Patents by Inventor Eric C. Pradines

Eric C. Pradines 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 for preheating the air circulating in an installation comprising an evaporator coupled to a drying unit
    Patent number: 4313787
    Abstract: A method for preheating the air circulating and used in an installation comprising a multi-stage evaporator adapted to concentrate a liquid product, in particular a food product such as a milk product, on the one hand, and a drying unit in which is processed and concentrate issuing from said evaporator, or any other concentrate, on the other hand, said method comprising the steps of heating condensates of said multi-stage evaporator by means of a fluid issuing from said evaporator and hotter than said condensates, then driving the thus-heated condensates into a heat-exchanger wherein they cause air to be preheated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1982
    Assignee: Laguilharre S.A.
    Inventors: Jacques J. Ciboit, Eric C. Pradines