Patents by Inventor Bruno Derijck

Bruno Derijck 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).

  • Method of controlling a process in which the particle size of a material is reduced, a machine for reducing the particle size of a material and a method of calibrating such a machine
    Patent number: 9387479
    Abstract: In a method of controlling a process in which the particle size of a material is reduced by passing the material through a nip between rollers at least one operational figure, such as the motor current, of at least one motor associated with at least one roller is continuously measured and the nip is adjusted by controlling the operational figure so as to match a target operational figure. A machine for reducing the particle size of a material by passing the material through a nip between rollers has a device for measuring at least one operational figure, such as the motor current, of at least one motor associated with at least one roller and a device for adjusting the nip on the basis of the measured operational figure matching a target operational figure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Kraft Foods R & D, Inc.
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Bernauer, Wolfgang Stankmann, Jurgen Sill, Olaf Balzer, Oliver Mecklenburg, Jorg Merten, Bruno Derijck
  • Method Of Controlling A Process In Which The Particle Size Of A Material Is Reduced, A Machine For Reducing The Particle Size Of A Material And A Method Of Calibrating Such A Machine
    Publication number: 20090238928
    Abstract: In a method of controlling a process in which the particle size of a material is reduced by passing the material through a nip between rollers at least one operational figure, such as the motor current, of at least one motor associated with at least one roller is continuously measured and the nip is adjusted by controlling the operational figure so as to match a target operational figure. A machine for reducing the particle size of a material by passing the material through a nip between rollers has a device for measuring at least one operational figure, such as the motor current, of at least one motor associated with at least one roller and a device for adjusting the nip on the basis of the measured operational figure matching a target operational figure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Bernauer, Wolfgang Stankmann, Jurgen Sill, Olaf Balzer, Oliver Mecklenburg, Jorg Merten, Bruno Derijck