Patents by Inventor Stephen Daniel Westfall

Stephen Daniel Westfall 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 consumable powder reconstitution and frothing
    Patent number: 7922382
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reconstituting consumable powder(s) with a liquid to provide a food liquid such as milk, cappuccino-type beverage, or soup with or without froth. The powder is introduced into a container and pre-wetted by an intersecting liquid spray. Further mixing occurs in the container. The container may have additional liquid streams feeding into the container for increased mixing. This food liquid can then be aspirated by the Venturi effect by steam generation to produce a frothed/aerated food liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Beli R. Thakur, Juan J. Gonzalez, Hanspeter Pleisch, David Casey Guerrera, Stephen Daniel Westfall, Alexander A. Sher
  • Method and Apparatus for Consumable Powder Reconstitution and Frothing
    Publication number: 20080102178
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reconstituting consumable powder(s) with a liquid to provide a food liquid such as milk, cappuccino-type beverage, or soup with or without froth. The powder is introduced into a container (15) and pre-wetted by an intersecting liquid spray (13a). Further mixing occurs in the container. The container may have additional liquid streams (14a) feeding into the container for increased mixing. This food liquid can then be aspirated by the Venturi effect by steam generation to produce a frothed/aerated food liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2005
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Beli Thakur, Juan J. Gonzalez, Hanspeter Pleisch, David Guerrera, Stephen Daniel Westfall, Alexander A. Sher
  • Method and apparatus for consumable powder reconstitution and frothing
    Patent number: 7226631
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reconstituting consumable powder(s) with a liquid to provide a food liquid such as milk, cappuccino-type beverage, or soup with or without froth. The powder is introduced into a container and pre-wetted by an intersecting liquid spray. Further mixing occurs in the container. The container may have additional liquid streams feeding into the container for increased mixing. This food liquid can then be aspirated by the Venturi effect by steam generation to produce a frothed/aerated food liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Beli R. Thakur, Juan J. Gonzalez, Hanspeter Pleisch, David Casey Guerrera, Stephen Daniel Westfall, Alexander A. Sher