Patents by Inventor Menno Groenendaal

Menno Groenendaal 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).

  • Pelletizing device with complementary rollers and rollers for the device
    Patent number: 9452551
    Abstract: A pelletizing device comprising a die with a first surface, called operative surface, and a second surface that is essentially parallel to the first surface, the die between the first and the second surface comprising multiple through going openings for the forming of pellets, at least two rollers rotatable around a shaft, wherein the rollers and the die are moveable with respect to each other, each of the rollers comprising an operative pressing surface for pressing material to be pelletized through the radial openings of the die, wherein a width of the operative pressing surface on each of the rollers is smaller than a width of the operative surface of the die. The invention also relates to rollers for the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: CPM EUROPE B.V.
    Inventors: Nick Blekkenhorst, Menno Groenendaal
  • Pelletizing Device with Complementary Rollers and Rollers for the Device
    Publication number: 20150190946
    Abstract: A pelletizing device comprising a die with a first surface, called operative surface, and a second surface that is essentially parallel to the first surface, the die between the first and the second surface comprising multiple through going openings for the forming of pellets, at least two rollers rotatable around a shaft, wherein the rollers and the die are moveable with respect to each other, each of the rollers comprising an operative pressing surface for pressing material to be pelletized through the radial openings of the die, wherein a width of the operative pressing surface on each of the rollers is smaller than a width of the operative surface of the die. The invention also relates to rollers for the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Nick Blekkenhorst, Menno Groenendaal