Patents by Inventor Richard Obarowski

Richard Obarowski 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).

  • Apparatus and method for making bread crumbs
    Patent number: 4833959
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing homogeneous bread crumbs including a conveyor for conveying bread loaves that securely holds the bread loaves while they are sliced by a rotary involute knife slicer into slices of substantially uniform thickness, a dicer that dices the slices into homogeneous bread crumbs and a chute with a deflector and a compressed air source which conveys the bread slices from the rotary involute slicer to the dicer and aligns and spaces the slices for input to the dicer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1989
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Charles J. Vietrogoski, Guy C. Coker, Richard Obarowski
  • Apparatus for securely holding a loaf food product during slicing
    Patent number: 4709608
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for holding a loaf food product in order to allow an automatic slicing system to slice the loaf to preset slice thicknesses. The loaf food product is securely held by a pair of loaf engaging members which are fastened to the inner edges of conveyor guide rails a short distance from the slicing apparatus. The members prevent the butt end of the loaf from being improperly sliced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1987
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Charles J. Vietrogoski, Richard Obarowski, Paul J. McDonough