Patents by Inventor Walter W. Egee, deceased

Walter W. Egee, deceased 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).

  • Method for heat treating food
    Patent number: 4636395
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for pasteurizing appropriately sized discrete fresh food pieces are disclosed in which a finite portion of the food pieces is retained in an essentially immobile condition within a confined treatment zone while heating and cooling fluids are sequentially passed in direct contact through the food pieces for providing rapid heating thereof to a pasteurization temperature and similarly rapid cooling to a near ambient temperature so as not to significantly degrade the organoleptic quality of the fresh food pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1987
    Assignee: Campbell Soup Company
    Inventors: Albert H. Robinson, Jr., Walter W. Egee, deceased
  • Apparatus for heat treating food
    Patent number: 4606262
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for pasteurizing appropriately sized discrete fresh food pieces are disclosed in which a finite portion of the food pieces is retained in an essentially immobile condition within a confined treatment zone while heating and cooling fluids are sequentially passed in direct contact through the food pieces for providing rapid heating thereof to a pasteurization temperature and similarly rapid cooling to a near ambient temperature so as not to significantly degrade the organoleptic quality of the fresh food pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1986
    Assignee: Campbell Soup Company
    Inventors: Albert H. Robinson, Jr., Walter W. Egee, deceased