161 patents
Utility
Airport Electric Vehicle Charging System
18 Jan 24
In an embodiment, an airport electric vehicle charging system includes a current transducer electrically coupled with a power source; a solid state converter electrically coupleable with an aircraft at or near an airport gate and configured to provide and maintain power to the aircraft; and a controller.
Steven U. Nestel
Filed: 31 May 23
Utility
Event Recognition Systems and Methods
11 Jan 24
An event recognition system includes one or more processing circuits including one or more memory devices and one or more processors.
Mark T. Thompson, Stephen C. Tatton
Filed: 21 Sep 23
Utility
Hypodermic Injection Needle and Systems and Methods Including the Same
14 Dec 23
In some aspects, the systems and devices described herein relate to an injection needle for injecting fluid into a substrate such as a food product, including: an elongated hollow shank having a center longitudinal axis, an inner shank wall, and an outer shank wall; and a needle tip, including: an injection opening; and a curved end portion extending from the elongated hollow shank and having a radius of curvature, the curved end portion terminating distally in a bottom outer edge and a cutting face extending from the bottom outer edge toward the inner shank wall at a bottom end of the injection opening, wherein the bottom outer edge and the cutting face are in substantially vertical alignment with an axis of a first portion of the inner shank wall extending from a top end of the injection opening.
Dale R. Hunt
Filed: 31 May 23
Utility
Industrial Carryover Cooking
16 Nov 23
A system (20) for thermal processing food products (28) includes an oven 22 operating under selected parameters.
Richard D. Stockard
Filed: 15 May 23
Utility
System for Bulk High Pressure Processing and Related Method
16 Nov 23
An HPP system uses large polymer based bags (20) to increase the amount of food product or other flowable product that can fit into a HPP carrier (22).
Jose Daniel Milla, Karl Magnus Malmberg, Ryan Pereira, Brandon Coles, Philip Gregory Hebbler
Filed: 13 Sep 21
Utility
Netting machine with multiple netting chute exchange system
7 Nov 23
A packaging machine 20 includes a feeding system 22 for delivering and positioning work products, in registry with a chute system 28 as well as in registry with a pushing system 26 for pushing the work products through a stuffing tube 24 of the chute system 28.
Dennis May, Adam Keever, Samuel Griggs
Filed: 22 Apr 22
Utility
Product transfer roller
7 Nov 23
An apparatus 10 for removing the skin of poultry pieces at a skinning station 12 includes an infeed conveyor 14 for transporting or feeding poultry pieces to the skinning station 12.
Geno N. Gasbarro
Filed: 16 Nov 20
Utility
Netting Machine with Multiple Netting Chute Exchange System
26 Oct 23
A packaging machine 20 includes a feeding system 22 for delivering and positioning work products, in registry with a chute system 28 as well as in registry with a pushing system 26 for pushing the work products through a stuffing tube 24 of the chute system 28.
Dennis May, Adam Keever, Samuel Griggs
Filed: 22 Apr 22
Utility
Event recognition methods
24 Oct 23
Event recognition methods include executing, with a controller, an algorithm which receives image data as an input and recognizes a first equipment object and a second equipment object in the image data; recognizing an event involving the first equipment object and the second equipment object based upon the image data using the controller; executing an event procedure based upon the event, wherein the event procedure includes controlling the first equipment object using the controller; and transmitting the image data to a network-based client based upon the event.
Mark T. Thompson, Stephen C. Tatton
Filed: 19 Nov 21
Utility
System and method for deaerating beverages
17 Oct 23
A method of producing a carbonated beverage comprising a blend of water and syrup having a predetermined final carbonation level.
Lawrence M. Lucas
Filed: 27 May 20
Utility
Brine without Phosphates and Either Salt Free or Low Salt
5 Oct 23
A first brine free of salt and phosphate for treating a food product by injection of the brine into the food product.
