Patents by Inventor Evan J. Bauer

Evan J. Bauer 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).

  • CHILLED PRODUCT POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20180168184
    Abstract: A method of processing a chilled food product includes providing a product in a storage container, wherein the product has a frozen portion and a non-frozen portion in the storage container, and the frozen portion has a granular size. The method also includes mixing the frozen portion of the product with the non-frozen portion of the product within the storage container, flowing the frozen portion and non-frozen portion into contact with a shearing apparatus, and shearing at least the frozen portion with the shearing apparatus, thereby reducing the granular size of the frozen portion. This method and similar systems and machines may refine and process chilled food products such as smoothies and slushes to have a smoother and more even consistency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: BlendTec, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph O. Jacobsen, David J. Throckmorton, Thomas D. Dickson, JR., David Q. Bytheway, Bradley S. Maxfield, Evan J. Bauer
  • Chilled product post-processing apparatus
    Patent number: 9894912
    Abstract: A machine for processing a chilled food product includes a product in a storage container, wherein the product has a frozen portion and a non-frozen portion in the storage container, and the frozen portion has a granular size. The machine mixes the frozen portion of the product with the non-frozen portion of the product within the storage container, flows the frozen portion and non-frozen portion into contact with a shearing apparatus, and shears at least the frozen portion with the shearing apparatus, thereby reducing the granular size of the frozen portion. The machine may refine and process chilled food products such as smoothies and slushes to have a smoother and more even consistency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: BLENDTEC, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph O. Jacobsen, David J. Throckmorton, Thomas D. Dickson, Jr., David Q. Bytheway, Bradley S. Maxfield, Evan J. Bauer
  • CHILLED PRODUCT POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20160353766
    Abstract: A method of processing a chilled food product includes providing a product in a storage container, wherein the product has a frozen portion and a non-frozen portion in the storage container, and the frozen portion has a granular size. The method also includes mixing the frozen portion of the product with the non-frozen portion of the product within the storage container, flowing the frozen portion and non-frozen portion into contact with a shearing apparatus, and shearing at least the frozen portion with the shearing apparatus, thereby reducing the granular size of the frozen portion. This method and similar systems and machines may refine and process chilled food products such as smoothies and slushes to have a smoother and more even consistency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: BlendTec, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph O. Jacobsen, David J. Throckmorton, Thomas D. Dickson, JR., David Q. Bytheway, Bradley S. Maxfield, Evan J. Bauer