Patents by Inventor Mike Jacko

Mike Jacko 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: 20070227325
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for cutting food products, in which the products are individually delivered to a cutting device by causing the products to free-fall through a feed passage and then free-fall completely through the cutting means uninterrupted and entirely under the force of gravity. The food products are contacted and positioned as they drop through the feed passage prior to encountering the cutting device so as to produce size-reduced products of uniform size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: URSCHEL LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick Urschel, Mike Jacko, Brent Bucks, Paul Arrasmith
  • Patent number: 7263923
    Abstract: An apparatus and process for cutting food products, in which the products are fed single-file by gravity through a cutting device comprising one or more cutting elements. The apparatus makes use of a device for contacting and positioning the products as they drop through a feed passage prior to encountering the cutting device so as to produce size-reduced products of more uniform size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Urschel Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick C. Urschel, Mike Jacko, Brent Bucks, Paul E. Arrasmith
  • Publication number: 20040118259
    Abstract: An apparatus and process for cutting food products, in which the products are fed single-file by gravity through a cutting device comprising one or more cutting elements. The apparatus makes use of a device for contacting and positioning the products as they drop through a feed passage prior to encountering the cutting device so as to produce size-reduced products of more uniform size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: URSCHEL LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Patrick C. Urschel, Mike Jacko, Brent Bucks, Paul E. Arrasmith