Dale R. Hunt
Filed: 7 Jun 23
Utility
Rail and track system and adjustable cartridges for supporting spiral and straight conveyor belts
19 Sep 23
A rail and track cartridge for building straight or radial belt conveyors comprises two or more rails connected to each other, wherein the two or more rails each has a first and second free end; and a track connected to each rail, wherein each track is supported by tabs protruding from the rail, wherein the track is offset to the side from the rail, and an upper track surface is above a top surface of the rail.
Brian P. Westcott, Adam J. Ramsdell, Scott M. Kane, Ryan C. Harrell, John J. Bauer, Robert C. Brod
Filed: 9 Apr 19
Utility
Portioner Mist Management Assembly
7 Sep 23
Mist management systems are configured for a processing machine having a portioning station configured to portion a workpiece within an enclosed portioner housing having a first side wall extending along the portioning station, a second side wall, at least one hood portion between the first and second side walls, and at least one end wall between the first and second side walls, using at least one liquid jet cutter and a conveyor configured to move the workpiece in a longitudinal direction beneath the at least one liquid jet cutter.
Harrison T. Gill, Erick A. Sorenson
Filed: 11 May 23
Utility
Detection of Conveyor Belt Condition
17 Aug 23
A sensing system (110) positioned relative to the conveyor belt (34) to sense the physical configuration of the belt side links (44) and (46) as well as the inclination or tilt of the side links.
Ryan C. Harrell, Owen E. Morey
Filed: 22 Jun 21
Utility
Pork Belly Processing
10 Aug 23
A protein composition corresponding to that of a natural pork belly is injected into a green pork belly and a standard pork belly curing brine is also injected into the pork belly.
Dale Robert Hunt
Filed: 13 Apr 23
Utility
Vacuum Extraction and Sealing of Containers
10 Aug 23
A system for evacuating and sealing containers filled with product, for example, food product, includes an enclosed, sealed housing wherein the pressure level and the atmospheric content can be controlled.
Peter Roy Scott, Mark Emond
Filed: 18 Apr 23
Utility
Dual cutter head portioning and trimming
8 Aug 23
A conveyance system 14 carries food products 12 past the scanning system 16 for scanning the food products and generating data pertaining to various parameters of the food products.
George R. Blaine
Filed: 28 Apr 22
Utility
High Pressure Processing for Personal Protective Equipment and Low Moisture Foods
13 Jul 23
A high pressure process for decontamination comprises subjecting a hermetically-sealed package containing a product and a gas to an operating pressure by a pressurizing media containing water, wherein the product has a water activity less than or equal to 0.9; increasing the operating pressure to change the gas into a different phase; and maintaining the operating pressure for a sufficient length of time to achieve some decontamination inside the package.
Errol V. Raghubeer
Filed: 7 Jun 21
Utility
Paper container top flange
4 Jul 23
A plurality of camming surfaces (116) are actuated to move against the top portion of the side walls (38) of a container (36) to turn such top portion in an outward direction relative to the interior of the container sufficiently to enable the seal profile (90) of the top tool assembly (30) of a sealing apparatus (22) to press the outwardly disposed side wall top portions downwardly against an abutment formed by a bottom tool assembly (32) so as to create a horizontal, outwardly disposed sealing flange (40) to which a top film (34) is applied for closure of the container.
Robert Julian Hargreaves
Filed: 19 Aug 19
Utility
Portioner mist management assembly
27 Jun 23
Mist management systems are configured for a processing machine having a portioning station configured to portion a workpiece within an enclosed portioner housing having a first side wall extending along the portioning station, a second side wall, at least one hood portion between the first side wall and the second side wall, and at least one end wall between the first side wall and the second side wall, using at least one liquid jet cutter and a conveyor configured to move the workpiece in a longitudinal direction beneath the at least one liquid jet cutter.
Harrison T. Gill, Erick A. Sorenson
Filed: 16 Jul 20