Patents by Inventor Carolyn L. Duncan

Carolyn L. Duncan 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).

  • Method of making a low fat food item having the taste and flavor of a fried food product
    Patent number: 4917912
    Abstract: A method of making a low fat food item having the taste and flavor of a fried food product is disclosed. The food item is first wetted and then coated with a breading mixture. After spraying the food item with a mist of water until the breading composition appears sticky, the product is ready for cooking. The food item is then placed in a cooking tray and hot gas jets are directed against to coated surface of the food item at a temperature of 375.degree.-475.degree. F. for a time of 11-25 minutes. After cooking the food item is sprayed with a mist of water to turn the item uniformly brown. Food which has been cooked by this method can then be vacuum packed and retains its flavor for an extended period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1990
    Inventor: Carolyn L. Duncan
  • Lubricated plain bearing for radial loads made of inelastic plastic material
    Patent number: 4263695
    Abstract: A non lubricant-impregnated bearing for a metal shaft subjected to radial loads in an environment subjected to temperature changes and externally exposed to non-oleaginous liquids comprises a hard, extremely dense synthetic resin which is lubricated by a continuous film of the non-oleaginous liquid to which the bearing is externally exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1981
    Inventors: William D. Duncan, Carolyn L. Duncan
  • Machine for severing poultry into predetermined portions
    Patent number: 4214345
    Abstract: The high speed rotary cutters of a machine for automatically severing whole poultry bodies into separate portions are provided with nozzles which direct jets of cold water against the major areas of both surfaces of the cutters to increase their efficiency, and an enclosure which confines the water thrown off from the cutters is provided with a grid which prevents the severed portions from coming into contact with the water being removed from the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1980
    Assignee: Duncan Creations, Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Duncan, Carolyn L. Duncan
  • Machine for cutting poultry into selectively variable portions
    Patent number: 4083083
    Abstract: A machine originally constructed for the automatic cutting of fowl, such as chickens or the like, into nine portions can be modified by the selective removal and/or addition of elements to produce fowl cut into any number of symmetrical pairs of portions from one to five.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1978
    Assignee: Duncan Creations, Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Duncan, Carolyn L. Duncan
  • Poultry cutter
    Patent number: 3950820
    Abstract: An automatic machine for sectioning poultry comprising a series of knives for performing selected cuts, and includes a mechanism for inserting the poultry carcasses into the machine, as well as improved mechanisms for performing selected cuts and for centering a carcass to be split into two halves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1976
    Assignee: Duncan Creations, Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Duncan, Carolyn L. Duncan, Richard O. Stants, James J. Sims, David C. Staley