Patents by Inventor Hugo Menninga

Hugo Menninga 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).

  • Method and apparatus for producing cheese
    Patent number: 6465033
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing cheese, suitable in particular for producing crumbly cheese. Cheese molds are filled with curd, are subsequently closed with a lid and are pressed, whereafter the obtained cheeses are removed from the cheese molds. Prior to removing the cheeses from the cheese molds, however, the cheese molds still filled with cheese are heated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holding & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Hugo Menninga, Steven Acreman
  • Method and apparatus for producing cheese
    Publication number: 20020058096
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing cheese, suitable in particular for producing crumbly cheese. Cheese molds are filled with curd, are subsequently closed with a lid and are pressed, whereafter the obtained cheeses are removed from the cheese molds. Prior to removing the cheeses from the cheese molds, however, the cheese molds still filled with cheese are heated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Hugo Menninga, Steven Acreman