermost, distal end and a cutting edge that is spaced from the distal end. The end of the shorter blade presents an outermost distal end that is spaced generally the same distance from the end of the long blade as the cutting edge of the long blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Inventor: Bernard G. Huff
  • Patent number: 5692951
    Abstract: A hydraulic stunner apparatus for use in slaughtering animals includes a housing that defines a cylinder within which a rear seat is disposed. An elongated stunner element is received in and closes off the front end of the cylinder. The stunner element is movable between a cocked position in which the first end of the element is sealed against the seat, and a fired position in which the first end of the element is unseated and the stunner element is extended relative to the cylinder. Hydraulic fluid under pressure is directed into the cylinder to pressurize the cylinder, and an actuator is provided for unseating the stunner element from the cocked position to initiate movement of the element to the fired position. Preferably, the apparatus also includes a compressible biasing assembly for maintaining the hydraulic pressure within the cylinder upon separation of the stunner element from the seat and movement of the stunner element toward the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: Hantover, Inc.
    Inventor: Bernard G. Huff
  • Patent number: 4575900
    Abstract: An actuator assembly for a stunning gun has a trigger valve in addition to a second shiftable nose piece valve. In use, the trigger valve is manually depressed to open and the user then moves the stunner such that the nose piece shifts as the animal is engaged, whereupon the second valve opens. The stunner will fire only when both valves are simultaneously open, and thus the possibility of inadvertent actuation is significantly reduced. The pneumatic valve assembly requires very little force to operate, in contrast to mechanical trip actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1986
    Assignee: Hantover, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome T. Hamel, Bernard G. Huff
  • Patent number: 4503585
    Abstract: An improved animal stunning device is provided which allows the user a quick, easy and cost effective method to kill animals in a slaughterhouse operation. The animal stunner preferably includes a pneumatically activated stunning gun having a trigger assembly provided with a manually operable safety block shiftably mounted on the trigger; movement of the safety block permits selective actuation of the gun or, alternately, prevents such actuation. The gun includes an elongated, reciprocally mounted stunning element having a bored, concave, stunning tip. An elongated, tubular, protective, support nose passageway is provided for slidably supporting and directing the stunning element during operation. Exhaust ports are advantageously provided in the support nose which communicate the interior of the stunner with the atmosphere for proper pneumatic venting; these ports can be selectively blocked to maintain the desired pneumatic compression within the stunner during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1985
    Assignee: Hantover, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome T. Hamel, Bernard G. Huff
  • Patent number: D536355
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Hantover, Inc.
    Inventors: Clark A. Levsen, Bernard G. Huff
  • Patent number: D274689
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1984
    Assignee: Hantover, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome T. Hamel, Bernard G. Huff
  • Patent number: D354881
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Inventor: Bernard G. Huff
  • Patent number: D640115
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Hantover, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard G. Huff, Clark A. Levsen
  • Patent number: D774577
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Hantover, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Rausch, Bernard G. Huff