Patents by Inventor Leslie D. Leech

Leslie D. Leech 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 means for extending the shelf life of food products
    Patent number: 9226523
    Abstract: A method and means is provided for extending the shelf life of a food product by successively subjecting the food product to UV germicidal irradiation and an ozone/water or ozone/air treatment. The UV unit and the ozone unit may be reversed so that the food product is first treated with the ozone and then subjected to the UV germicidal irradiation treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: FREMONT BEEF COMPANY
    Inventors: Leslie D. Leech, Shawn M. Palandri
  • Method and means for extending the shelf life of food products
    Patent number: 9210949
    Abstract: A method and means is provided for extending the shelf life of a food product by successively subjecting the food product to UV germicidal irradiation and an ozone/water or ozone/air treatment. The UV unit and the ozone unit may be reversed so that the food product is first treated with the ozone and then subjected to the UV germicidal irradiation treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Inventors: Leslie D. Leech, Shawn M. Palandri
  • METHOD AND MEANS FOR EXTENDING THE SHELF LIFE OF FOOD PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20150024096
    Abstract: A method and means is provided for extending the shelf life of a food product by successively subjecting the food product to UV germicidal irradiation and an ozone/water or ozone/air treatment. The UV unit and the ozone unit may be reversed so that the food product is first treated with the ozone and then subjected to the UV germicidal irradiation treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Leslie D. LEECH, Shawn M. PALANDRI
  • METHOD AND MEANS FOR EXTENDING THE SHELF LIFE OF FOOD PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20150020698
    Abstract: A method and means is provided for extending the shelf life of a food product by successively subjecting the food product to UV germicidal irradiation and an ozone/water or ozone/air treatment. The UV unit and the ozone unit may be reversed so that the food product is first treated with the ozone and then subjected to the UV germicidal irradiation treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: LESLIE D. LEECH, Shawn M. Palandri
  • Tongue squeezer
    Patent number: 6042467
    Abstract: A tongue squeezer includes a cylindrical roller operably mounted on one end of a pivot arm to pivot the roller between a "working" position spaced vertically above a second roller, and an "open" position spaced upwardly away from the second roller. A weight is attached to the pivot arm to bias the first roller downwardly towards the second roller to thereby squeeze a meat product directed between the first and second rollers. A second pair of rollers is operably mounted downstream of the first pair of rollers, with a third roller mounted below a fourth roller. The fourth roller is mounted on a second pivot arm with a weight attached thereto, to apply a biasing force to squeeze the meat product as it is directed between the second pair of rollers, from the first pair of rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Fremont Beef Co.
    Inventors: Leslie D. Leech, Keizo Ogawa, Ken Johnson