Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Bell

Thomas A. Bell 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).

  • Controlled bulk vegetable fermentation
    Patent number: 3932674
    Abstract: Bulk fermentation of brined vegetables comprising controlled sanitizing, acidifying, buffering, and inoculating while continually purging CO.sub.2 from the fermenting vegetable/brine mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America
    Inventors: John L. Etchells, Thomas A. Bell, Henry P. Fleming, Roger L. Thompson