Patents by Inventor Heriberto Banda

Heriberto Banda 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).

  • Slicing machine with plug prevention device
    Patent number: 6928915
    Abstract: A plug prevention device is provided in a slicing machine having a rotary impeller for carrying products such as potatoes or the like into engagement with cutting knives to form lattice cut slices, wherein the plug prevention device prevents the products from lodging within an upwardly open inlet throat of the impeller. The plug prevention device comprises an elongated stationary rod having one end projecting into the impeller throat at a position substantially off-axis relative to an axis of impeller rotation. Products entering the impeller and tending to lodge by centrifugal action against an internal wall of the impeller throat will strike the rod, causing such products to separate from wall of the impeller throat and fall further into the impeller for slice processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: J. R. Simplot Company
    Inventors: Richard B. Jensen, David B. Walker, Allen J. Neel, Heriberto Banda
  • Slicing machine with plug prevention device
    Publication number: 20040079213
    Abstract: A plug prevention device is provided in a slicing machine having a rotary impeller for carrying products such as potatoes or the like into engagement with cutting knives to form lattice cut slices, wherein the plug prevention device prevents the products from lodging within an upwardly open inlet throat of the impeller. The plug prevention device comprises an elongated stationary rod having one end projecting into the impeller throat at a position substantially off-axis relative to an axis of impeller rotation. Products entering the impeller and tending to lodge by centrifugal action against an internal wall of the impeller throat will strike the rod, causing such products to separate from wall of the impeller throat and fall further into the impeller for slice processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Richard B. Jensen, David B. Walker, Allen J. Neel, Heriberto Banda