Patents by Inventor Graeme Frank Whitehead

Graeme Frank Whitehead 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).

  • Recycling salt solution in food processing and apparatus therefor
    Patent number: 5783237
    Abstract: A process is provided for the recovery and reuse of a salt solution obtained from a salty effluent (as herein defined) comprising: (1) passing said salty effluent, optionally after removing any fine particles therefrom, through a membrane filtration system which separates the salt in the form of a salt solution from the food residues; (2) passing said salt solution through an evaporator to decrease the water content thereof; (3) adjusting the temperature of the salt solution, typically within the range 15.degree.-25.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Murray Goulburn Co-Operative Co. Limited
    Inventors: Wayne Barry Sanderson, Anthony Phillip Brady, Graeme Frank Whitehead, Ian James Oldham, Ian Percival Brockwell