Patents by Inventor Gray Gurney Welch

Gray Gurney Welch 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: 4114524
    Abstract: A sandwich making machine for automatically making sandwiches having filling material located between the two cookie halves. The machine comprises a dividing mechanism for receiving rows of cookie halves and for automatically directing alternate rows of cookie halves to a top conveyor and a bottom conveyor. The bottom conveyor is positioned below the divider mechanism and the top conveyor is positioned adjacent the divider mechanism. A cookie aligning mechanism comprising a deadplate and a pusher bar is positioned adjacent the bottom conveyor and under the top conveyor to receive cookie halves and feed the cookie halves in aligned rows onto the bottom conveyor. A filling applicator is located above the bottom conveyor and in the path of travel of the bottom conveyor for applying filling to rows of cookie halves carried by the bottom conveyor. The top conveyor transports alternate rows of cookie halves and deposits the cookie halves at a sandwich location downstream from the filling applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1978
    Assignee: Royal Cake Company
    Inventor: Gray Gurney Welch