Patents by Inventor Thomas W. Bechert

Thomas W. Bechert 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).

  • Apparatus and method of soft sorting fruits and vegetables
    Publication number: 20030146137
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for sorting a food product, such a fruit or vegetable, is disclosed. The food product to be sorted is introduced into a rotatable sorting chamber through an inlet opening. Whole and firm product is discharged out of the chamber through an outlet opening. Soft food product, on the other hand, is expelled radially out of the chamber through the sides of the chamber as the chamber rotates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Ronald A. Bichel, Thomas W. Bechert