Patents by Inventor George C. Haettinger

George C. Haettinger 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).

  • Large encased meat product with flat ends method and apparatus
    Patent number: 5431598
    Abstract: A joining system for flat end discs is used in an elongated encased food product. The food casing is joined to the flat end discs permitting food stuffing of the casing. An adhesive joining, a clamping joining, a tension band joining or a piercing joining takes place in an area external to and within the peripheral boundaries of the flat end discs. The axial outward force of the food product on the discs is thus coupled to the axial tension of the casing joined to the discs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Assignee: Beckman Development Company
    Inventors: John H. Beckman, George C. Haettinger, Leonard I. Tafel, Stuart P. Gavin, Joseph R. Guziec
  • Large encased meat product with flat ends
    Patent number: 5277648
    Abstract: A joining system for flat end discs is used in an elongated encased food product. The food casing is joined to the flat end discs permitting food stuffing of the casing. An adhesive joining, a clamping joining, a tension band joining or a piercing joining takes place in an area external to and within the peripheral boundaries of the flat end discs. The axial outward force of the food product on the discs is thus coupled to the axial tension of the casing joined to the discs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Assignee: John H. Beckman
    Inventors: John H. Beckman, George C. Haettinger, Leonard I. Tafel, Stuart P. Gavin
  • Shirred casing article
    Patent number: 4550471
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for stuffing food product into shirred casing having an important application in the stuffing of large muscle groups such as whole boned hams. A demountable stuffing horn carries its own supply of shirred casing compressed in place at a high packing efficiency. Means are provided for readily and efficiently dismounting a horn from the stuffing machine when its casing supply is expended and mounting a replacement with a new supply in its place. Internal holdback means on the horn, manipulated through the casing by an external control device on the machine, provide a wide range of casing holdback force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1985
    Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Beckman, George C. Haettinger, Vytautas Kupcikevicius
  • Stuffing method and apparatus
    Patent number: 4467499
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for stuffing food product into shirred casing having an important application in the stuffing of large muscle groups such as whole boned hams. A demountable stuffing horn carries its own supply of shirred casing compressed in place at a high packing efficiency. Means are provided for readily and efficiently dismounting a horn from the stuffing machine when its casing supply is expended and mounting a replacement with a new supply in its place. Internal holdback means on the horn, manipulated through the casing by an external control device on the machine, provide a wide range of casing holdback force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1984
    Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Beckman, George C. Haettinger, Vytautas Kupcikevicius