Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Seipel

Thomas E. Seipel 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: 4600160
    Abstract: A continuous chopper assembly including a housing having received therein a rotatable shaft, a plurality of blade members, means for mounting said blade members on said shaft for rotation therewith, inlet means in said housing for the delivery of material thereinto for comminution by said blade members, and drive means for rotating said shaft. Said blade members each include a curved cutting edge and a further abutment edge, wherein said mounting means for each blade member includes a pivot member for providing of the corresponding blade member about a pivot axis remote from said curved cutting edge during the rotation of said shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1986
    Assignee: Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald E. Mengel, Thomas E. Seipel
  • Patent number: 4007841
    Abstract: A package display and support rack for mounting on shelves formed of wire rods found in refrigerators with glass doors such as used in convenience food stores. The display racks are inexpensively assembled from readily available or easily manufactured components and include forwardly projecting support feet attached at their heels or rear ends to the bottom ends of upright side members of the rack. The support feet have clamps on their distal ends for clamping attachment to at least one wire rod of a shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1973
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1977
    Assignee: Oscar Mayer & Co. Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas E. Seipel