Patents by Inventor Joshua Logan Fender

Joshua Logan Fender 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).

  • Retort agitation system and method
    Patent number: 11533935
    Abstract: A system for agitating products in a retort includes a clamping assembly configured to selectively impose a first clamping force on a first end of at least one product carrier and a second opposing clamping force on a second end of the at least one product carrier, and a reciprocating assembly configured to apply linear forces on the product carriers for reciprocal movement of the product carriers along the retort. A method of processing products in a retort includes arranging products in at least one product carrier for movement along a retort and reciprocating the at least one product carrier along the retort in a non-sinusoidal pattern of movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin Andrew Carlson, Jacob Richardson, Frederick James Wilson, Andrew Carl Prins, Joshua Logan Fender, Michael C. Hoover, Kathryn M. Belmore, Trent L. Miller, Tyler A. Riley
  • RETORT AGITATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20210000144
    Abstract: A system for agitating products in a retort includes a clamping assembly configured to selectively impose a first clamping force on a first end of at least one product carrier and a second opposing clamping force on a second end of the at least one product carrier, and a reciprocating assembly configured to apply linear forces on the product carriers for reciprocal movement of the product carriers along the retort. A method of processing products in a retort includes arranging products in at least one product carrier for movement along a retort and reciprocating the at least one product carrier along the retort in a non-sinusoidal pattern of movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin Andrew Carlson, Jacob Richardson, Fredrick James Wilson, Andrew Carl Prins, Joshua Logan Fender, Michael C. Hoover, Kathryn M. Belmore, Trent L. Miller, Tyler A. Riley
  • CARRIERS FOR PROCESSING POUCHES AND OTHER IRREGULAR CONTAINERS AND OBJECTS
    Publication number: 20170072076
    Abstract: A carrier for processing a container in a thermal processing system includes a carrier body having an exterior configured to roll in the thermal processing system. The container includes a container body extending between first and second container ends. The carrier body has a first end portion configured to receive the first container end and a second end portion opposite the first end portion. A retention system is disposed within the second end portion of the carrier body that is configured to engage the second container end and retain the container within the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: John Bean Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Zhijun Weng, Jeffrey A. Dahl, Frederick James Wilson, Fred S. Guerrero, Terry L. Heyliger, William C. Kreamer, Kevin Andrew Carlson, Jenaro Morris Martinez, Walter Kenneth Mizuno, Stacy Michelle Allen, Joshua Logan Fender, Andrew C. Prins, Jacob Lee Richardson