Patents by Inventor Dewey R. Hunt

Dewey R. Hunt 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).

  • Corn rings and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 5192574
    Abstract: A process for producing expanded corn snack products. The products are preferably made in a fluted ring shape, and have an expanded, airy texture. The process for producing the products includes successive cutting steps wherein the corn is comminuted to a relatively narrow particle size distribution with most of the corn retained on a #40 or #60 mesh screen. The corn is comminuted by impelling whole cooked corn kernels against a blade and through a screen having a ratio of open area screen material of from about 1:1 to about 3:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1993
    Assignee: Miles J. Willard
    Inventors: Dewey R. Hunt, Veldon M. Hix, Miles J. Willard, Kyle E. Dayley
  • Corn rings and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 5100686
    Abstract: A process for producing expanded corn snack products. The products are preferably made in a fluted ring shape, and have an expanded, airy texture. The process for producing the products includes successive cutting steps wherein the corn is comminuted to a relatively narrow particle size distribution with most of the corn retained on a #40 or #60 mesh screen. The corn is comminuted by impelling whole cooked corn kernels against a blade and through a screen having a ratio of open area:screen material of from about 1:1 to about 3:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1992
    Assignee: Miles J. Willard
    Inventors: Dewey R. Hunt, Veldon M. Hix, Miles J. Willard, Kyle E. Dayley
  • Process for producing rippled snack chips and product thereof
    Patent number: 4973481
    Abstract: Corrugated snack food pieces are fabricated from a dough directed through a pair of mated corrugated sheeting rolls. The dough is impressed with the corrugated pattern of the sheeting rolls and subsequently cut into individual snack food pieces. The dough is fed directly into the sheeting rolls so that no prior memory is imparted to the dough sheet prior to receiving its corrugated shape. The corrugated sheeting rolls may be scored transverse to the corrugations to provide transverse webs of dough between adjacent corrugations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1990
    Assignee: Miles J. Willard
    Inventors: Kyle E. Dayley, Dewey R. Hunt, Miles J. Willard