Patents by Inventor Gordon J. Barnes

Gordon J. Barnes 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).

  • Process for splitting pistachio nuts
    Patent number: 4183967
    Abstract: A process for splitting the shells of pistachio nuts comprising soaking closed-shell pistachio nuts in an aqueous liquid, subjecting the wet-shelled nuts to mechanical pressure to compress them, releasing the said pressure, and substantially immediately subjecting the nuts having the mechanically compressed shells to an elevated temperature to effect splitting of at least the majority of the shells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1980
    Assignee: Gunson's Sortex Limited
    Inventors: William B. Nelson, Gordon J. Barnes