Patents by Inventor Verne E. Weiss

Verne E. Weiss 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 for making a fried formed chip
    Patent number: 4096791
    Abstract: Apparatus for preparing a chip type snack is disclosed. The apparatus includes a section for preparing and sheeting dough, a section for cutting the dough sheet into a continuous ribbon of wide and narrow portions, a section for frying the ribbon in deep fat, and a section for severing the ribbon into individual chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1978
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Verne E. Weiss, Glenn M. Campbell, Gerald L. Wilson
  • Fried formed chip
    Patent number: 4032664
    Abstract: A chip-type snack is disclosed. A dough is prepared and sheeted. An elongated shaped ribbon of connected dough pieces is cut from the dough sheet. The ribbon is passed through a deep fat fryer and then severed into individual chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1977
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Verne E. Weiss, Glenn M. Campbell, Gerald L. Wilson
  • Chip separating from a fried ribbon
    Patent number: 3935322
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for preparing a chip-type snack is disclosed. A dough is prepared and sheeted. An elongated shaped ribbon of connected dough pieces is cut from the dough sheet. The ribbon is passed through a deep fat fryer and then severed into individual chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1973
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1976
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Verne E. Weiss, Glenn M. Campbell, Gerald L. Wilson
  • Chip separating from a fried ribbon
    Patent number: RE31819
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for preparing a chip-type snack is disclosed. A dough is prepared and sheeted. An elongated shaped ribbon of connected dough pieces is cut from the dough sheet. The ribbon is passed through a deep fat fryer and then severed into individual chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1985
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Verne E. Weiss, Glenn M. Campbell, Gerald L. Wilson