Patents by Inventor Sidney Thorp

Sidney Thorp 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).

  • Fat coated meat based products
    Patent number: 4663170
    Abstract: A meat-based product in accordance with the present invention comprises an elongate compacted constant cross section core of raw uncomminuted meat, an even and coherent annular coating of fluid fat material surrounding the core and an outer wrapping of flexible non-toxic sheet material, usually plastic, which retains the coating and remains on the product during cooking and is only removed immediately before eating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1987
    Assignee: Bernard Matthews plc
    Inventors: Bernard T. Matthews, Alan J. Benstead, David J. Joll, Sidney Thorp, David N. Wilson
  • Apparatus for making a fab coated meat product
    Patent number: 4481872
    Abstract: A meat based product is extruded as an elongate billet 14 from the head 10 of a mandrel 1. The mandrel 1 has inner and outer passages to coextrude a meat core and a fat annular coating from the head into an outer casing 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1984
    Assignee: Bernard Matthews Limited
    Inventors: Bernard T. Matthews, Alan J. Benstead, David J. Joll, Sidney Thorp, David N. Wilson
  • Process for preparing a fat coated meat product
    Patent number: 4473592
    Abstract: A food product based on compacted meat, for example turkey, comprises a meat core 10, a mobile fat outer layer 11 and wrapping 12 which remains in place during cooking. The product is made by freezing the compacted core in long lengths which are advanced longitudinally through a fat applicator, superficial freezer and wrapping applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1984
    Assignee: Bernard Matthews Limited
    Inventors: Bernard T. Matthews, Alan J. Benstead, David J. Joll, Sidney Thorp, David N. Wilson
  • Method of making a fat coated meat product
    Patent number: 4407830
    Abstract: A meat based product is extruded as an elongate billet 14 from the head 10 of a mandrel 1. The mandrel 1 has inner and outer passages to coextrude a meat core and a fat annular coating from the head into an outer casing 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1983
    Assignee: Bernard Matthews Limited
    Inventors: Bernard T. Matthews, Alan J. Benstead, David J. Joll, Sidney Thorp, David N. Wilson