Patents by Inventor John P. Heim

John P. Heim 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: 5611420
    Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for prioritized distribution of dough logs from a dough mixing or supply system to a series of production lines. The device includes an input conveyor and an output conveyor, each having an upstream end and a downstream end, a plurality of distribution conveyors placed in succession to one another along a conveying path and capable of transversely carrying dough logs downstream thereon in a first direction. Each of the distribution conveyors has an upstream end and a downstream end and is upwardly inclined in one direction with the downstream end of each of the distribution conveyors overlapping an upstream end of a successive one of the distribution conveyors. Sensor are provided and associated with each of the input conveyor, the distribution conveyors, and the output conveyor, for detecting dough logs transported thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Assignee: J & J Snack Foods Corp.
    Inventors: John P. Heim, John Carmichael