Patents by Inventor Erik Holland SCHMITT

Erik Holland SCHMITT 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: 20240147972
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for use in large-scale industrial insect farming. More in particular, the invention relates to an insects transport device for transporting live insects from a first location to a predetermined second location, the insects transport device comprising a gas guiding unit, a gas discharge member and a feeder arrangement, wherein the insects transport device is configured to receive live insects such as freshly hatched neonate larvae, for example of black soldier fly, or mites, wherein the live insects are directly taken up in a laminar flow of gas after exiting the feeder arrangement in a free fall under influence of gravitation such that the live insects do not contact any surface of the insects transport device, and while in said gas are transported to a predetermined location in the insects transport device. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of the device in industrial insect farming, such as large-scale farming of black soldier flies or mites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Protix B.V.
    Inventors: Jaap VAN KILSDONK, Erik Holland SCHMITT, Ralf Henricus Wilhelmina JACOBS, Henricus Petrus Johannes SIMONS, Maurits Petrus Maria JANSEN, Ward TOLLENAAR