Patents by Inventor Bart Aluwé

Bart Aluwé has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Retort agitation system
    Patent number: 9668509
    Abstract: A retort agitation system (100) for thermal processing of products includes product carriers 102a and 102b mounted on a low friction support system 104 for reciprocal movement of the carriers along the interior of a retort. The product carriers are driven in reciprocating motion by a drive actuator system 106 that can be positioned between the carriers 102a and 102b or endwise of the two carriers 102a and 102b. A drive actuator system 106 is linked to the carriers to cause the carriers to move along opposite reciprocating paths lengthwise of the retort. Reaction actuators 108 act on the carriers in opposition to the drive actuator system 106 to apply forces on the carriers for accelerating the carriers along the reciprocating paths of travel when such carriers reach the distal and proximal ends of the reciprocating travel paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: John Bean Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Eduard Hendrikus Johannes Damhuis, Bart Aluwé
  • RETORT AGITATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170143014
    Abstract: A retort agitation system (100) for thermal processing of products includes product carriers 102a and 102b mounted on a low friction support system 104 for reciprocal movement of the carriers along the interior of a retort. The product carriers are driven in reciprocating motion by a drive actuator system 106 that can be positioned between the carriers 102a and 102b or endwise of the two carriers 102a and 102b. A drive actuator system 106 is linked to the carriers to cause the carriers to move along non-sinusoidal paths lengthwise of the retort. Reaction actuators 108 act on the carriers in opposition or in supplement to the drive actuator system 106 to apply forces on the carriers for accelerating the carriers along their non-sinusoidal paths of travel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: John Bean Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Eduard Hendrikus Johannes Damhuis, Bart Aluwé
  • RETORT AGITATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150257429
    Abstract: A retort agitation system (100) for thermal processing of products includes product carriers 102a and 102b mounted on a low friction support system 104 for reciprocal movement of the carriers along the interior of a retort. The product carriers are driven in reciprocating motion by a drive actuator system 106 that can be positioned between the carriers 102a and 102b or endwise of the two carriers 102a and 102b. A drive actuator system 106 is linked to the carriers to cause the carriers to move along opposite reciprocating paths lengthwise of the retort. Reaction actuators 108 act on the carriers in opposition to the drive actuator system 106 to apply forces on the carriers for accelerating the carriers along the reciprocating paths of travel when such carriers reach the distal and proximal ends of the reciprocating travel paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: John Bean Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Eduard Hendrikus Johannes Damhuis, Bart Aluwé