Patents by Inventor Loren L. Davis

Loren L. Davis 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).

  • Patent number: 5713233
    Abstract: The present invention is a vane adjustment machine for adjusting contoured vanes on a vane ring. The vane adjustment machine has a support structure with a bench top and a free-floating suspension. The bench top supporting a programmable rotary table which is electrically actuated to rotate a removably mounted vane assembly to bring each contoured vane into a position to be dimensionally measured, heated, and bent. The vane adjustment machine has a trace probe mounted adjacent to the rotary table for engaging each contoured vane and measuring its relative position radially and axially. A torch is mounted adjacent the rotary table to heat each contoured vane individually. A non-contact infrared sensor is on the bench top adjacent to the torch for measuring the temperature of a heated contoured vane. A bending head is suspended by the free-floating suspension over the vane ring to individually engage the trailing edge of each individual contoured vane and bend the-trailing edge to adjust the contoured vane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Sifco Custom Machining Company
    Inventors: James F. McCarthy, Loren L. Davis
  • Patent number: 4597971
    Abstract: A soft bodied cream cheese product which is readily spreadable at refrigeration temperatures is prepared by blending a cultured cream cheese dressing mix having substantially unhomogenized milkfat with a firm bodied cream cheese curd having homogenized milkfat. The cream cheese product contains by weight a milkfat content of at least about 33 percent and a moisture content not exceeding about 55 percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1986
    Assignee: Kraft, Inc.
    Inventor: Loren L. Davis
  • Patent number: 4324804
    Abstract: A soft bodied cream cheese which is readily spreadable at refrigeration temperatures is prepared by blending a cultured cream cheese dressing mix having substantially unhomogenized milkfat with a firm bodied cream cheese curd having homogenized milkfat and packaging the blend at an elevated temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1982
    Assignee: Kraft, Inc.
    Inventor: Loren L. Davis