Patents by Inventor Sandra E. Custer

Sandra E. Custer 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).

  • Method of reducing bacteria and fat content of food products
    Patent number: 6896921
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention a method for processing a plurality of food products includes loading the food products into a vacuum tumbler, filling the vacuum tumbler to a predetermined level with a processing solution having a pH level within a predetermined range, withdrawing air from the vacuum tumbler to create a partial vacuum, rotating the vacuum tumbler for a predetermined time period to expose the food products to the processing solution and the partial vacuum, periodically adding, during the predetermined time period, a predetermined amount of an organic acid to the processing solution to maintain the pH level within the predetermined range, and removing the food products from the vacuum tumbler after the predetermined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Grovac Southern Select, L.C.
    Inventors: Billy M. Groves, Francis M. Henderson, Robert C. Wilson, Robin L. Forgey, Charles A. Winters, Sandra E. Custer
  • Method of reducing bacteria and fat content of food products
    Publication number: 20040067286
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention a method for processing a plurality of food products includes loading the food products into a vacuum tumbler, filling the vacuum tumbler to a predetermined level with a processing solution having a pH level within a predetermined range, withdrawing air from the vacuum tumbler to create a partial vacuum, rotating the vacuum tumbler for a predetermined time period to expose the food products to the processing solution and the partial vacuum, periodically adding, during the predetermined time period, a predetermined amount of an organic acid to the processing solution to maintain the pH level within the predetermined range, and removing the food products from the vacuum tumbler after the predetermined time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Billy M. Groves, Francis M. Henderson, Robert C. Wilson, Robin L. Forgey, Charles A. Winters, Sandra E. Custer