Patents Assigned to MAREL TOWNSEND FURTHER PROCESSING B.V.
  • Patent number: 9284123
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transport device (1) for carrying products with a displaceable carrying surface, comprising: a conveyor belt (3), a frame (2) provided with a belt guide (5-10) for holding the conveyor belt (3) displaceably, and a drive (4) for displacing the conveyor belt (3), wherein the belt guide (5-10) of the frame (2) is adjustable. The invention also relates to a method for allowing a conveyor belt (3) to connect to other devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: MAREL TOWNSEND FURTHER PROCESSING B.V.
    Inventors: Sigebertus Johannes Jacobus Jozef Meggelaars, Leon Marie Francois Spierts, Wilhelmus Josephus Gerardus Maria Jilesen, Bart Henricus Jozef Verberk, Dirk Meskendahl
  • Publication number: 20150359257
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for processing layered food products (40), comprising a conveyor (42) for transporting layered food products (40), and plural rollers (41) located above the conveyor (42) to contact the layered food products (40) transported on the conveyor (42). The invention also relates to a method for processing layered food products (40) lying on a conveyor (42) by subsequent groups of rollers (41) located above the conveyor (42).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: MAREL TOWNSEND FURTHER PROCESSING B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Martinus MEULENDIJKS, Sigebertus Johannes Jacobus Jozef MEGGELAARS, Eric Henricus Johannes ABEN, Leon Marie Francois SPIERTS
  • Publication number: 20150359234
    Abstract: Moulding device for moulding three-dimensional food products from a mass of foodstuff which can be transferred by pumping, for example a meat mass of minced meat. The device comprises a moulding drum (16) having a peripheral surface contain ing multiple series of cavities (44) extending in the peripheral direction. The device comprises a mass feed device which is arranged in a filling position with respect to the peripheral surface of the moulding drum. The peripheral surface is embodied as a profiled peripheral surface having a shaping profile. Multiple shoe segments (42) are provided which are arranged next to one another and which have a profiled inner side with a profile which is in meshing engagement with the shaping profile. The shoe segments have freedom of movement with respect to one another, at least in the direction of the rotation axis, in order to each remain individually aligned with respect to the profile of the section with which the inner side of the shoe segment is in meshing engagement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: MAREL TOWNSEND FURTHER PROCESSING B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Martinus MEULENDIJKS, Franciscus Quirinus Fredrik VEROUDEN, Wilhelmus Gerardus Maria BOOM
  • Publication number: 20150250226
    Abstract: A mass-distributing device for supplying a mass of foodstuff starting materials suitable for consumption, in particular a meat mass, to one or more mould cavities of a moulding member for moulding three-dimensional products from the mass is provided. The device comprises a housing, which has an open side which can be turned towards the moulding member, in which a flexible abutment element for the housing to abut the moulding member is arranged. In the housing, a through-passage for the mass extends from an introduction opening in the housing to a discharge, which discharge opens at the open side of the housing. Pressure means are provided in order to position the flexible abutment element under pressure against the plane of the moulding member comprising one or more mould cavities, the pressure means being designed to set contact pressures in separate zones of the flexible abutment element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: MAREL TOWNSEND FURTHER PROCESSING B.V.
    Inventors: Hendricus Franciscus Jacobus Maria VAN DER EERDEN, Dirk MESKENDAHL, Thomas Willem DEKKER
  • Patent number: 9044022
    Abstract: The invention relates to a treatment device for treating food products using conditioned treatment fluid, comprising a housing (10), which defines a treatment space (18) and is provided with an inlet (12) for introducing products to be treated into the treatment space, and an outlet (14) for discharging treated products from the treatment space, with the treatment space (18) being in open communication with the environment, a conveying means (16, 20) for conveying the food products from the inlet through the treatment space to the outlet, with the conveying means (16; 20) between the inlet and outlet following a helical conveying path (26) comprising several turns one above the other, circulation means (40) for circulating treatment fluid through the treatment space, conditioning means (56; 57) for conditioning the treatment fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: MAREL TOWNSEND FURTHER PROCESSING B.V.
