Patents by Inventor Michael Feneley

Michael Feneley 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).

  • Publication number: 20130015227
    Abstract: A rotary sizing apparatus to form granola pieces includes a transfer device to move a granola slab and a diversion portion extending along a transfer axis between a receiving end and an exit end for receiving the slab from the transfer device. A rotary breaking device is disposed adjacent and in spaced relationship to the exit end for receiving the granola slab. The rotary breaking device is rotatable about a rotary breaking axis disposed above the transfer axis, and includes at least one blade for rotatably striking the top side of the moving granola slab to break the granola slab into a plurality of granola pieces. The at least one blade engages the top side of the granola slab during rotation of the blade to establish a breaking angle between zero and forty five degrees relative to the top side of the granola slab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventor: Michael Feneley
  • Patent number: D444290
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Feneley, Yole G. Velo
  • Patent number: D446905
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Feneley