Patents by Inventor Glenn A. Shelton

Glenn A. Shelton 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).

  • Systems and methods for processing comestibles
    Patent number: 8662313
    Abstract: In some implementations, a cooler reduces the temperature of pressed dough balls after the pressed dough balls have been baked in an oven. The cooler may include multiple cooling conveyors arranged in a vertical stack with adjacent conveyors transferring the pressed dough balls in opposite directions. The cooler may include a safety release turnaround between each of the adjacent cooling conveyors to move the pressed dough balls between the adjacent conveyors in the cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Lawrence Equipment Inc.
    Inventors: Pedro Armando Arevalo, Glenn A Shelton
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING COMESTIBLES
    Publication number: 20130019758
    Abstract: In some implementations, a cooler reduces the temperature of pressed dough balls after the pressed dough balls have been baked in an oven. The cooler may include multiple cooling conveyors arranged in a vertical stack with adjacent conveyors transferring the pressed dough balls in opposite directions. The cooler may include a safety release turnaround between each of the adjacent cooling conveyors to move the pressed dough balls between the adjacent conveyors in the cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Lawrence Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: PEDRO ARMANDO AREVALO, GLENN A. SHELTON
  • Conveyor belt for dough ball pressing apparatus
    Patent number: 5231919
    Abstract: An improvement in a dough ball pressing apparatus in which the continuous conveyor belt is provided with metal strips at predetermined spaced locations along each edge of the conveyor belt and a pair of proximity switches are positioned on the apparatus adjacent the edges of the conveyor belt for detecting the metal strips. The proximity switches cause the belt driving mechanism to stop upon detecting a metal strip for precisely locating the belt and controlling the distance of travel in each cycle. The conveyor belt is provided as a flat length with ends that are realeasably connected by a pin for allowing easy installation of the belt without disassembling the belt drive mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: Lawrence Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric C. Lawrence, Glenn A. Shelton