Patents by Inventor Andreas Leonardus De Bijl

Andreas Leonardus De Bijl 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).

  • Publication number: 20210212354
    Abstract: A method of moulding products from a mass of food stuff. The method includes providing a pump, which pumps the mass towards a mould member, providing detection means, which detects unwanted objects in the mass, removing a portion of the mass via a valve in case an unwanted object is detected, moving a mould cavity, which is part of the mould member past a feed channel, wherein the feed channel is connected to a feed pump, filling the mass into the mould cavity to form a product until a predetermined filling pressure is reached, ejecting a gas through a porous sidewall and/or a porous bottom of the mould cavity to eject the product, wherein no ejection gas is provided when the predetermined filling pressure has not been reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Andreas Leonardus De Bijl, Paulus Johannes Verbruggen
  • Patent number: 10856555
    Abstract: The invention relates to the design of a food forming drum (2) which will be used for moulding food in shaped products. The application field wherein the drum will operate is the field of human consumption and pet food and reaches from meat products (poultry, pork, beef, etc), meat replacement products, fish, dairy to potatoes and vegetables products. Particularly, the present invention relates to a food forming drum comprising an inner member (24) with an inner cylinder (16) and a multitude of ribs (17) extending in radial direction from the inner cylinder and with at least one porous member, made from a porous material with interconnecting pores, connected to the ribs and wherein a multitude of rows with product cavities, each row comprising one or a multitude of product cavities, are provided in the porous member(s). The present invention further relates to a method to produce such drums.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS BAKEL B.V.
    Inventors: Hendrikus Petrus Gerardus Van Gerwen, Petrus Hubertus Maria Schoenmakers, Andreas Leonardus De Bijl
  • Publication number: 20200163348
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mould drum for moulding products from a mass of food starting material. The mould drum comprises one or more cavities with a mould cavity wall having at least partially a porous structure, whereas each cavity is connected to a passage. The present invention further relates to a cleaning apparatus and a forming apparatus preferably provided with a cleaning device for the inventive mould drum with supporting means for supporting the axis of the drum. Additionally, the present invention relates to a process for cleaning the inventive drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Martinus Johannes Wilhelmus Verhoeven, Andreas Leonardus De Bijl
  • Patent number: 10609933
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mould drum for moulding products from a mass of food starting material. The mould drum comprises one or more cavities with a mould cavity wall having at least partially a porous structure, whereas each cavity is connected to a passage. The present invention further relates to a cleaning apparatus and a forming apparatus preferably provided with a cleaning device for the inventive mould drum with supporting means for supporting the axis of the drum. Additionally, the present invention relates to a process for cleaning the inventive drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS BAKEL B.V.
    Inventors: Martinus Johannes Wilhelmus Verhoeven, Andreas Leonardus De Bijl
  • Publication number: 20200037621
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a food product forming apparatus with a food forming member, which comprises a multitude of product cavities and a seal plate which sealingly cooperates with the surface of the mould drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Hendrikus Petrus Gerardus Van Gerwen, Andreas Leonardus De Bijl
  • Publication number: 20190166854
    Abstract: The invention relates to the design of a food forming drum (2) which will be used for moulding food in shaped products. The application field wherein the drum will operate is the field of human consumption and pet food and reaches from meat products (poultry, pork, beef, etc), meat replacement products, fish, dairy to potatoes and vegetables products. Particularly, the present invention relates to a food forming drum comprising an inner member (24) with an inner cylinder (16) and a multitude of ribs (17) extending in radial direction from the inner cylinder and with at least one porous member, made from a porous material with interconnecting pores, connected to the ribs and wherein a multitude of rows with product cavities, each row comprising one or a multitude of product cavities, are provided in the porous member(s). The present invention further relates to a method to produce such drums.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Hendrikus Petrus Gerardus Van Gerwen, Petrus Hubertus Maria Schoenmakers, Andreas Leonardus De Bijl
  • Patent number: 10238122
    Abstract: The invention relates to the design of a food forming drum (2) which will be used for molding food in shaped products. The application field wherein the drum will operate is the field of human consumption and pet food and reaches from meat products (poultry, pork, beef, etc), meat replacement products, fish, dairy to potatoes and vegetables products. Particularly, the present invention relates to a food forming drum comprising an inner member (24) with an inner cylinder (16) and a multitude of ribs (17) extending in radial direction from the inner cylinder and with at least one porous member, made from a porous material with interconnecting pores, connected to the ribs and wherein a multitude of rows with product cavities, each row comprising one or a multitude of product cavities, are provided in the porous member(s). The present invention further relates to a method to produce such drums.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS BAKEL, B.V.
    Inventors: Hendrikus Petrus Gerardus Van Gerwen, Petrus Hubertus Maria Schoenmakers, Andreas Leonardus De Bijl