Patents by Inventor Richard C. Flindall

Richard C. Flindall 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 for forming an open textured product
    Patent number: 5149555
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for forming an open textured food product, comprising an extruder and an extruder die. The extruder is provided to receive an extrudable food material, to advance that material longitudinally forward while heating and pressurizing the food material, and to force the heated and pressurized food material outward through an extruder outlet. The extruder die is connected to the extruder immediately forward of the extruder outlet, and the die forms an inlet to receive the pressurized food material from the extruder outlet, an expansion chamber to receive the pressurized food material from the extruder die inlet wherein the food material expands to a predetermined width, and an outlet to discharge the expanded food material from the extruder die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: Kraft General Foods Canada Inc.
    Inventor: Richard C. Flindall