Patents by Inventor Jon Hocker

Jon Hocker 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).

  • Publication number: 20120031250
    Abstract: Slicing guide for slicing food products using a cutting device consisting of a base unit for receiving a food product to be sliced, the base unit consisting of a bottom pan and spaced-apart side walls extending along the pan, the side walls having upper edge portions. The slicing guide also including a top having one end attached to the base unit to be rotatable between an open position rotated away from the base unit and an in-use position wherein the top is pressable against the food product to be sliced. The lower surface of the top cooperating with the upper edges of the side walls to define a guide slot for receiving and guiding the cutting device positioned transversely to the base unit to slice the food product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Incise Designs Corporation
    Inventor: Jon Hocker
  • Patent number: 7251537
    Abstract: Processing a work piece by first scanning the work piece. The work piece is modeled to determine its outer perimeter and/or how the work piece could be divided into portions of specific areas and perimeters based on desired portion sizes of desired areas and perimeters. The modeled work piece and/or the modeled portions are compared with the one or more desired perimeter configurations. The deviation of the modeled outer perimeter size of the work piece and/or portions from the desired perimeter configuration(s) is calculated. Based on such calculations, one or more steps in processing the work piece and/or portions therefrom is carried out. Such one or more steps may include modeling the work piece again, using different modeling criteria or options, if the calculated deviation is outside an acceptable range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: George Blaine, Jon Hocker, David Faires
  • Patent number: 6019033
    Abstract: An apparatus for destroying pathogens on food, including a steam chamber having an entrance opening and an exit opening. An entrance door structure nominally closes the entrance opening in the steam chamber and an exit door structure nominally closes the exit opening of the steam chamber. Each of the entrance and exit door structures are composed of a plurality of closely vertically adjacent segments that are mounted to the entrance and exit openings to open and close independently of each other. Flanges extend horizontally from the upper and lower edges of the door segments to maintain a relatively close seal with the adjacent door segment even though the door segments are opened or closed a relatively differing amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Frigoscandia, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Wilson, Jerome D. Leising, John Strong, Jon Hocker, Jerry O'Connor
  • Patent number: 5976005
    Abstract: An apparatus for destroying pathogens on meat includes a dewatering station, a steam heating chamber, and a cooling chamber. The meat is treated as it is moved along by a conveyor. The dewatering chamber includes an air blower with nozzles for blowing air at the surface of the meat to remove surface water from the meat. The steam heating chamber is disposed adjacent the dewatering chamber and includes a steam heating chamber enclosure that is sealed for maintaining a positive pressure in the steam heating chamber relative to the dewatering chamber. In one embodiment the steam chamber moves along with the meat on the conveyor. The cooling chamber is disposed adjacent the steam chamber opposite from the dewatering station. The cooling chamber has nozzles for spraying chilled water onto the surface of the meat for rapidly cooling the meat after it is passed through the steam heating chamber. The meat conveyor extends through the dewatering chamber, the steam chamber, and the chilled water chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Frigoscandia Equipment Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Wilson, John Strong, Jon Hocker, Jerry O'Connor, Jerome D. Leising
  • Patent number: 5711981
    Abstract: An apparatus for destroying pathogens on meat includes a dewatering station, a steam heating chamber, and a cooling chamber. The meat is treated as it is moved along by a conveyor. The dewatering chamber includes an air blower with nozzles for blowing air at the surface of the meat to remove surface water from the meat. The steam heating chamber is disposed adjacent the dewatering chamber and includes a steam heating chamber enclosure that is sealed for maintaining a positive pressure in the steam heating chamber relative to the dewatering chamber. In one embodiment the steam chamber moves along with the meat on the conveyor. The cooling chamber is disposed adjacent the steam chamber opposite from the dewatering station. The cooling chamber has nozzles for spraying chilled water onto the surface of the meat for rapidly cooling the meat after it is passed through the steam heating chamber. The meat conveyor extends through the dewatering chamber, the steam chamber, and the chilled water chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Assignee: Frigoscandia Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Wilson, Jerome D. Leising, John Strong, Jon Hocker, Jerry O'Connor