Patents by Inventor Kent L. Rogers

Kent L. Rogers 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).

  • Method and apparatus for cooling filled pouches
    Patent number: 5832697
    Abstract: A method comprises transferring a plurality of pouches, the pouches containing a product having a temperature of between 100.degree. F. and 212.degree. F., to a tumbler chiller having refrigerated water as the cooling medium; tumbling and cooling the pouches until the temperature of the product drops to between 50.degree. F. and 70.degree. F.; transferring the cooled pouches to a cooling bath using a liquid cooling medium having a temperature lower than 32.degree. F.; and moving the pouches through the liquid cooling medium until the product temperature drops to between 30.degree. F. and 50.degree. F. An apparatus comprises a means for transferring a plurality of pouches, the pouches containing a product having a temperature of between 100.degree. F. and 212.degree. F., to a means for tumbling and cooling; a means for tumbling and cooling the pouches until the temperature of the product drops to between 50.degree. F. and 70.degree. F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventor: Kent L. Rogers