Patents by Inventor Steve J. Schoo

Steve J. Schoo 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).

  • System and method for breaking sheets of frozen pizza into individual pieces
    Patent number: 10368551
    Abstract: A system and a method include breaking a sheet of frozen pizza into individual pieces for packaging. In an embodiment, the frozen pizza sheet includes five individual pieces separated by frangible lines. The breaking process includes a first step, wherein two end pieces are broken off by a first breaking mechanism, and a second step, wherein two additional end pieces are broken off a remainder of the frozen pizza sheet by a second breaking mechanism arranged downstream of the first breaking mechanism. In preferred embodiments, each breaking mechanism includes multiple holding wheels and multiple camming wheel rotatably mounted on a common driven axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Erickson, Lily Leung Fee, Anita J. Hall, Darin T. Huffman, Rodney McCalley, Terry G. Reishus, Steve J. Schoo, Ralph A. Stenvik
  • System and Method for Breaking Sheets of Frozen Pizza into Individual Pieces
    Publication number: 20170251678
    Abstract: A system and method for breaking a sheet of frozen pizza into individual pieces for packaging is disclosed. In an embodiment, the frozen pizza sheet includes five individual pieces separated by frangible lines. The breaking process includes a first step, wherein two end pieces are broken off by a first breaking mechanism, and a second step, wherein two additional end pieces are broken off a remainder of the frozen pizza sheet by a second breaking mechanism arranged downstream of the first breaking mechanism. In preferred embodiments, each breaking mechanism includes multiple holding wheels and multiple camming wheel rotatably mounted on a common driven axle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Erickson, Lily Leung Fee, Anita J. Hall, Darin T. Huffman, Rodney McCalley, Terry G. Reishus, Steve J. Schoo, Ralph A. Stenvik