Patents by Inventor Holger BRACK

Holger BRACK 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).

  • Publication number: 20240081364
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for demolding at least one confectionary item (2), which is to be demolded from a cavity (4) of a casting mold (3) upside down by means of a gripping arrangement (5), wherein the gripping arrangement (5) has at least one suction element (6) with which the substantially flat base (32) of the confectionary item, which base is facing upwards, is suctioned, wherein the confectionary item (2), where it is transferred upside down by a switching off of the negative pressure, wherein before or after the suction element (6) has suctioned the base (32) of the confectionery item (2), a loosening movement is generated which introduces alternating forces into the confectionery item (2) which generate deformations in the confectionery item (2) which act right up to the outer border layer of said confectionery item and reduce the adhesive force of said confectionery item at the contact surface of the cavity (4) and at least partially release the adhesive force, and wherein the
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Rainer Runkel, Christian Freund, Holger Brack, Sebastian Dommasch, Artur Ticholis
  • Publication number: 20230217949
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a three-dimensional confectionery item from at least one sugar mass (19, 28) using a casting mould (1) which can be assembled from at least two casting mould parts (2, 3, 15, 16), wherein each casting mould part has at least one partial cavity (5, 17, 18), with the proviso that the two casting mould parts (2, 3, 15, 16) can be brought into an assembled state in which the two partial cavities (5, 17, 18) produce a common mould cavity (8, 20) which gives the confectionery item its three-dimensional shape, wherein the two casting mould parts (2, 3, 15, 16) are arranged in an open casting position (PG) in which the partial cavities (5, 17, 18) are arranged so as to be open towards the top, and the two casting mould parts (2, 3, 15, 16) are then put together and brought into a closed transport position (PT).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Rainer Runkel, Holger Brack
  • Patent number: 11413251
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gelatin product comprising a core component, wherein the core component is encased partially or fully by a gelatin gel. The gelatin gel is produced from a homogeneous casting compound containing the following constituents dissolved in water: 3 to 20 wt % of gelatin having a mean molecular weight, determined by gel chromatography, of at least 130 kDa, wherein the proportion of the molecular weight fraction above 100 kDa is at least 35 wt %; up to 60 wt % of glucose syrup with a viscosity of less than 1000 mPa·s, measured with a dry matter content of 80 wt % and at a temperature of 60° C.; and up to 60 wt % of sucrose, wherein the casting compound comprises a dry matter content of at least 70 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignees: GELITA AG, WINKLER UND DÜNNEBIER SÜSSWARENMASCHINEN GMBH
    Inventors: Eberhard Dick, Sarah Engelhardt, Johanna Schmidgall, Holger Brack, Andre Weins
  • Publication number: 20200038335
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gelatin product comprising a core component, wherein the core component is encased partially or fully by a gelatin gel. The gelatin gel is produced from a homogeneous casting compound containing the following constituents dissolved in water: 3 to 20 wt % of gelatin having a mean molecular weight, determined by gel chromatography, of at least 130 kDa, wherein the proportion of the molecular weight fraction above 100 kDa is at least 35 wt %; up to 60 wt % of glucose syrup with a viscosity of less than 1000 mPa·s, measured with a dry matter content of 80 wt % and at a temperature of 60° C.; and up to 60 wt % of sucrose, wherein the casting compound comprises a dry matter content of at least 70 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Eberhard DICK, Sarah ENGELHARDT, Johanna SCHMIDGALL, Holger BRACK, Andre WEINS
  • Publication number: 20180289032
    Abstract: A casting compound for the production of gelatin products comprises a homogenous aqueous solution having: 4% to 16% by weight of gelatin having a molecular weight determined by gel chromatography of at least 130 kDa, where the proportion of the gelatin having a molecular weight exceeding 130 kDa is at least 35% by weight, 6% to 76% by weight of one or more sugar alcohols; 0% to 50% by weight of glucose syrup having a viscosity of less than 800 mPas, measured at a dry matter content of 80% by weight and a temperature of 50° C.; and 0% to 50% by weight of sucrose, where the glucose syrup and the sugar alcohol(s) together make up 25% to 76% by weight of the aqueous solution, and where the aqueous solution has a dry matter content of at least 78% by weight and/or a water activity (aw value) of less than 0.75.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Eberhard DICK, Sonja GÖTTLING, Anna LEITHEIM, Alexander RAAB, Holger BRACK