Patents by Inventor Ralph E. Weldy

Ralph E. Weldy 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).

  • Method of rapid curing and processing bacon derived from pork products
    Patent number: 6669974
    Abstract: Methods of curing and processing pork bellies into fully-cooked bacon have been developed that eliminates both injecting the whole pork belly with pickle solution and smokehouse treatment thereafter. The method of the present invention immerses individual pork slices into a pickle solution sufficient for each slice to absorb 110%-120% of green weight and employs a single heating step that fully-cooks the slices to achieve the necessary weight reduction to meet the regulatory product definition for cooked bacon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: OSI Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph E. Weldy, Brent Afman
  • Method of rapid curing and processing bacon derived from pork products
    Publication number: 20010028911
    Abstract: Methods of curing and processing pork bellies into fully-cooked bacon have been developed that eliminates both injecting the whole pork belly with pickle solution and smokehouse treatment thereafter. The method of the present invention immerses individual pork slices into a pickle solution sufficient for each slice to absorb 110%-120% of green weight and employs a single heating step that fully-cooks the slices to achieve the necessary weight reduction to meet the regulatory product definition for cooked bacon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: Ralph E. Weldy, Brent Afman