Patents by Inventor Harry F. Bernholdt

Harry F. Bernholdt 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).

  • Meat packaging of foam and oxygen impervious material
    Patent number: 4234647
    Abstract: A layer of foamed material and an oxygen impervious surface covering are interposed between areas of a meat portion and a wrapper film where puncture is likely to occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1980
    Assignee: Swift & Company
    Inventors: Robert E. Murphy, Harry F. Bernholdt
  • Handling pork loins
    Patent number: 4194267
    Abstract: Hog loins or other meat items are trimmed to a base weight by severing from one relatively uniform end of each loin a single portion having a length determined by the amount of actual weight of said loin which exceeds the base weight multiplied by a factor representing a lineal relationship between increments of weight and length taken from corresponding uniform ends of other loins which also exceeded the base weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1980
    Assignee: Swift & Company
    Inventors: Walter W. Johnson, Harry F. Bernholdt, Robert E. Murphy, John G. Killebrew
  • Meat packaging
    Patent number: 4136203
    Abstract: A layer of foamed material and an oxygen impervious surface covering are interposed between areas of a meat portion and a wrapper film where puncture is likely to occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1979
    Assignee: Swift & Company
    Inventors: Robert E. Murphy, Harry F. Bernholdt
  • Canned meat products of improved tenderness
    Patent number: 4066790
    Abstract: Canned meat items that are subjected to pasturizing temperature treatment are first treated with an enzyme, such as bromelin, which will tenderize the meat and then be inactivated by the pasturizing temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1978
    Assignee: Swift & Company
    Inventors: Francis G. Connick, Harry F. Bernholdt