Patents by Inventor Ernest R. LaSalle

Ernest R. LaSalle 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).

  • Patent number: 4655400
    Abstract: Roasted coffee is ground by passage through grinding and regrinding steps, each step being characterized by having the rolls thereof in each pair thereof moving linearly at the same speed to produce a granulized coffee, the coffee being ground substantially in a single bean dimension and being thereby discretely cracked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1987
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: William W. Erb, Ernest R. LaSalle, James P. Mahlmann