Patents by Inventor Dietmar Otte

Dietmar Otte 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: 20070224327
    Abstract: Described is a food product comprising: (a) fresh, whole fruit and/or fresh fruit pieces and (b) an aqueous preparation, which fills partially or completely interstices between the fresh, whole fruit and/or the fresh fruit pieces comprising: (i) in a total weight of more than 25 weight present relative to the total weight of the aqueous preparation, dissolved solids selected from the group consisting of: sugars, sugar alcohols, sweeteners, fructo oligosaccharide, poly dextrose, inert fibers and their mixtures, (ii) one or more galactomannane for thickening of the preparation under storage conditions by binding water from the fruit and/or fruit pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: Zentis GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dietmar Otte, Karl-Heinz Johnen, Marc Mueller
  • Publication number: 20060222745
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for preventing the transfer of water from a water-containing foodstuff into a particle, a particle for the joint consumption with a water-containing foodstuff and a fruit preparation for joint consumption with a dairy product. In order to reduce the requirements placed on the storage of water-absorbing particles, the particles, prior to the introduction into the foodstuff, are covered completely with an inner layer made of chocolate and thereafter with an outer layer made of fat, and the particle includes two closed covers applied onto each other made of chocolate and fat, respectively. Also disclosed is a fruit preparation laced with such particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Johannes Baumer, Juergen Becker, Dominik Heisterueber, Dietmar Otte
  • Patent number: 7018670
    Abstract: An apparatus for and a method of producing particles of a foodstuff is provided. A liquid form of a sterilized or pasteurized foodstuff is deposited in the form of a film or a strip on a surface of a rotating cooling roller or cooling be1t. The foodstuff is then detached in an at least partly hardened form from the surface of the cooling roller or belt for comminution to the desired particle size. In order to maintain the production of sterilized or pasteurized foodstuff particles, charging and at least partly the hardening of the sterilized or pasteurized foodstuff occurs within an enclosed sterilizable or pasteurizable vessel, and the surface of and the gas surrounding the cooling roller or the cooling belt in the zone of the charging of the foodstuff is lower than 0 ° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Franz Zentis GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Johannes Baumer, Jürgen Becker, Dietmar Otte, Dieter Stauber
  • Patent number: 6830006
    Abstract: An apparatus (1) is used for producing particles of a foodstuff with a fat content of at least 50%, a sugar content of not more than 20% and a water content of not more than 10%. The foodstuff which is present in liquid form can be applied by means of a dosing device (2) in the form of a film or in the form of a strip onto the moved surface of a cooling device (5) with which the foodstuff is at least partly hardenable. In order to enable the production of particles under clean room conditions in an economically viable manner it is proposed that the dosing device (2) comprises a permanently opened pass-through cross section and an elastically deformable membrane (15) which is in contact with one surface with the liquid, sterilized or pasteurized foodstuff. The membrane (15) can be reversibly deflected in a direction approximately perpendicular to its plane, as a result of which the volume of a conveying chamber for the foodstuff can be changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Inventors: Johannes Baumer, Jürgen Becker, Dietmar Otte, Dieter Stauber
  • Publication number: 20020176919
    Abstract: In a method for producing particles of a foodstuff which has a fat content of between 50% and 90%, a sugar content of not more than 20% and a water content of not more than 10%, the foodstuff which is present in the liquid form is deposited in the form of a film or in the form of a strip on a surface of a rotating cooling roller or moved cooling belt and thereafter detached in an at least partly hardened form from the surface of the cooling roller or cooling belt. In the case of a production of an endless film or endless strip there is a comminution to the desired particle size after the hardening of the foodstuff.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Applicant: Franz ZENTIS GmbH &Co.
    Inventors: Johannes Baumer, Jurgen Becker, Dietmar Otte, Dieter Stauber
  • Publication number: 20020172744
    Abstract: An apparatus (1) is used for producing particles of a foodstuff with a fat content of at least 50%, a sugar content of not more than 20% and a water content of not more than 10%. The foodstuff which is present in liquid form can be applied by means of a dosing device (2) in the form of a film or in the form of a strip onto the moved surface of a cooling device (5) with which the foodstuff is at least partly hardenable. In order to enable the production of particles under clean room conditions in an economically viable manner it is proposed that the dosing device (2) comprises a permanently opened pass-through cross section and an elastically deformable membrane (15) which is in contact with one surface with the liquid, sterilized or pasteurized foodstuff. The membrane (15) can be reversibly deflected in a direction approximately perpendicular to its plane, as a result of which the volume of a conveying chamber for the foodstuff can be changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Applicant: Franz ZENTIS GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Johannes Baumer, Jurgen Becker, Dietmar Otte, Dieter Stauber