Patents by Inventor Eduard PATER

Eduard PATER 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).

  • Assembly and method for frothing milk
    Patent number: 11089900
    Abstract: An assembly for frothing milk, including an air supply assembly including an air channel having an air inlet and a downstream end. The assembly also includes a fluid channel extending from a fluid inlet to a fluid outlet. The fluid channel subsequently includes an air inlet emanation point to which the downstream end of the air channel is connected, a frothing unit including a pump and a flow-through heating unit. The flow-through heating unit bounds a heating unit fluid channel that is a part of the fluid channel and has a small thermal mass and a steep temperature profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.
    Inventors: Abram Christiaan Knip, Eduard Pater
  • ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR FROTHING MILK
    Publication number: 20190000263
    Abstract: An assembly for frothing milk, including an air supply assembly including an air channel having an air inlet and a downstream end. The assembly also includes a fluid channel extending from a fluid inlet to a fluid outlet. The fluid channel subsequently includes an air inlet emanation point to which the downstream end of the air channel is connected, a frothing unit including a pump and a flow-through heating unit. The flow-through heating unit bounds a heating unit fluid channel that is a part of the fluid channel and has a small thermal mass and a steep temperature profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.
    Inventors: Abram Christiaan KNIP, Eduard PATER