Patents Assigned to Gehl Foods, LLC
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Patent number: 11819147Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a flowable food product from a flexible reservoir supported by the dispenser is provided. The dispenser includes a frame and a body coupled to the frame. The body defines a cavity for receiving the flexible reservoir. The body includes: a bottom wall defining an opening; a sloped wall extending upward from the bottom wall and the opening, the sloped wall promoting a flow of flowable food product from the flexible reservoir towards the opening; and a pair of side walls extending upward from the bottom wall and the sloped wall. The dispenser further includes a fitment acceptor at least partly received in the opening. Additionally, a shape of the fitment acceptor corresponds with a shape of the opening such that the fitment acceptor is only correctly received in the opening one way.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: GEHL FOODS, LLCInventors: Michael Gehl, Michael Sowieja, Christoph Albiez, Paul Hatch, Thomas Mitchell, David Mucci, Anders Olof Rostlund
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Patent number: 10470597Abstract: A system for dispensing a flowable food product from a reservoir is provided. A wall of the reservoir defines an aperture therethrough allowing the flowable food product to exit the reservoir. The system includes a valve having a base member having a first passageway extending therethrough and a moving member having a second passageway extending therethrough, the moving member configured to slide relative to the base member between a closed position in which the first passageway and the second passageway do not overlap and an open position in which the first passageway and the second passageway overlap. When the moving member is in the open position, an axis extending through the first passageway and the second passageway extends through the aperture in the reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLCInventors: Michael Gehl, Michael Sowieja, Christoph Albiez, Paul Hatch, Thomas Mitchell, David Mucci, Anders Olof Rostlund
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Patent number: 10194763Abstract: A system for dispensing a flowable food product from a reservoir is provided. The system includes a fitment coupled to the reservoir and a piercing tool having a handle, a neck, and a piercing section, wherein the neck interconnects the handle with the piercing section. The piercing section is configured to create an opening in the reservoir through the fitment to enable dispensing of the flowable product.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLCInventors: Michael Sowieja, Michael Gehl, Christoph Albiez, Paul Hatch, Thomas Mitchell, David Mucci, Anders Olof Rostlund
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Publication number: 20170251847Abstract: A system for dispensing a flowable food product from a reservoir is provided. A wall of the reservoir defines an aperture therethrough allowing the flowable food product to exit the reservoir. The system includes a valve having a base member having a first passageway extending therethrough and a moving member having a second passageway extending therethrough, the moving member configured to slide relative to the base member between a closed position in which the first passageway and the second passageway do not overlap and an open position in which the first passageway and the second passageway overlap. When the moving member is in the open position, an axis extending through the first passageway and the second passageway extends through the aperture in the reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: Gehl Foods, LLCInventors: Michael Gehl, Michael Sowieja, Christoph Albiez, Paul Hatch, Thomas Mitchell, David Mucci, Anders Olof Rostlund
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Publication number: 20170251846Abstract: A system for dispensing a flowable food product from a reservoir is provided. The system includes a fitment coupled to the reservoir and a piercing tool having a handle, a neck, and a piercing section, wherein the neck interconnects the handle with the piercing section. The piercing section is configured to create an opening in the reservoir through the fitment to enable dispensing of the flowable product.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2015Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: Gehl Foods, LLCInventors: Michael Sowieja, Michael Gehl, Christoph Albiez, Paul Hatch, Thomas Mitchell, David Mucci, Anders Olof Rostlund
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Patent number: 9717354Abstract: A system for dispensing a flowable food product from a reservoir is provided. A wall of the reservoir defines an aperture therethrough allowing the flowable food product to exit the reservoir. The system includes a valve having a base member having a first passageway extending therethrough and a moving member having a second passageway extending therethrough, the moving member configured to slide relative to the base member between a closed position in which the first passageway and the second passageway do not overlap and an open position in which the first passageway and the second passageway overlap. When the moving member is in the open position, an axis extending through the first passageway and the second passageway extends through the aperture in the reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLCInventors: Michael Gehl, Michael Sowieja, Christoph Albiez, Paul Hatch, Thomas Mitchell, David Mucci, Anders Olof Rostlund
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Patent number: D763077Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2014Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLCInventors: Thomas Mitchell, Anders Olof Rostlund, Michael Sowieja
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Patent number: D782907Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLCInventors: Michael Sowieja, Thomas Mitchell, Anders Olof Rostlund
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Patent number: D792164Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLCInventors: Thomas Mitchell, Anders Olof Rostlund, David Mucci
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Patent number: D795029Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLCInventor: Michael Sowieja
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Patent number: D798106Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLCInventors: Michael Sowieja, Thomas Mitchell, Anders Olof Rostlund
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Patent number: D820643Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLCInventors: Thomas Mitchell, Anders Olof Rostlund, David Mucci
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Patent number: D830768Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLCInventors: Michael Sowieja, Thomas Mitchell, Anders Olof Rostlund
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Patent number: D839062Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLCInventor: Michael Sowieja
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Patent number: D886556Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLCInventor: Michael Sowieja
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Patent number: D887230Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLCInventor: Michael Sowieja
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Patent number: D891188Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLCInventors: Thomas Mitchell, Anders Olof Rostlund, David Mucci
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Patent number: D891872Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLCInventors: Thomas Mitchell, Anders Olof Rostlund, David Mucci
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Patent number: D944054Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLCInventors: Michael Sowieja, Thomas Mitchell, Anders Olof Rostlund