Patents by Inventor Colin Wotherspoon

Colin Wotherspoon 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).

  • Continuous production of gelled chunks of foodstuffs
    Patent number: 4784862
    Abstract: A method of producing chunks of gelled food in a slurry by forming a first slurry having a gelling agent, forming a second slurry containing a gel activator, at least one of the slurries containing comminuted food; bringing the slurries together and gently mixing thereby breaking said food-containing slurry into random and irregularly shaped chunks while the gel activator simultaneously reacts at the interface with the gelling material thereby forming a gel skin which encapsulates the chunks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1988
    Assignee: Spillers Limited
    Inventor: Colin Wotherspoon