Patents by Inventor James E. Van Loan

James E. Van Loan 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: 4191517
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for imparting a predetermined shape to discrete units of product of dough-like consistency. In a preferred embodiment, said method comprises filling an image containing cavity exhibiting said shape with said dough-like product and thereafter removing said product from said cavity without substantially altering its shape by causing said cavity to assume an image substantially symmetrical to its original image. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the image containing cavity is lined with a resiliently deformable diaphragm, and the cavity is turned inside out by applying fluid pressure to the surface of the diaphragm opposite the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1980
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alan E. Byrd, John S. Amneus, Malcolm B. Lucas, Robert H. Van Coney, James E. Van Loan