Patents by Inventor Henry F. Studer

Henry F. Studer 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).

  • Method for stemming tomatoes
    Patent number: 4472444
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for de-stemming picked tomatoes. Each tomato is introduced into the upper end of a generally vertically disposed, open-ended, resilient, open-mesh fabric tube, a substantial portion of which approximates but is larger than the diameter of the tomato. The stem penetrates into and through the open mesh at some point, the open areas being somewhat larger than the stem, while the tomato continues to fall, thereby exerting a bending moment on the stem that snaps the stem from the fruit. The tomato, free from its stem, is discharged from a lower end of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1984
    Assignee: The Regents of The University of California
    Inventors: Henry F. Studer, Richard A. Cavaletto, Gene Giacomelli