Patents by Inventor Oliver Herbert

Oliver Herbert 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).

  • Apparatus for, and method of, conveying food slices
    Patent number: 9889993
    Abstract: An apparatus for conveying food slices, the apparatus comprising a conveyor element having an upper conveying surface, the conveying surface being downwardly inclined from an input end thereof towards an output end thereof, a vibratory actuator coupled to the conveyor element and adapted to cause vibratory motion of the conveying surface, the vibratory motion being at least partly in a direction along the conveying surface, and a liquid supply for supplying liquid onto the conveying surface to form a liquid film over at least part of the conveying surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: FRITO-LAY TRADING COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Bob Abbas, Richard Bailey, Lindsay Dobson, Oliver Herbert, Peter David Herring, Maria Alejandra Torres
  • Method of Making Snack Foods
    Publication number: 20160331009
    Abstract: Making snack foods by cooking a plurality of snack food slices disposed in a first layer having a first thickness to an average moisture content of from 10 to 20 wt. %, based on the total weight of the snack food slices. Then, stacking the cooked snack food slices as a packed bed having a second thickness which is greater than the first thickness. Next, microwave-drying the bed to reduce the moisture content to an average of from 6 to 8 wt. %, while maintaining the temperature of the bed lower than a glass transition temperature of starch in the snack food slices. Finish drying the snack food slices in a hot air dryer to reduce the moisture content of the snack food slices to an average of from 1 to 2 wt. %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: John Richard BOWS, Richard Andrew BAILEY, Oliver HERBERT
  • Apparatus for, and Method of, Conveying Food Slices
    Publication number: 20160244264
    Abstract: An apparatus for conveying food slices, the apparatus comprising a conveyor element having an upper conveying surface, the conveying surface being downwardly inclined from an input end thereof towards an output end thereof, a vibratory actuator coupled to the conveyor element and adapted to cause vibratory motion of the conveying surface, the vibratory motion being at least partly in a direction along the conveying surface, and a liquid supply for supplying liquid onto the conveying surface to form a liquid film over at least part of the conveying surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Bob ABBAS, Richard BAILEY, Lindsay DOBSON, Oliver HERBERT, Peter David HERRING, Maria Alejandra TORRES
  • Low Surface Oil Potato Chip and Manufacture Thereof
    Publication number: 20150189903
    Abstract: A potato chip comprising a cooked potato slice and from 5 to 20 wt % oil based on the weight of the potato chip, wherein the oil comprises a first oil portion within the cooked potato slice and a second oil portion on the surface of the cooked potato slice, the second oil portion comprising no more than 0.2 wt % of the weight of the potato chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Alfred James Spurr, Naomi Jane Clark, David John Roberts, Oliver Herbert, Richard Andrew Bailey, Brian Richard Newberry, Barbara Louise Warburg, Lindsay Anne Dobson, Paul Fredrick Tomlinson, Glynn R. Bartlett