Patents by Inventor Chris J. Cornwell

Chris J. Cornwell 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).

  • Process of making a reduced oil snack chip
    Patent number: 5846589
    Abstract: A process for preparing a low-oil Masa-based snack chip is disclosed. Baked and proofed chip-shaped masa pieces are introduced in a substantially monolayered array into a continuous flow frier. The pieces are par-fried in oil, while being maintained in a substantially monolayered array, then finish fried until the moisture content thereof reaches a predetermined level. The finished masa pieces are removed from the frier in a substantially vertical orientation and contacted, while in a substantially vertical orientation, with super-heated steam, whereby oil is partially removed from the masa pieces. If necessary to attain a preselected final moisture content and to equilibrate moisture throughout the chip bed, the steam-contacted masa pieces are dehydrated to attain a snack chip with a preselected final moisture content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Recot, Inc.
    Inventors: John Edwin Baker, Steven Theodore Chandler, Chris J. Cornwell, Timothy Allen Johnson, Harold Reed McKay, Jr.
  • Coating composition for comestible products
    Patent number: 4913919
    Abstract: The texture, flavor and/or color of comestible products may be modified by applying a high solids, aqueous coating composition to the surfaces thereof, which coating composition comprises from 10% to 40% by weight maltodextrin and from 10% to 40% by weight starch granules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1990
    Assignee: Frito-Lay, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris J. Cornwell, Amy L. Joseph, Stephen L. Rice