Patents by Inventor Ronald P. Layton, Jr.

Ronald P. Layton, 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).

  • Mixing and grinding edible fat-based slurries and emulsions using a vibratory drum
    Patent number: 7681818
    Abstract: A system, which may be used to perform simultaneous grinding and intimate mixing of edible fat-based slurries or emulsions, may include a cylindrical drum having a central longitudinal axis and a curved inner surface and mounted on springs, and a motor and tuned mass coupled to the cylindrical drum to vibrate the cylindrical drum about a center of vibration that is offset from the central longitudinal axis of the cylindrical drum. The system includes at least one pair of partition plates disposed at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical drum to divide the cylindrical drum into at least two process zones, the partition plates of the at least one pair having matching apertures and moveable relative to each other between alignment and misalignment. The system may be used, for example, in chocolate manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: General Kinematics Corporation
    Inventors: Roy Peterson, Stephen E. Beavers, Jonathan Hipps, Peter T. Kashulines, Jr., Michael Hill, Barry D. Glazier, Kenneth G. Weaber, Jr., Ronald P. Layton, Jr., David J. Pontzer