Patents by Inventor Lawrence T. McCarty

Lawrence T. McCarty 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).

  • Quick-setting dessert gel mix
    Patent number: 5389393
    Abstract: A dry mix for producing a quick-setting gel which has a texture which is as desirable as gelatin gels. The mix contains as components agglomerated potassium or sodium alginate, agglomerated calcium salt, sweetening agents, food acids, buffering agents and preferably anti-oxidant. The sweetening agents can be sugars, intensive sweeteners and/or hydrolyzed starches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Assignee: Kraft General Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark V. Hembling, Lawrence T. McCarty, Julia A. Stephenson, Eva C. Szewczyk, Charles W. Bertalan, Joseph P. DeStephano
  • Method for pregelatinized, spray-dried starch agglomerates
    Patent number: 4871398
    Abstract: A continuous process for producing agglomerated spray-dried, pregelatinized starch wherein two or more spray-cook nozzles are aligned in a drying tower such that their spray patterns intersect. The point of intersection is distant enough from the nozzles to avoid globbing or clumping and close enough to the nozzles so that the surface of the particles are tacky enough to effect adhesion and a build-up of agglomerates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1989
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Jay H. Katcher, John T. Mabon, Jennifer W. Matherly, Lawrence T. McCarty, Robert E. Schara