Patents by Inventor Jeffrey E. Fuhrman

Jeffrey E. Fuhrman 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).

  • Potato peeling system
    Patent number: 5843508
    Abstract: A potato peeling system includes a drum-type batch peeler, an unpeeled potato infeed assembly upstream from the batch peeler and a peeled potato discharge assembly downstream from the batch peeler. The batch peeler includes a rotary plate and a vertically adjustable cylindrical liner with a number of vertically spaced bands of different abrasive material. A drive moves the liner up and down to position a selected abrasive band above the plate for peeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Utz Quality Foods, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey E. Fuhrman
  • Potato peeling apparatus
    Patent number: 5752436
    Abstract: A potato peeling apparatus includes a drum-type batch peeler having a rotary plate and three vertically adjustable, cylindrical liners. Each liner has a different abrasive material and a separate drive for moving the liner between a raised and a lowered position. The liners have different diameters to allow positioning of the three liners inside each other in raised or lowered positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: UTZ Quality Foods, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey E. Fuhrman
  • Potato peeling system
    Patent number: 5662034
    Abstract: A potato peeling system includes a drum-type batch peeler, an unpeeled potato infeed assembly upstream from the batch peeler and a peeled potato discharge assembly downstream from the batch peeler. The batch peeler includes a rotary plate and a vertically adjustable cylindrical liner with a number of vertically spaced bands of different abrasive material. A drive moves the liner up and down to position a selected abrasive band above the plate for peeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: UTZ Quality Foods, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey E. Fuhrman