Patents by Inventor Vanessa Suzanne Terry

Vanessa Suzanne Terry 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).

  • Extruder die with additive reservoir
    Patent number: 6620448
    Abstract: An extruder die assembly and method for using same is disclosed which is designed for adaptation to a wide variety of commercial-grade extrusion devices common in the food industry. The extruder die assembly is inserted into an appropriate compartment within an extrusion device such that a first extrudate is directed down a coaxially aligned passageway within the forming section and combined with a fluid additive in the injection section whereupon the resulting food mass is compressed through a converging nozzle bore in the nozzle section to produce an extruded food product. The forming section and injection section are fabricated as a matching set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Recot, Inc.
    Inventors: Lewis Conrad Keller, Jorge C. Morales-Alvarez, Edward Leon Ouellette, V.N. Mohan Rao, Vanessa Suzanne Terry
  • Extruder die with additive reservoir
    Publication number: 20030082257
    Abstract: An extruder die assembly and method for using same is disclosed which is designed for adaptation to a wide variety of commercial-grade extrusion devices common in the food industry. The extruder die assembly is inserted into an appropriate compartment within an extrusion device such that a first extrudate is directed down a coaxially aligned passageway within the forming section and combined with a fluid additive in the injection section whereupon the resulting food mass is compressed through a converging nozzle bore in the nozzle section to produce an extruded food product. The forming section and injection section are fabricated as a matching set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Lewis Conrad Keller, Jorge C. Morales-Alvarez, Edward Leon Ouellette, V.N. Mohan Rao, Vanessa Suzanne Terry