Patents by Inventor Todd L. Bodey

Todd L. Bodey 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).

  • Drive mechanism and slicing apparatus for food slicing machine
    Patent number: 7600459
    Abstract: A food slicing machine using a linear servo motor to reciprocate a carriage holding food products through a path that includes a slicing blade. The slicing apparatus is a modular apparatus that can be mounted to and removed from slicing machines as a unit without the need for disassembly of the components of the slicing apparatus. An adjustment mechanism for the blade guide uses two shafts that extend from a bearing plate into a finger that is mounted to the blade guide. The lower shaft has a cam nut that displaces the finger about the upper shaft to bend the blade guide. There is also an adjustment mechanism for the idler pulley of the band blade apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: J. E. Grote Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd L. Bodey, Tony L. Thomas, David J. Petty