Thomas K Ray

US Patent:

20090068316, Mar 12, 2009

Filed:

Jun 26, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/147184

Inventors:

JOHN PHELPS - South Orange NJ, US
Kent Hemphill - Fair Haven NJ, US
Scott Morris - Chatham NJ, US
Thomas K. Ray - Claremont CA, US

International Classification:

A23K 1/10
B65B 25/06
A23L 3/01
A23L 3/005
A23K 1/16
A23B 4/01
A23K 1/14
A22C 17/10
A22C 7/00
A21B 7/00

US Classification:

426 73, 426392, 426641, 426647, 426243, 426302, 426240, 426383, 99353, 99348, 426 92, 426 74

Abstract:

A pet food mixture, pet food processing system, and process for making the pet food are disclosed. The pet food includes meat pieces formed from a mixture of meat and at least one vegetable, wherein the meat pieces are cooked and coated with a first liquid and color changed to obtain color coated meat pieces, the coated meat pieces providing a balanced nutrition for a pet. The process for making pet food includes forming slugs of a meat mixture, cooking the slugs of meat mixture to form cooked meat pieces, cooling the cooked meat pieces, packaging the meat pieces, and maintaining the meat pieces refrigerated to achive a refrigerated shelf life between approximately 8 weeks and approximately 30 weeks.

US Patent:

20090311390, Dec 17, 2009

Filed:

Jun 11, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/482486

Inventors:

John Phelps - Andover NJ, US
Mary Kathryn Winstanley - Hoboken NJ, US
Robert P. Teitelbaum - Haddonfield NJ, US
Scott Morris - Chatham NJ, US
Thomas Ray - Claremont CA, US

International Classification:

A23K 1/10
B65B 25/06
G07F 9/10

US Classification:

426129, 426392, 426302, 426410, 426250, 426316, 426324, 99356

Abstract:

A process for making pet food treats including a meat base, the treats themselves and a processing system for making the treats. The meat base is ground to obtain a ground meat base. The ground meat base is mixed with one or more ingredients to obtain a meat mixture. Slugs of the meat mixture are formed. The slugs of meat mixture are cooked to obtain cooked slugs of meat mixture. The cooked slugs of meat mixture are chilled. The cooked slugs of meat mixture are packaged while reducing the amount of oxygen in the package.

US Patent:

20200229460, Jul 23, 2020

Filed:

Mar 19, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/824406

Inventors:

- Fair Haven NJ, US
Thomas Kent Ray - Claremont CA, US

International Classification:

A23J 1/00
A23L 13/40
A23K 50/48
A23K 20/147
A23K 50/42
A23K 20/174
A23K 10/20
A23K 40/00
A23K 20/163
A23K 10/30
A23K 20/20
A23J 1/08

Abstract:

The present invention relates in general to the field of pet food. In particular the present invention relates to a meat like chunk that can be incorporated into a complete pet food. One embodiment of the present invention is a method of using multiple scraped surface heat exchangers and a steam tunnel to produce a meat like chunk. Another embodiment is a composition of meat ingredients, dried egg product, egg whites, and pea protein that results in a meat like chunk having an improved appearance that closely resembles that of actual pieces of meat.

US Patent:

20150320085, Nov 12, 2015

Filed:

May 8, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/707297

Inventors:

- Fair Haven NJ, US
Thomas Kent Ray - Claremont CA, US

International Classification:

A23K 1/16
A23K 1/18
A23K 1/175
A23J 1/08
A23J 1/00

Abstract:

The present invention relates in general to the field of pet food. In particular the present invention relates to a meat like chunk that can be incorporated into a complete pet food. One embodiment of the present invention is a method of using multiple scraped surface heat exchangers and a steam tunnel to produce a meat like chunk. Another embodiment is a composition of meat ingredients, dried egg product, egg whites, and pea protein that results in a meat like chunk having an improved appearance that closely resembles that of actual pieces of meat.