Patents by Inventor David E. Beatty

David E. Beatty 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).

  • Divider assembly
    Patent number: 5340298
    Abstract: A divider assembly for removable attachment to a dividing and rounding machine, the assembly including a divider blade formed into a circular geometric pattern, with relatively movable plugs fitted into the openings of the geometric pattern, the blade being affixed to a divider plate having openings and the plugs projecting through the openings. The top ends of the plugs are fitted through a plug plate and have reduced diameter shanks for engagement into keyhole-shaped openings in a lock plate. Two knobs are threadable into the respective plates to hold the entire assembly together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: Dutchess Bakers' Machinery Co., Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Beatty, Jeffery A. Nyquist, Kenneth Ropp
  • Divider head assembly
    Patent number: 4984978
    Abstract: A divider head assembly for attachment to a dividing and rounding machine, the divider head assembly incorporating a cover plate and attached plug plate, both of which have a central aperture therethrough. A cutter blade holder has a neck which slidably projects through the apertures, and a cutter blade holder is attachable to a cutter blade subassembly by means of fasteners. Access holes through the cover plate and plug plate permit access to the fasteners which attach the cutter blade holder to the cutter blade subassembly. The cutter blade subassembly is formed of a geometric arrangement of blades, the blades being welded together to form a unitary geometric arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1991
    Assignee: Dutchess Bakers' Machinery Co. Inc.
    Inventor: David E. Beatty
  • Dividing and rounding machine
    Patent number: 4950147
    Abstract: A dough-dividing and rounding machine for dividing and rounding dough wherein the machine includes a removable ring and dividing assembly for the convenient cleaning of the machine and to allow for the interchangeability of the dividing assembly with other dividing assemblies for the production of dough or similar materials having different weights, quantities or shapes. The present invention being particularly adapted for use in dividing and/or dividing and rounding machines wherein a predetermined quantity of pieces of equal-sized dough or the like are produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Assignee: Dutchess Bakers' Machinery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark L. Willard, David E. Beatty, Jeffery A. Nyguist
  • Dividing and rounding machine
    Patent number: 4898528
    Abstract: A dough dividing and rounding machine for dividing and rounding dough wherein the machine includes a removable ring and dividing assembly for the convenient cleaning of the machine and to allow for the interchangeability of the dividing assembly with a second dividing assembly for the production of dough having different sizes, quantities or shapes. The present invention being particularly adapted for use in dividing and/or dividing and rounding machines wherein a predetermined quantity of pieces of equal sized dough are produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1990
    Assignee: Dutchess Bakers' Machinery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark L. Willard, David E. Beatty, Jeffery A. Nyquist