Patents
US 11485037 B2: Vegetable knife having a pulverizing coring pin
- Granted
- 2022-11-01
- Filed
- 2018-11-12 application 16188167
- Type
- Utility · 17 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A vegetable knife includes a pulverizing coring pin for pulverizing a core of a vegetable, where the pulverizing coring pin can be a generally cylindrical tube. The pulverizing coring pin can define one or more pulverizing tubes that extend from a first end of the pulverizing coring pin to a second end of the pulverizing coring pin opposite the first end. The vegetable knife also includes at least one vegetable shaping blade that extends radially outwardly from the pulverizing coring pin, where the at least one vegetable shaping blade supports the pulverizing coring pin at a location generally central with respect to the vegetable knife. The vegetable knife may also include an outer flange for coupling the vegetable knife to a rotatable cutting assembly. The vegetable shaping blade can be connected between the outer flange and the pulverizing coring pin for supporting the pulverizing coring pin.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg221101.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamb Weston, Inc. 51 patents | US company or organization | Eagle, ID | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John C. Julian | Richland, WA | 15 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Mark Fow | Kennewick, WA | 14 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Samuel Monk | Richland, WA | 25 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Christopher M. Smith | Richland, WA | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B26D | Cutting; details common to machines for perforating, punching, cutting-out, stamping-out or severing | B26D7/27 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A23N | Machines or apparatus for treating harvested fruit, vegetables or flower bulbs in bulk, not otherwise provided for; peeling vegetables or fruit in bulk; apparatus for preparing animal feeding- stuffs | A23N4/12 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B02C | Crushing, pulverising, or disintegrating in general; milling grain | B02C18/18 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-22 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | LAMB WESTON, INC. signed 2024-05-03 | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT CHARLOTTE, NC | 68963/425 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2021-09-13 | Security interest Security interest Notice of grant of security interest in patents | LAMB WESTON, INC. signed 2021-09-10 | NORTHWEST FARM CREDIT SERVICES, PCA, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PASCO, WA | 57584/294 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2018-11-12 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | FOW, MARK signed 2018-11-05 MONK, SAMUEL signed 2018-11-05 JULIAN, JOHN signed 2018-11-06 SMITH, CHRISTOPHER signed 2018-11-07 | LAMB WESTON, INC. EAGLE, ID | 47478/943 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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