Patents by Inventor John Curtis Kortman
John Curtis Kortman 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).
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Patent number: 11833706Abstract: A bread slicer includes an infeed side and a hollow infeed assembly positioned in the infeed side, the infeed assembly having an open end and a closed end defining a chamber for receiving bread to be sliced. The bread slicer further includes a pusher for pushing the bread to be sliced along the infeed assembly, and a linkage connected to the pusher, the linkage adapted to move the infeed assembly from a bread receiving position to a predetermined position of a bread path, the linkage adapted to then move the pusher and the bread to be sliced along the bread path from the predetermined position to a delivery area. The bread slicer further includes slicing blades having sharp edges to slice bread moving along the bread path.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Oliver Packaging and Equipment CompanyInventors: Vance John Matz, Yvonne M. Johnson, John Curtis Kortman, Lorie Ann Morse
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Publication number: 20230271342Abstract: A cartridge adapted to secure reciprocating bread slicer blades including a rectangular frame having a planar surface, the frame having a plurality of pairs of opposed holders, each pair of the opposed holders adapted to releasably secure opposed ends of a corresponding bread slicer blade. The frame is adapted to secure a plurality of aligned bread slicer blades defining a plane offset from the frame planar surface. The frame is adapted to selectively maintain each of the plurality of aligned bread slicer blades in tension.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: James A. BIROS, Conor Alan FREDRICKS, Vance John MATZ, Bruce Alan FREDRICKS, Yvonne M. JOHNSON, David Blugerman MILLER, John Curtis KORTMAN
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Patent number: 11685072Abstract: A cartridge adapted to secure reciprocating bread slicer blades including a rectangular frame having a planar surface, the frame having a plurality of pairs of opposed holders, each pair of the opposed holders adapted to releasably secure opposed ends of a corresponding bread slicer blade. The frame is adapted to secure a plurality of aligned bread slicer blades defining a plane offset from the frame planar surface. The frame is adapted to selectively maintain each of the plurality of aligned bread slicer blades in tension.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: OLIVER PACKAGING AND EQUIPMENT COMPANYInventors: James A. Biros, Conor Alan Fredricks, Vance John Matz, Bruce Alan Fredricks, Yvonne M. Johnson, David Blugerman Miller, John Curtis Kortman
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Publication number: 20230056342Abstract: A bread slicer includes an infeed side and a hollow infeed assembly positioned in the infeed side, the infeed assembly having an open end and a closed end defining a chamber for receiving bread to be sliced. The bread slicer further includes a pusher for pushing the bread to be sliced along the infeed assembly, and a linkage connected to the pusher, the linkage adapted to move the infeed assembly from a bread receiving position to a predetermined position of a bread path, the linkage adapted to then move the pusher and the bread to be sliced along the bread path from the predetermined position to a delivery area. The bread slicer further includes slicing blades having sharp edges to slice bread moving along the bread path.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Vance John MATZ, Yvonne M. Johnson, John Curtis Kortman, Lorie Ann Morse
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Patent number: 11541566Abstract: A bread slicer includes an infeed side and a hollow infeed assembly positioned in the infeed side, the infeed assembly having an open end and a closed end defining a chamber for receiving bread to be sliced. The bread slicer further includes a pusher for pushing the bread to be sliced along the infeed assembly, and a linkage connected to the pusher, the linkage adapted to move the infeed assembly from a bread receiving position to a predetermined position of a bread path, the linkage adapted to then move the pusher and the bread to be sliced along the bread path from the predetermined position to a delivery area. The bread slicer further includes slicing blades having sharp edges to slice bread moving along the bread path.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Oliver Packaging and Equipment CompanyInventors: Vance John Matz, Yvonne M. Johnson, John Curtis Kortman, Lorie Ann Morse
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Publication number: 20220395998Abstract: A bread slicer includes an infeed side and a hollow infeed assembly positioned in the infeed side, the infeed assembly having an open end and a closed end defining a chamber for receiving bread to be sliced. The bread slicer further includes a pusher for pushing the bread to be sliced along the infeed assembly, and a linkage connected to the pusher, the linkage adapted to move the infeed assembly from a bread receiving position to a predetermined position of a bread path, the linkage adapted to then move the pusher and the bread to be sliced along the bread path from the predetermined position to a delivery area. The bread slicer further includes slicing blades having sharp edges to slice bread moving along the bread path.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2021Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventors: Vance John MATZ, Yvonne M. JOHNSON, John Curtis KORTMAN, Lorie Ann MORSE
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Publication number: 20220388192Abstract: A cartridge adapted to secure reciprocating bread slicer blades including a rectangular frame having a planar surface, the frame having a plurality of pairs of opposed holders, each pair of the opposed holders adapted to releasably secure opposed ends of a corresponding bread slicer blade. The frame is adapted to secure a plurality of aligned bread slicer blades defining a plane offset from the frame planar surface. The frame is adapted to selectively maintain each of the plurality of aligned bread slicer blades in tension.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2021Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: James A. BIROS, Conor Alan FREDRICKS, Vance John MATZ, Bruce Alan FREDRICKS, Yvonne M. JOHNSON, David Blugerman MILLER, John Curtis KORTMAN
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Patent number: 11504874Abstract: A bread slicer includes an infeed side and a hollow infeed assembly positioned in the infeed side, the infeed assembly having an open end and a closed end defining a chamber for receiving bread to be sliced. The bread slicer further includes a pusher for pushing the bread to be sliced along the infeed assembly, and a linkage connected to the pusher, the linkage adapted to move the infeed assembly from a bread receiving position to a predetermined position of a bread path, the linkage adapted to then move the pusher and the bread to be sliced along the bread path from the predetermined position to a delivery area. The bread slicer further includes slicing blades having sharp edges to slice bread moving along the bread path.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Oliver Packaging and Equipment CompanyInventors: Vance John Matz, Yvonne M. Johnson, John Curtis Kortman, Lorie Ann Morse
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Publication number: 20150202831Abstract: A packaging machine for a food product includes a folding arrangement that reconfigures a first sheet of packaging material from a planar configuration to a non-planar configuration, a supply arrangement supplying a second sheet of packaging material in a planar configuration, a first heat sealing arrangement that heat seals side edges of the first sheet to side edges of the second sheet, a cutting arrangement that cuts the first and second sheets into preselected lengths, thereby providing the sheets with first and second ends, and a second heat sealing arrangement that heats corresponding ends of the sheets with one another, such that the second sheet of material is in the substantially planar configuration when heat sealed to the first sheet of packaging material by the second heat sealing arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2015Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventor: John Curtis Kortman
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Publication number: 20100059407Abstract: An apparatus comprising a sterile package having an inside and an outside, with the sterile package being sized and configured to maintain an electronic sterile device within the inside. The sterile package includes at least two conductive paths from the inside to the outside of the sterile package.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: John Curtis Kortman, Marvin Louis Snedeker