Patents by Inventor Jose L. Camarena

Jose L. Camarena 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).

  • Food slicing with continuous cleaning of endless band slicing blades
    Patent number: 5235885
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for slicing food products such as loaves of bread and the like where multiple slices are formed at substantially the same time. A blade cleaning assembly is included for removing slicing debris from band slicing blades after having moved through the product being sliced. Multiple blade continuous cleaning by opposed scraper blades through which each band blade passes achieve the desired cleaning function. The apparatus and method are particularly well-suited for removing slicing debris from loaves of bread which are of the so-called no-fat or low-fat variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: Kraft General Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Jose L. Camarena, Robert J. Thomas