Patents by Inventor Robert C. Meyer

Robert C. Meyer 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).

  • Publication number: 20130295243
    Abstract: A method of forming a loaf of bread having at least two textures is provided that includes forming a first portion of dough that corresponds to a first texture, forming a second portion of dough that corresponds to a second texture, and heating the first portion and the second portion of dough in a single bread pan to form the loaf of bread having a first end of the first texture, a second end of the second texture, and a central section having both the first texture and the second texture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Robert C. Meyer, JR., Wayne Flood
  • Publication number: 20110123686
    Abstract: A method of forming a loaf of bread having at least two textures is provided that includes forming a first portion of dough that corresponds to a first texture, forming a second portion of dough that corresponds to a second texture, and heating the first portion and the second portion of dough in a single bread pan to form the loaf of bread having a first end of the first texture, a second end of the second texture, and a central section having both the first texture and the second texture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Robert C. Meyer, JR., Wayne Flood
  • Patent number: 6206237
    Abstract: A dispenser sequentially dispenses a plurality of containers. The dispenser includes a housing having a front, a rear, a top, a bottom, a first side and a second side, with an inlet and an outlet for the containers being disposed on its front. A passage is disposed within the housing and guides the containers from the inlet to the outlet. A receiving door is connected to the housing and is movable between a closed position covering the inlet and an open position allowing the containers to be inserted into the inlet. The receiving door includes a front face contoured to cooperate with the passage to guide the containers to a predetermined orientation upon insertion into the inlet. The passage is also canted toward one side of the housing to maintain the containers in the predetermined orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Dillon, Gerard A. Furbershaw, Robert A. Howard, David W. Laituri, Adam K. McGinty, Brad Melmon, Robert C. Meyer, Miguel M. L. Praca, Arthur G. Sandoval, Jeffrey L. Smith, Dayne Wilcox
  • Patent number: 6082575
    Abstract: A beverage container is disclosed which includes a stackable cup and a stackable cover which have cooperating thread forms for selectively securing the cover to the cup in a substantially liquid-tight relationship. The cover has a beverage dispensing opening and a cap which is selectively operable to open and close the opening to prevent beverage in the container from being poured out of the opening and to selectively allow beverage to be poured or drunk from the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrzej Skoskiewicz, Elisha Tal, Rickson Sun, Patrick Gilmore, Said Farha, Eileen Bravmann, Roby Stancel, Scott Stropkay, Axel Unger, Gary Shigeru Natsume, Robert C. Meyer, Adriana Colombo
  • Patent number: 5588550
    Abstract: A container of the present invention comprises a body portion including a bottom wall and a side wall defining a cavity and a shoulder portion extending from the body portion and further defining the cavity. A plurality of compartments separated by a partitioning member positioned in the cavity are provided, wherein the compartments and partitioning member extend through the cavity. Each of the compartments are adapted to hold a content. A neck portion extends from the shoulder portion and has an outer wall and an inner wall. A fitment is positioned within the neck portion and engaged with the inner wall. The fitment includes at least a portion thereof in sealed relationship and freely rotatable relative to the neck portion, the portion including a cover substantially traversing the inner wall and having an opening therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Pepsico, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert C. Meyer
  • Patent number: 5383766
    Abstract: A stator vane for a gas turbine engine wherein the airfoil section includes a plurality of pockets with an impingement hole at the upstream end of a passageway formed in the pocket and a slot formed on the opposite end of the pocket for discharging a film of cooling air along the outer surface of the air foil. The impingement hole and slot being arranged so that the flow of air in the passageway is in counterflow indirect heat exchange relationship with the gas path, thus placing the hottest part of the metal forming the pocket with the coolest air in the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1995
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Hans R. Przirembel, Robert C. Meyer
  • Patent number: D420291
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: PepsiCo Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Gnann, Ghassan Safadi, Robert C. Meyer