Patents by Inventor Pascal Lhoutellier

Pascal Lhoutellier 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).

  • Patent number: 7090881
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method comprising the following steps: chopping up more or less noble meat, in a chopper; at the output of the chopper conveying the minced meat into a meat pump, continuously presented in the form of a tube or a continuous flattened strip; unwinding a film capable of forming a scaling sheath around the continuous tube or strip of minced meat; passing the sheathed minced meat tube or strip in a rolling device for spreading the minced meat into a strip configuration in a thin layer, in a compacting and texturing configuration not revealing the meat parts themselves; continuously unwinding in a dehydrating solution bath; curing the drawn minced meat strip at the output of the bath removing the sheath-forming film; and conveying the thin rolled minced meat strip to a cutting and packaging station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Adiv Development
    Inventors: Jean Sirami, Pascal Lhoutellier
  • Publication number: 20040146631
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method comprising the following steps: chopping up more or less noble meat, in a chopper; at the output of the chopper conveying the minced meat into a meat pump, continuously presented in the form of a tube or a continuous flattened strip; unwinding a film capable of forming a scaling sheath around the continuous tube or strip of minced meat; passing the sheathed minced meat tube or strip in a rolling device for spreading the minced meat into a strip configuration in a thin layer, in a compacting and texturing configuration not revealing the meat parts themselves; continuously unwinding in a dehydrating solution bath; curing the drawn minced meat strip at the output of the bath removing the sheath-forming film; and conveying the thin rolled minced meat strip to a cutting and packaging station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Jean Sirami, Pascal Lhoutellier