Patents by Inventor Dirk Jacob van Dijk

Dirk Jacob van Dijk 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).

  • Publication number: 20220184839
    Abstract: A food product cutting system can include a food product carrier for carrying food product circumferentially around an axis of rotation, where the food product carrier includes food cutters each having a knife and a corresponding pusher. Each knife is for receiving and engaging with food product, and each pusher is slidably coupled with a knife and movable for pushing food product out of engagement with the food cutter. The food product cutting system can also include a track oriented generally circularly with respect to the food product carrier. The track can be arranged at varying radial distances from the axis of rotation and coupled with followers. Each follower can be connected to a corresponding pusher. In operation, food product moved into the knife of a food cutter and carried around the axis of rotation is incrementally pushed out of engagement with the food cutter by the corresponding pusher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: GRAYDEN HOWARD, SAMUEL MONK, TAYLER WONDERS, MARK ALAN FOW, DIRK JACOB VAN DIJK
  • Patent number: 11207793
    Abstract: A food product cutting system can include a food product carrier for carrying food product circumferentially around an axis of rotation, where the food product carrier includes food cutters each having a knife and a corresponding pusher. Each knife is for receiving and engaging with food product, and each pusher is slidably coupled with a knife and movable for pushing food product out of engagement with the food cutter. The food product cutting system can also include a track oriented generally circularly with respect to the food product carrier. The track can be arranged at varying radial distances from the axis of rotation and coupled with followers. Each follower can be connected to a corresponding pusher. In operation, food product moved into the knife of a food cutter and carried around the axis of rotation is incrementally pushed out of engagement with the food cutter by the corresponding pusher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: Lamb Weston, Inc., Lamb-Weston/Meijer V.O.F.
    Inventors: Grayden Howard, Samuel Monk, Tayler Wonders, Mark Alan Fow, Dirk Jacob Van Dijk
  • Publication number: 20200391400
    Abstract: A food product cutting system can include a food product carrier for carrying food product circumferentially around an axis of rotation, where the food product carrier includes food cutters each having a knife and a corresponding pusher. Each knife is for receiving and engaging with food product, and each pusher is slidably coupled with a knife and movable for pushing food product out of engagement with the food cutter. The food product cutting system can also include a track oriented generally circularly with respect to the food product carrier. The track can be arranged at varying radial distances from the axis of rotation and coupled with followers. Each follower can be connected to a corresponding pusher. In operation, food product moved into the knife of a food cutter and carried around the axis of rotation is incrementally pushed out of engagement with the food cutter by the corresponding pusher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: GRAYDEN HOWARD, SAMUEL MONK, TAYLER WONDERS, MARK ALAN FOW, DIRK JACOB VAN DIJK
  • Patent number: D901128
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Lamb-Weston/Meijer V.O.F.
    Inventor: Dirk Jacob van Dijk
  • Patent number: D901130
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Lamb-Weson/Meijer V.O.F.
    Inventor: Dirk Jacob van Dijk
  • Patent number: D901829
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Lamb-Weston/Meijer V.O.F.
    Inventor: Dirk Jacob van Dijk
  • Patent number: D912926
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Lamb-Weston/Meijer V.O.F.
    Inventor: Dirk Jacob van Dijk
  • Patent number: D926422
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Lamb-Weston/Meijer V.O.F.
    Inventors: Dirk Jacob Van Dijk, Herbert Rijneveld
  • Patent number: D934532
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventor: Dirk Jacob van Dijk
  • Patent number: D970148
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: Lamb Weston, Inc., Lamb-Weston/Meijer V.O.F.
    Inventors: Samuel Monk, Dirk Jacob van Dijk
  • Patent number: D1022384
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Lamb-Weston/Meijer V.O.F.
    Inventor: Dirk Jacob Van Dijk
  • Patent number: D1022385
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Lamb-Weston/Meijer V.O.F.
    Inventor: Dirk Jacob Van Dijk
  • Patent number: D1022386
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Lamb-Weston/Meijer V.O.F.
    Inventor: Dirk Jacob Van Dijk
  • Patent number: D1022387
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Lamb-Weston/Meijer V.O.F.
    Inventor: Dirk Jacob Van Dijk
  • Patent number: D1022388
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Lamb-Weston/Meijer V.O.F.
    Inventor: Dirk Jacob Van Dijk
  • Patent number: D1022389
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Lamb-Weston/Meijer V.O.F.
    Inventor: Dirk Jacob Van Dijk
  • Patent number: D1023502
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Lamb-Weston/Meijer V.O.F.
    Inventor: Dirk Jacob Van Dijk
  • Patent number: D1023503
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Lamb-Weston/Meijer V.O.F.
    Inventor: Dirk Jacob Van Dijk
  • Patent number: D1023507
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Lamb-Weston/Meijer V.O.F.
    Inventor: Dirk Jacob Van Dijk