Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Furia

Thomas E. Furia 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).

  • Patent number: 4965077
    Abstract: A laminated dough preform, a method of forming a baked product therefrom and the baked product, includes at least two premixed dough layers containing ingredients which, when baked, result in a substantially crumb continuous laminate product over the cross section of the laminate. The first dough layer contains sucrose which readily crystallizes when the laminate is baked so as to produce a first layer having a substantially crisp texture. The second dough layer contains sucrose and also contains an enzyme active with the sucrose in the second dough layer to invert an amount of the sucrose in the second layer sufficient to substantially prevent the crystallization of the sucrose in the second dough when the dough is baked and reaches textural equilibrium such that the second baked dough layer is shelf stable and has a substantially chewy texture relative to the first dough layer. The sucrose in the second dough layer includes a substantial portion of powdered sugar and the preferred enzyme is invertase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1990
    Assignee: Keebler Company
    Inventors: August J. Martin, Thomas E. Furia
  • Patent number: 4185122
    Abstract: Foaming of aqueous solutions containing a polymeric dye can be inhibited by use of glycerol monooleate, glycerol dioleate and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1980
    Assignee: Dynapol
    Inventor: Thomas E. Furia
  • Patent number: 4167422
    Abstract: Organic pigment lakes are prepared by adsorption of a high molecular weight or polymeric dye onto suitable substratum or extender therefor. The properties of the resultant polymeric lakes approach those of true pigments, and said lakes exhibit maximized dye loading capacities and are exceptionally free of bleed. Thus, the applicability of lake colors is extended in the various food systems and their use is also permitted as industrial pigments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1974
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1979
    Assignee: Dynapol
    Inventors: Nicolo Bellanca, Thomas E. Furia
  • Patent number: 3976797
    Abstract: Azo colorants, when employed in polymeric form, present substantially reduced corrosivity to metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1976
    Assignee: Dynapol
    Inventor: Thomas E. Furia
  • Patent number: 3961054
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for combatting dandruff and anti-dandruff shampoos containing compounds having the structural formula in tautomeric form: ##SPC1##And metal salts and complexes thereof wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkylthio, halogen, nitro, trifluoromethyl or alkoxy; x is an integer from 1 to 4 and y is an integer from 1 to 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1976
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas E. Furia, David H. Steinberg