US Patent Issued to Lamb Weston on April 15 for "Food article defect removal apparatus" (Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,354, issued on April 15, was assigned to Lamb Weston Inc. (Eagle, Idaho).

"Food article defect removal apparatus" was invented by Phillip Klein (Eagle, Idaho), Kevin Mellor (Eagle, Idaho) and Chris Rhynalds (Eagle, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food article defect removal apparatus includes a manifold that defines one or more chambers for holding pressurized fluid. First channels extend from a first side of the manifold into fluid communication with the chambers. Second channels extend from the first side of the manifold to a second side of the manifold. Valves selectively connect corresponding first channels and second chann...