    Inventors: Hendricus Franciscus Jacobus Maria van der Eerden, Jeroen Robert Willemsen, Johannes Martinus Meulendijks
  • Publication number: 20140212558
    Abstract: A method and installation for processing a mass of pumpable foodstuff material, for example a ground meat mass. The installation comprises a hopper and a positive displacement pump having an inlet and an outlet. A tube structure connects to the outlet of the pump and has a mouth, e.g. leading to a moulding device or a sausage machine. A controllable vacuum assembly is provided to cause controlled evacuation of air from the mass in the trajectory of the mass from and including the hopper to and including a pump chamber at a position where it is in communication with the pump inlet. A controllable aeration assembly is provided to cause controlled introduction of a gas into the mass at one or more locations in the trajectory of the mass between the pump outlet and the mouth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: MAREL TOWNSEND FURTHER PROCESSING B.V.
    Inventors: Leon Spierts, Thomas W. Dekker, Martinus J. Willebrordus
  • Publication number: 20140106654
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (2) for transferring longitudinally supplied elongate food products (4), such as for instance sausages. The sausages are placed here in a recess (10) of a rotatable holder body (9) and subsequently set down in lateral direction. The invention further relates to an assembly (1) of such a transfer device and a feed conveyor (3) for sausages connecting to the transfer device. The invention moreover relates to a method for transferring elongate food products such as sausages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: MAREL TOWNSEND FURTHER PROCESSING B.V.
    Inventors: Sigebertus Johannes Jacobus Jozef Meggelaars, Marcus Bernhard Hubert Bontjer, Mathias Marcellus Kuijpers, Frank Johannes Antonius Van Den Heuij
  • Publication number: 20130327616
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transport device (1) for carrying products with a displaceable carrying surface, comprising: conveyor belt (3), a frame (2) provided with a belt guide (5-10) for holding the conveyor belt (3) displaceably, and a drive (4) for displacing the conveyor belt (3), wherein the belt guide (5-10) of the frame (2) is adjustable. The invention also relates to a method for allowing a conveyor belt (3) to connect to other devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: MAREL TOWNSEND FURTHER PROCESSING B.V.
    Inventors: Sigebertus Johannes Jacobus Jozef Meggelaars, Leon Marie Francois Spierts, Wilhelmus Josephus Gerardus Maria Jilesen, Bart Henricus Jozef Verberk, Dirk Meskendahl
  • Publication number: 20120321752
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing sausage products by means of co-extrusion, wherein the method comprises the steps of: providing a food dough (6); providing a viscous casing mass material (8); and producing by means of co-extrusion a sausage strand (2) with the extrusion of a centre of food dough at least partially provided by layered casing mass material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: MAREL TOWNSEND FURTHER PROCESSING B.V.
    Inventors: Adrianus Josephes Van De Nieuwelaar, Marcus Bernhard Hubert Bontjer, Léon Marie Francois Spierts, Leonie Petronella Wilhelmina Maria Boons
  • Publication number: 20120177786
    Abstract: A moulding device for moulding three dimensional products from a mass of foodstuff starting material suitable for consumption, includes a moulding member having a moulding surface provided with at least one mould cavity delimited by a bottom and a peripheral wall defining a cavity opening in the moulding surface. The mould cavity has a cavity height defined between the bottom and the cavity opening. The moulding member can be moved along a movement path from a fill position for filling the mass into the mould cavity to a product release position for releasing a moulded product from the mould cavity and from the product release position to the fill position. A mass distribution device is arranged at the fill position along the movement path of the moulding member for filling the mass into the mould cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: MAREL TOWNSEND FURTHER PROCESSING B.V.
    Inventors: Hendricus Franciscus Jacobus Maria Van Der Eerden, Dirk Meskendahl, Thomas Willem Dekker, Franciscus Quirinus Fredrik Verouden
  • Publication number: 20120015065
    Abstract: According to a first aspect, the invention relates to a mass-distributing device (18) for supplying a mass of foodstuff starting materials suitable for consumption, in particular a meat mass, to one or more mould cavities (44) of a moulding member (16) for moulding three-dimensional products (46) from said mass. The device (18) comprises a housing (30), which has an open side (38) which can be turned towards the moulding member, in which a flexible abutment element (40) for the housing to abut the moulding member is arranged. In the housing (30), a through-passage (34) for said mass extends from an introduction opening (32) in the housing (30) to a discharge (36), which discharge opens at the open side (38) of the housing (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: MAREL TOWNSEND FURTHER PROCESSING B.V.
    Inventors: Hendricus Franciscus Jacobus Maria Van Der Eerden, Dirk Meskendahl, Thomas Willem Dekker