Patents by Inventor H. Bart Berens

H. Bart Berens 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 for retaining and heat sanitizing articles
    Patent number: 7378067
    Abstract: An article 100 and realted methods for reducing a microbial population on an article 168, wherein apparatus 100 includes a chamber in an article-holding basket 164 retains article 168 in an up-right position within the cahbmer an enclosing article 168. A heating system 172 introduces dry heat, moist heat, and, if desired, a combination of moist heat and dry heat into the chamber. A fluid supply system delivers a predetermine amount of fluid to a heating reservoir 174, which is disposed above heating system 172 to provide the moist heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Germ Terminator Corporation
    Inventors: James Song, H. Bart Berens
  • Apparatus for retaining and heat sanitizing articles
    Publication number: 20040126274
    Abstract: An article 100 and realted methods for reducing a microbial population on an article 168, wherein apparatus 100 includes a chamber in an article-holding basket 164 retains article 168 in an up-right position within the cahbmer an enclosing article 168. A heating system 172 introduces dry heat, moist heat, and, if desired, a combination of moist heat and dry heat into the chamber. A fluid supply system delivers a predetermine amount of fluid to a heating reservoir 174, which is disposed above heating system 172 to provide the moist heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2004
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: James Song, H. Bart Berens