Patents by Inventor Carlos Aponte

Carlos Aponte 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: 10010107
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an ultrasonic rotary molding system that is used to form edible compositions or food products as they move along a conveyor belt. The food products are formed by an ultrasonic rotary wheel that includes one or more cutting tools that cut, and perhaps three dimensionally mold, food product strips. The system may include a movable backing plate that is located below the point where the ultrasonic rotary wheel cuts the food product strips. The movable backing plate may be spring loaded and it may exert force upwards against the conveyor belt and in turn against the food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Nagle, Alfred Camporini, David Pontzer, Paul Capar, David Fyock, John Stough, Curt Knepper, Joseph Edward Massie, Jeffrey Frantz, Carlos Aponte, Gary Lee McQuilkin
  • Publication number: 20170360077
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an ultrasonic rotary molding system that is used to form edible compositions or food products as they move along a conveyor belt. The food products are formed by an ultrasonic rotary wheel that includes one or more cutting tools that cut, and perhaps three dimensionally mold, food product strips. The system may include a movable backing plate that is located below the point where the ultrasonic rotary wheel cuts the food product strips. The movable backing plate may be spring loaded and it may exert force upwards against the conveyor belt and in turn against the food product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Nagle, Alfred Camporini, David Pontzer, Paul Capar, David Fyock, John Stough, Curt Knepper, Joseph Edward Massie, Jeffrey Frantz, Carlos Aponte, Gary Lee McQuilkin
  • Publication number: 20170183149
    Abstract: Locked Garbage Can—is a held firmly in place garbage can that prevents spills, haphazard to public, improving hygiene as well as esthetics. The solution consists of a magnetic attached to the garbage can to pair with metallic base, which holds the garbage can firmly in place, while providing an easy way to empty its content. All across America and around the world garbage can posed a multi issue challenge; garbage spills, haphazard to public, hygiene issues, esthetics and many others problems . . . “Locked Garbage Can” aims to solve all the issues by an innovation solution that held firmly in place the garbage can.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Carlos Aponte, Luis Aponte
  • Publication number: 20150044338
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an ultrasonic rotary molding system that is used to form edible compositions or food products as they move along a conveyor belt. The food products are formed by an ultrasonic rotary wheel that includes one or more cutting tools that cut, and perhaps three dimensionally mold, food product strips. The system may include a movable backing plate that is located below the point where the ultrasonic rotary wheel cuts the food product strips. The movable backing plate may be spring loaded and it may exert force upwards against the conveyor belt and in turn against the food product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: MARS, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Robert Nagle, Alfred Camporini, David Pontzer, Paul Capar, David Fyock, John Stough, Curt Knepper, Joseph Edward Massie, Jeffrey Frantz, Carlos Aponte, Gary Lee McQuilkin