Food and Beverage
Name Number Author Published
bee hive 9300 Langstroth, Lorenzo L. 1852
condensed milk 15553 Borden Jr., Gail 1856
mason jar 22186 Mason, John 1858
fruit juice concentrate 35919 Borden Jr., Gail 1862
indented kettle 67425 Everitt, Sheldon 1867
rubber chewing gum 98304 Semple, William F. 1869
pasteurization (of beer) 135245 Pasteur, Louis 1873
manufacture of pure yeast  141072 Pasteur, Louis 1873
vegetable sorters 212000 Heinz, John 1879
density separator (milk creamer) 239659 Thomson, Houston 1881
bottle cap  468226 Painter, William 1892
ice cream bar 1404539 Nelson, Christian 1922
plastic wrap
(cellophane™)
1737187 Charch, William H. 1929
packaged frozen food and beverage 1773079 Birdseye, Clarence 1930
packaged frozen food and beverage 1773080 Birdseye, Clarence 1930
ice maker 2026214 Chilton, Ralph H. 1935
aluminum screw-type bottle cap 2066708 Young, Samuel 1937
water softener 2081157 Lind, Leroy 1937
food preservatives (ethylene oxide) 2107697 Hall, Lloyd 1938
pop-top beverage cans 3291336 Fraze, Ermal C. 1966
exploding candy 4289794 Kleiner, Fredric 1981