Patents by Inventor Dirk Klaes

Dirk Klaes 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).

  • Patent number: 7582319
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a shell-like formed consumable item from a fatty mass, more particularly a fatty mass containing cocoa or chocolate, wherein a cell is initially filled with the fatty mass in flowable temperature state in a dosed manner in a mold, whereupon a cooling body with a temperature below melting temperature of the tempered fatty mass is dipped into the liquid fatty mass so that the flowable fatty mass can be distributed in the intermediate space defined by the cell and the cooling body. The cooling body is maintained in dipped position inside the fatty mass for a given space of time until the fatty mass located in the intermediate space hardens. According to the invention, the flowable tempered fatty mass is vibrated for a given space of time after filling the cell and before dipping the cooling body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Buehler Bindler GmbH
    Inventor: Dirk Klaes
  • Publication number: 20040137113
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a shell-like formed consumable item from a fatty mass, more particularly a fatty mass containing cocoa or chocolate, wherein a cell is initially filled with the fatty mass in flowable temperate state in a dosed manner in a mold, whereupon a cooling body with a temperature below melting temperature of the tempered fatty mass is dipped into the liquid fatty mass so that the flowable fatty mass can be distributed in the intermediate space defined by the cell and the cooling body. The cooling body is maintained in dipped position inside the fatty mass for a given space of time until the fatty mass located in the intermediate space hardens. According to the invention, the flowable tempered fatty mass is vibrated for a given space of time after filling the cell and before dipping the cooling body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventor: Dirk Klaes