Patents by Inventor Ralph Eugene Chester, Jr.

Ralph Eugene Chester, Jr. 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: 8813621
    Abstract: An apparatus for cutting food products. The apparatus includes a cutting device and housing thereabove that defines a passage with an opening in proximity to the cutting device for delivering the food product to the cutting device. The apparatus is preferably adapted to cut food products in a substantially horizontal plane, and as such the cutting device is preferably oriented to make a substantially horizontal cut through a food product. A lower portion of the housing has a lower extremity that defines the opening of the passage. The apparatus is equipped with various features that improve the operation of the apparatus and the consistency of the sliced product, particularly if the delivered food product varies in shape and size and may contain embedded stones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Urschel Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Lee Bucks, Daniel Wade King, Ralph Eugene Chester, Jr.