Patents by Inventor Edwin N. Edwards

Edwin N. Edwards 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).

  • Method for manufacture of process cheese
    Patent number: 4112131
    Abstract: A continuous, in-line, method and apparatus for cooking process cheese products. Raw material, comprises a uniform blend of cheese with appropriate additives, for introducing into a pressurized cooking zone. Steam is injected directly into the raw material in a confined region to heat and melt the raw material into a molten mass. The molten cheese mass is delivered from the cooking zone to a mixing zone where the steam is mixed with the cheese and the temperature of the molten cheese mass is equilibrated. The molten cheese is delivered from the mixing zone to a low pressure cooling zone where deaeration and cooling of the molten mass is effected via a sharp reduction in pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1978
    Assignee: Kraft, Inc.
    Inventors: George Bosy, Edwin N. Edwards, Willis M. Hoffbeck, Paul A. Silvio, Leonard A. Warwick