Patents by Inventor Thomas H. Collins

Thomas H. Collins 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).

  • Dough mixing for farinaceous foodstuff production
    Patent number: 4369193
    Abstract: A method of mixing dough for the production of soft bread, in which the energy added during mixing is sufficient to determine the cell structure of the finished product, the dough requiring substantially no fermentation in bulk following mixing wherein the energy added in mixing is in excess of 15 watt hours per kilogram of the total dough ingredients. The temperature rise in the dough resulting from the energy input during the mixing step is controlled by passing a fluid coolant about the mixing chamber so that the temperature of the dough after mixing is within the range of 25.degree. C. to 35.degree. C.; and a vacuum is induced in the chamber during at least a portion of the mechanical mixing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1983
    Inventors: Thomas H. Collins, David Tomlinson
  • Wrist band with pocket
    Patent number: D259220
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1981
    Inventors: Larry K. Small, Thomas H. Collins