Patents by Inventor David B. Flavan, Jr.

David B. Flavan, Jr. 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).

  • Meat cooking apparatus and method
    Patent number: 4412610
    Abstract: Cooking apparatus and method for preparing meats to suit individual tastes of different consumers. The meat is subjected to electric current heating to cook the meat and to radiant broiling to char its surface. The cooking current passing through the meat is regulated in response to a comparison of an input corresponding to the desired degree of cooking and an indication of the interior temperature of the meat as it is being cooked. The apparatus and method are particularly suited to handle effectively a variety of individual orders at substantially the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1983
    Assignee: Three Rivers Development Corporation
    Inventors: David B. Flavan, Jr., Merrill M. E. Jenkins, Sr., James S. White, James E. Pate
  • Radiation and electric current cooking of meat
    Patent number: 4353929
    Abstract: Cooking apparatus and method for preparing meats to suit individual tastes of different consumers. The meat is subjected to electric current heating to cook the meat and to radiant broiling to char its surface. The cooking current passing through the meat is regulated in response to a comparison of an input corresponding to the desired degree of cooking and an indication of the interior temperature of the meat as it is being cooked. The apparatus and method are particularly suited to handle effectively a variety of individual orders at substantially the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1982
    Assignee: Three Rivers Development Corporation
    Inventors: David B. Flavan, Jr., Merrill M. E. Jenkins, Sr., James S. White, James E. Pate
  • Meat cooking apparatus
    Patent number: 4244284
    Abstract: Cooking apparatus for preparing meats to suit individual tastes of different consumers. The meat is subjected to electric current heating to cook the meat and to radiant broiling to char its surface. The cooking current passing through the meat is regulated in response to a comparison of an input corresponding to the desired degree of cooking and an indication of the interior temperature of the meat as it is being cooked. The apparatus are particularly suited to handle effectively a variety of individual orders at substantially the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1981
    Assignee: Three Rivers Development Corporation
    Inventors: David B. Flavan, Jr., Merrill M. E. Jenkins, Sr., James S. White, James E. Pate