Roll And Plate Patents (Class 452/143)
  • Process for recycling multicompartment unit dose articles
    Patent number: 9550304
    Abstract: Process and apparatus for recycling multi-compartment unit dose articles to avoid significant cross-contamination between the contents of the individual compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Suzanne Khalaf, Christopher Krasen, Dan Edward Taylor
  • Potato piercing apparatus
    Patent number: 9210946
    Abstract: A potato piercer having a top assembly with a handle. The top assembly includes a first plate having a bottom surface and a plurality of piercing stakes secured to the bottom surface. The potato piercer further includes a bottom assembly having a second plate and a plurality of piercing stakes secured to the top surface of the second plate. The potato piercer has a housing sized and configured to receive a potato for piercing. The housing has a roof with a plurality of apertures for receiving the top assembly stakes, a floor with a plurality of apertures for receiving the bottom assembly stakes, and a cavity for receiving the potato. There is an actuator assembly operatively coupled to the top and bottom assemblies, whereby a force applied to the handle causes the actuator assembly to translate the potato piercer from a non-piercing configuration to a piercing configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Inventor: Steven P. Hoffman
  • Pin wheel roller assembly
    Patent number: 8033973
    Abstract: A pin wheel roller assembly for a bacon slicer. The roller assembly is formed with a number of individual spacer segments and an end cap. The pin wheel assembly is formed with a pin wheel sandwiched between adjacent cylindrical segments and the end cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Inventor: Daniel R. Evans
  • Tray for tenderizing and marinating meats
    Patent number: 6869351
    Abstract: A tray for tenderizing a piece of meat that has a base and a tray wall extending around a periphery of the base forming a pool for retaining marinade within the tray. A plurality of tines extend from a first side of the base and into the pool. Upon placing a piece of meat atop the plurality of tines, a plurality of holes are cause to be punctured in a surface of the meat adjacent to the tines thereby increasing the surface area of the meat able to absorb the marinade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Inventor: Curtis Kell
  • Meat tenderizing system
    Patent number: 6159090
    Abstract: This invention relates to food preparation; in particular this invention relates to an apparatus used to prepare meats and poultry; and more particularly this invention relates to an apparatus and method to tenderize meats and poultry products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Inventor: Michael W. Thompson