Patents by Inventor William O. Pulver

William O. Pulver 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).

  • Multi-row dough slitting apparatus
    Patent number: 4246838
    Abstract: Apparatus for slitting the upper surfaces of a plurality of parallel rows of proofed dough pieces on a conveyor, including a plurality of spray nozzles respectively in general vertical alignment with the longitudinal midline of the path of each row of proofed dough pieces, a supply of fluid for the nozzles and sprayable thereby in a stream against the upper surfaces of the proofed dough pieces, sensing mechanism for sensing the arrival of the rows of proofed dough pieces between the nozzles, and control mechanism responsive to the sensing mechanism for causing each nozzle to impinge a stream of fluid upon the skin of the associated row of proofed dough pieces as they arrive therebeneath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1981
    Assignee: Velten & Pulver, Inc.
    Inventors: W. Clark Pulver, William O. Pulver, Henry A. Heide, James J. Diver