Patents by Inventor David A. Cronk

David A. Cronk 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 for the recovery of sugar from sugar fines produced during the sugar-coating of cereal
    Patent number: 5213832
    Abstract: In a process for applying a sugar solution to the surface of a cereal product, drying the sugar-coated cereal, collecting the fines produced therefrom and recycling the collected fines back into the original sugar solution the improvement that the fines can be contacted with water to form a slurry of dissolved sugar and insoluble cereal which is then separated into a liquid sugar fraction and an insoluble cereal fraction by centrifugation in a solid bowl centrifuge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: Kraft General Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce A. Johnson, David A. Cronk