Patents by Inventor William C. Gilwood

William C. Gilwood 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 process for cooking potatoes
    Patent number: 5445073
    Abstract: An apparatus and process of cooking potato pieces fluidized in upwardly flowing heated air in an inverted conical cooking chamber to produce hot browned potatoes with a moisture content over 40%. According to the invention the apparatus is provided with a multispeed air blower to provide higher pressure heated air to the bottom of cooking chamber at startup of cooking to overcome jamming of potato pieces; supplemented by mechanically moving a perforated bottom support platform upwardly in the cooking chamber at startup of cooking to push any jammed potato pieces into the upwardly flowing air to assure fluidization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Inventor: William C. Gilwood