Steven E Rasmussen

US Patent:

7018201, Mar 28, 2006

Filed:

May 23, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/136228

Inventors:

Brian N. Pierce - Chico CA, US
Steven Ralph Rasmussen - Yuba City CA, US

Assignee:

Sunsweet Growers, Inc. - Yuba City CA

International Classification:

F26B 3/04

US Classification:

432128, 34487, 34500, 34620, 99483, 99477

Abstract:

A dehydration tunnel for fruits, vegetables, and other products reduces the vulnerability of the products to damage from carmelization and case hardening by dividing a row of product vessels into two segments, passing heated air simultaneously over both segments but in opposite directions, and advancing the row of vessels unidirectionally through the tunnel. Each vessel is thus exposed to a stream of heated air traversing the vessel in one direction, followed by a separate stream of heated air traversing the vessel in the opposite direction. This allows the tunnel to be operated at moderate temperatures and reduces the harmful temperature cycling of each vessel that is typical of tunnel dryers of the prior art.

US Patent:

20030172368, Sep 11, 2003

Filed:

Dec 23, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/329153

Inventors:

Elizabeth Alumbaugh - El Dorado Hills CA, US
Yuri Bohorquez - Cameron Park CA, US
Mary Bain - Nevada City CA, US
Ronald Reynolds - Davis CA, US
Steven Rasmussen - Citrus Heights CA, US
David Lucky - Orangevale CA, US

International Classification:

G06F009/44

US Classification:

717/106000

Abstract:

A system, including software components, that efficiently and dynamically analyzes changes to data sources, including application programs, within an integration environment and simultaneously re-codes dynamic adapters between the data sources is disclosed. The system also monitors at least two of said data sources to detect similarities within the data structures of said data sources and generates new dynamic adapters to integrate said at least two of said data sources. The system also provides real time error validation of dynamic adapters as well as performance optimization of newly created dynamic adapters that have been generated under changing environmental conditions.