MICHAEL A HOFFMAN
Engineering in Pueblo, CO
License number
Pennsylvania ET001482
Category
Engineers
Type
Engineer in Training
Address
Address
2
Pueblo, CO 81007
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Professional information
Sr. Project Engineer At Atlas Pacific Engineering Company
Position:
Sr. Project Engineer at Atlas Pacific Engineering Company
Location:
Pueblo, Colorado Area
Industry:
Food & Beverages
Work:
Atlas Pacific Engineering Company
since Sep 2000
-
Sr. Project Engineer
Education:
Widener University 1990 - 1994
BSME, Mechanical Engineering
BSME, Mechanical Engineering
Method And Apparatus For Filling Tuna Cans With Consistent Premium Tuna Cake Appearance
US Patent:
7735303, Jun 15, 2010
Filed:
Mar 5, 2008
Appl. No.:
12/074652
Inventors:
Michael Allen Hoffman - Pueblo West CO, US
Assignee:
Atlas Pacific Engineering Company - Pueblo CO
International Classification:
B25B 25/06
US Classification:
53517, 53435, 53436, 53438, 53439, 53523, 53514, 53513, 53250, 53253, 53254
Abstract:
A tuna fish canning apparatus is provided wherein each can has a premium cake appearance. The machine has first and second turrets adjacent each other which rotate around a common axis. Fish slugs loaded into a shared pocket by the adjacent turrets are severed along a plane between the turrets to produce first and second cakes with each cake having a cut surface and each cake adapted to be transferred into a can. The present invention provides first and second knock-out plungers for ejecting the first and second cakes into cans, wherein the first and second knock-out plungers are positioned on opposite sides of the plane between the first and second turrets so that each cake has its freshly cut surface at the top of the can to provide a premium appearance. A method for achieving the same result is also disclosed.
Fruit Chunking And Spear Forming Method And Apparatus
US Patent:
2014006, Mar 6, 2014
Filed:
Aug 26, 2013
Appl. No.:
13/987739
Inventors:
Michael A. Hoffman - Pueblo CO, US
David C. Bullock - Pueblo CO, US
Christopher G. Theis - Pueblo CO, US
Christopher A. Hildreth - Pueblo CO, US
Tim Vaughan - Pueblo CO, US
John P. Keeton - Pueblo CO, US
Dwight Blickensderfer - Pueblo CO, US
David C. Bullock - Pueblo CO, US
Christopher G. Theis - Pueblo CO, US
Christopher A. Hildreth - Pueblo CO, US
Tim Vaughan - Pueblo CO, US
John P. Keeton - Pueblo CO, US
Dwight Blickensderfer - Pueblo CO, US
International Classification:
A23N 7/08
US Classification:
426482, 99589
Abstract:
A system for automatically forming chunks and spears at high speed from unpeeled fruit items is provided. The fruit is sliced into unpeeled wedges. The unpeeled wedges are conveyed into a plurality of staggered transverse chunking blades, wherein the flesh, but not the peel, is cut sequentially from the center of each wedge outwardly, flattening each wedge. A peel removal knife is located to sever the peel of each wedge from the center outwardly after the transverse chunk cutting blades have cut the flesh. Spears may be formed by deleting some of the transverse chunking blades.