Patents by Inventor Robert Ou-Young

Robert Ou-Young 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: 7963216
    Abstract: An apparatus for improving surface smoothness and internal firmness of cylindrical food products is provided. The apparatus includes a conveyor belt for conveying cylindrical food products to a concave rolling zone below an output end, such that each of the cylindrical food products rolls in the rolling zone for an appropriate amount of time. Thus, surface smoothness and internal firmness of each of the cylindrical food products are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Inventor: Robert Ou-Young
  • Publication number: 20110011285
    Abstract: An apparatus for improving surface smoothness and internal firmness of cylindrical food products is provided. The apparatus includes a conveyor belt for conveying cylindrical food products to a concave rolling zone below an output end, such that each of the cylindrical food products rolls in the rolling zone for an appropriate amount of time. Thus, surface smoothness and internal firmness of each of the cylindrical food products are improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventor: Robert OU-YOUNG
  • Publication number: 20100086633
    Abstract: A dual roller assembly with an ejection mechanism for a food-forming machine serves to make stuffed food pieces. The dual roller assembly is characterized in that one or more rows of equidistant mold cavities are arranged at peripheries of a pair of corresponding forming rollers thereof, wherein each of the mold cavities is equipped with a propping block moved by a cam so that the formed food pieces be ejected from the mold cavities by the propping block smoothly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventor: Robert OU-YOUNG
  • Patent number: 7478590
    Abstract: A folding control apparatus for left and right lateral pieces of slice food is provided, such that when the slice food is moving forward on a transfer belt surface, the slice food is attached and positioned on the transfer belt surface; and a left and right lateral pieces of the slice food are blown by high-pressure air at a different time sequence to be folded and overlapped with respect to each other, so as to cover a stuffing strip on a surface of the slice food for forming a food enclosing material, thereby further simplifying a structure for folding the slice food to reduce a manufacturing cost and lower noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Inventor: Robert Ou-Young
  • Publication number: 20080135458
    Abstract: A folding control apparatus for left and right lateral pieces of slice food is provided, such that when the slice food is moving forward on a transfer belt surface, the slice food is attached and positioned on the transfer belt surface; and a left and right lateral pieces of the slice food are blown by high-pressure air at a different time sequence to be folded and overlapped with respect to each other, so as to cover a stuffing strip on a surface of the slice food for forming a food enclosing material, thereby further simplifying a structure for folding the slice food to reduce a manufacturing cost and lower noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventor: Robert Ou-Young
  • Publication number: 20050072318
    Abstract: A multiple layer food manufacturing apparatus comprises a combining nozzle, a right feeding device, a left feeding device, and a cutter. The outer layer food material is inputted to an outer layer channel from the right feeding device. The middle layer food material is inputted to an inner layer channel from the left feeding device. The inner layer food material is inputted to an inner tube of the combining nozzle so that the combining nozzle outputs the inner, middle and outer layer food material from a small, a middle and a outer outlet so form as a cylindrical food. The cylindrical food passes through a cutter to be cut as a ball-like food. In the processing process in the combining nozzle, the middle and outer layer food material are agitated effectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventor: Robert Ou-Young
  • Patent number: 6477944
    Abstract: A molding device for pastry products includes an upper rotary disc, a set of cutting tools and a central through hole formed at the front aspect of a cutting edge portions of a plurality of cutting tools; wherein the intermittently obverse and reverse rotations of the upper rotary disc on a bottom disc drives a front moving rod to displace in a long through hole and makes a rear moving rod rotate in obverse and reverse directions in a circular through hole so as to further work as a rotary shaft thereby enabling the cutting edge portions of pluralities of cutting tools synchronously to close or open the central through hole with more precise carry-over moment to achieve the effect of opening and closing the central through hole more precisely and steadily for ensuring a consistent shape of a cut noodle or a molded food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Inventor: Robert Ou-Young
  • Patent number: 6321642
    Abstract: A filling mechanism which does not dehydrate or deoil the stuffing, comprises a main frame on which is mounted a hopper and a hose, the hopper guiding the stuffing into the hose, the hose having a front end positioning part that is tightly fixed; a pushing device for guiding and pushing the stuffing, the pushing device being mounted below the hose and including a transverse seat plate on the upper surface of which is disposed a slide rail, a slide seat slidably displaceable along the slide rail, a pneumatic cylinder disposed on the slide seat, and a fixing plate mounted on the upper portion of the pneumatic cylinder, the pneumatic cylinder having a piston rod which can shuttle back and forth out of the fixing plate; and a transverse roller member having two side arms by which the roller member is pivotally onto the fixing plate, whereby upon raising the piston rod and displacement of the slide seat, the roller member rolls and presses against the hose, causing the hose to be partially deformed and the stuffin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Inventor: Robert Ou-Young
  • Patent number: 6251462
    Abstract: A method of shaping a spherical body composed of an outer covering layer and an inner filling, comprising a holder frame, a rotary wheel rotated forwards and backwards alternatively in the holder frame, and triangular cutter members coupled to the rotary wheel and arranged in sliding contact with each other and moved with the rotary wheel between a first position to form a center opening for the passing of a continuously fed cylindrical body consisting of dough crust and a filling, and a second position to shape a spherical body consisting of dough crust and a filling from the continuously fed cylindrical body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Inventor: Robert Ou-Young
  • Patent number: 6234779
    Abstract: An apparatus for shaping a spherical body composed of an outer covering layer and an inner filling, comprising a holder frame, a rotary wheel rotated forwards and backwards alternatively in the holder frame, and triangular cutter members coupled to the rotary wheel and arranged in sliding contact with each other and moved with the rotary wheel between a first position to form a center opening for the passing of a continuously fed cylindrical body consisting of dough crust and a filling, and a second position to shape a spherical body consisting of dough crust and a filling from the continuously fed cylindrical body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Inventor: Robert Ou-Young
  • Patent number: 6224365
    Abstract: An apparatus including two symmetrical slide members moved relative each other for shaping a cylindrical body into a plurality of spherical bodies, wherein the slide members each have two vertical sidewalls, and a plurality of U-grooves and partition flanges alternatively arranged in parallel between the vertical sidewalls, the U-grooves each having two distal ends and a depth gradually increased from one distal end to the other, the partition flanges each having two distal ends and a thickness gradually increased from one distal end to the other, the vertical sidewalls each having two distal ends and an inner side vertically curved inwards, the inner side having a vertical depth gradually increased from one distal end to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Inventor: Robert Ou-Young
  • Patent number: 6183171
    Abstract: A set of shaping cutters for cutting food material into a shaped body composed of an outer covering layer and an inner filling ; and being characterized in each shaping cutter having substantially triangular front working face formed of two trapezoidal slopes and a cutting edge connected between the trapezoidal slopes, the trapezoidal slopes each having a plurality of protruding portions and a transversely extended recessed portion between each two adjacent protruding portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Inventor: Robert Ou-Young