Patents by Inventor Pradeep G. Kanade

Pradeep G. Kanade 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).

  • Multi-orifice coextrusion apparatus
    Patent number: 4954061
    Abstract: The present invention presents a dual-textured pet food as well as a multi-orifice coextrusion apparatus and method for the use of the multi-orifice coextrusion apparatus for preparing the dual-textured pet food of the invention. The multi-orifice coextrusion apparatus of the present invention feeds a first extruded material through a plurality of inner openings, and a second extruded material through a plurality of outer, annular openings, the inner openings and the annular openings converging to enable formation of a center-filled extrudate at a plurality of extrusion orifices. The present invention also presents a means of configuring the orifices to maintain substantially uniform distribution and volumetric flow of the second extruded material about the first extruded material across the cross section of the orifices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1990
    Assignee: The Quaker Oats Company
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Repholz, Pradeep G. Kanade
  • Multi-orifice coextrusion method
    Patent number: 4900572
    Abstract: The present invention presents a dual-textured pet food as well as a multi-orifice coextrusion apparatus and method for the use of the multi-orifice coextrusion apparatus for preparing the dual-textured pet food of the invention. The multi-orifice coextrusion apparatus of the present invention feeds a first extruded material through a plurality of inner openings, and a second extruded material through a plurality of outer, annular openings, the inner openings and the annular openings converging to enable formation of a center-filled extrudate at a plurality of extrusion orifices. The present invention also presents a means of configuring the orifices to maintain substantially uniform distribution and volumetric flow of the second extruded material about the first extruded material across the cross section of the orifices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1990
    Assignee: Quaker Oats Company
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Repholz, Pradeep G. Kanade