Patents by Inventor Roy Markvicka

Roy Markvicka 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).

  • Automated string cheese packaging system
    Patent number: 12151837
    Abstract: The present technology is generally directed to methods and systems for automated food packaging. The method and system includes singulating a plurality of elongate food products into a plurality of individual product pieces, conveying the plurality of individual product pieces along a moving surface, depositing a portion of the individual product pieces into a bucket, where the products are deposited such that a length of greater than about 90% of the individual product pieces are generally aligned parallel with the first side or second side of the bucket. Methods and systems include measuring a height between a top surface of the deposited portion of produce pieces and a top side of the moving surface, vertically lowering the bucket if the measured height is less than a threshold amount, and depositing a second portion of individual product pieces into the vertically lowered bucket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Leprino Foods Company
    Inventors: Joshua Bartelt, Jim Volk, Roy Markvicka, Ron Cantwell, Sanket Khedkar, Liam Taylor, Mark Carmer
  • AUTOMATED STRING CHEESE PACKAGING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240253835
    Abstract: The present technology is generally directed to methods and systems for automated food packaging. The method and system includes singulating a plurality of elongate food products into a plurality of individual product pieces, conveying the plurality of individual product pieces along a moving surface, depositing a portion of the individual product pieces into a bucket, where the products are deposited such that a length of greater than about 90% of the individual product pieces are generally aligned parallel with the first side or second side of the bucket. Methods and systems include measuring a height between a top surface of the deposited portion of produce pieces and a top side of the moving surface, vertically lowering the bucket if the measured height is less than a threshold amount, and depositing a second portion of individual product pieces into the vertically lowered bucket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Joshua Bartelt, Jim Volk, Roy Markvicka, Ron Cantwell, Sanket Khedkar, Liam Taylor, Mark Carmer