Patents by Inventor Denny Hempel

Denny Hempel 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).

  • Apparatus and method for removing a surface layer from a food product
    Patent number: 8753177
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing a surface layer from food products includes a product feed which feeds a product to be processed along a product conveying direction to a removal tool. The product is pressed with a component perpendicular to the product conveying direction toward an operative surface of the removal tool. The relative position between the product feed and the removal tool is adjustable by means of an adjustment apparatus, with a control unit associated with the adjustment apparatus designed to adjust the position of the removal tool relative to the product feed in dependence on the contour of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach
    Inventors: Jens Schröder, Olaf Froese, Denny Hempel
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING A SURFACE LAYER FROM A FOOD PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20120192695
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing a surface layer from food products includes a product feed which feeds a product to be processed along a product conveying direction to a removal tool. The product is pressed with a component perpendicular to the product conveying direction toward an operative surface of the removal tool. The relative position between the product feed and the removal tool is adjustable by means of an adjustment apparatus, with a control unit associated with the adjustment apparatus designed to adjust the position of the removal tool relative to the product feed in dependence on the contour of the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: WEBER MASCHINENBAU GMBH BREIDENBACH
    Inventors: Jens Schröder, Olaf Froese, Denny Hempel