Patents by Inventor Mark A. Persson

Mark A. Persson 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).

  • Food processing transport system
    Patent number: 5398598
    Abstract: A food product processing transport system (300) includes an overhead transport rail (302) having first and second runs (356 and 358, 390 and 392), a food product carrier (310) suspended from the rail and defining a vertical plane, a drive mechanism (326) for advancing the carrier along the rail, and a turning arrangement (354, 394) between the first and second runs and changing the relative orientation between the vertical plane defined by the carrier and the direction of advancement of the carrier. The carrier includes a slider block (312) slidable along the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: DEC International, Inc.
    Inventors: Claude L. McFarlane, David E. Lukens, Dennis F. Conohan, Steve O. Schultz, Wendell J. Holl, Mark A. Persson