Patents by Inventor Martin F. Berry

Martin F. Berry 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).

  • Beverage dispenser
    Patent number: 6708741
    Abstract: In embodiments a beverage dispenser includes a beverage cabinet, a mechanically operable, gravity-fed piston valve that can be controllably opened and closed to dispense beverage in a generally downward direction, a valve actuator supported on the cabinet below the valve and coupled to the valve and a beverage flow path to direct beverage from the valve to a receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin F. Berry, Gorm Bressner, Detlef Westphalen, Zebulon S. Robbins, III, David Beittel, Bill Wright
  • Expanded protein product and method of making same
    Patent number: 4031267
    Abstract: An expanded protein product is made by extruding, preferably following heating and working, a mix containing a proteinaceous material, an animal or vegetable fat, a non-proteinaceous and non-farinaceous filler, sulfur and/or a sulfur compound, and water from a high pressure zone to a low pressure zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1977
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Martin F. Berry, Stanley H. Reesman, Marvin L. Smith, Peter Van Middlesworth