Patents by Inventor Frank Altvater

Frank Altvater 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: 6896504
    Abstract: For producing coiled bakery products comprising two strands each made of an outer and an inner doughy substance, a nozzle arrangement (12) comprises two inner nozzles (14, 16), which are each surrounded by an outer nozzle (18, 20), wherein all of the nozzles (14, 16, 18, 20) are rotatable about a common axis of rotation (148).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Hosokawa Bepex GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Horna, Frank Altvater
  • Patent number: 6805543
    Abstract: For producing coiled bakery products, a nozzle arrangement (10) comprises an inner nozzle (14), which is disposed coaxially with an axis of rotation (26), and an outer nozzle (18, 19), which is disposed axially offset relative to said inner nozzle (14), wherein the outer nozzle (14) is rotatable about the axis of rotation (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Hosokawa Bepex GmbH
    Inventors: Günther Fux, Frank Altvater
  • Patent number: 6799409
    Abstract: Disposed above a loading section (16), on which horizontally arranged strip-shaped packaging material (P) is longitudinally movable, is a shaping wheel (20), which has an, in relation to the loading section (16), transverse central axis (22) and is rotatable about the latter. The shaping wheel (20) has a cylindrical peripheral surface (24) and contains a plurality of moulds (32) which are disposed at angular intervals, starting from the cylindrical peripheral surface (24), radially in relation to the central axis (22). The peripheral speed of the shaping wheel (20) corresponds to a slip-free rolling of its peripheral surface (24) on the packaging material (P). Each of the moulds (32) contains a piston (50) which is movable back and forth between a retracted position for filling the mould (32) with substance (M) and an advanced position for ejecting the consolidated formed body (F) in a radially outward direction onto the packaging material (P).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Hosokawa Bepex GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Altvater, Kurt Frank
  • Patent number: 6712595
    Abstract: A nozzle holder (14) with at least one nozzle (34′; 34″), which ends at a mouth (38′; 38″), is used for manufacturing baking articles (54) from an extruded strand (56). In order to manufacture baking articles (54) which extend in a plane, the nozzle (34′; 34″) is pivotably mounted by means of a joint with a ball (32) and its mouth (38′; 38″) is displaceable by a pivoting device (45) in two axes (X; Y) extending at right angles to one another. Furthermore, constructed in the ball (32) is at least one connecting duct (48′; 48″), of which one end is connected to a stationary feed duct (50′; 50″) and the other end to the pivotable nozzle (34′; 34″).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Hosokawa Bepex GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Horna, Frank Altvater
  • Patent number: 6709255
    Abstract: In order to manufacture coiled baking articles with at least one outer dough material (58) and with at least one inner dough material (56) or dough filling, a nozzle arrangement (10) comprises an inner stationary nozzle (14) and an outer nozzle (18) rotatably enclosing the inner nozzle (14). A mouth (20) of the outer nozzle (18) is arranged behind the mouth (16) of the inner nozzle (14) in the direction of flow in such a manner that the materials flow together at the mouth (16) of the inner nozzle (14) and on the path to the mouth (20) of the outer nozzle (18) the inner material (56) is set in rotation by the outer material (58) and is thereby compressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Hosokawa Bepex GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Kappes, Günther Fux, Frank Altvater
  • Publication number: 20030126831
    Abstract: Disposed above a loading section (16), on which horizontally arranged strip-shaped packaging material (P) is longitudinally movable, is a shaping wheel (20), which has an, in relation to the loading section (16), transverse central axis (22) and is rotatable about the latter. The shaping wheel (20) has a cylindrical peripheral surface (24) and contains a plurality of moulds (32) which are disposed at angular intervals, starting from the cylindrical peripheral surface (24), radially in relation to the central axis (22). The peripheral speed of the shaping wheel (20) corresponds to a slip-free rolling of its peripheral surface (24) on the packaging material (P). Each of the moulds (32) contains a piston (50) which is movable back and forth between a retracted position for filling the mould (32) with substance (M) and an advanced position for ejecting the consolidated formed body (F) in a radially outward direction onto the packaging material (P).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Frank Altvater, Kurt Frank
  • Publication number: 20020084281
    Abstract: For producing coiled bakery products comprising two strands each made of an outer and an inner doughy substance, a nozzle arrangement (12) comprises two inner nozzles (14, 16), which are each surrounded by an outer nozzle (18, 20), wherein all of the nozzles (14, 16, 18, 20) are rotatable about a common axis of rotation (148).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Marc Horna, Frank Altvater
  • Publication number: 20020086077
    Abstract: The device (10) has at least one feed instrument (12) for feeding a compound through a channel (24a; 24b; 24c) to a die (14). In order to prevent damage or destruction of the extruded compound during processing and to detect “overageing” of the compound, a sensing instrument (60a; 60b; 60c) is provided at the channel (24a; 24b; 24c) or at the die (14) in order to determine at least one measured variable (Pa; Pb; Pc) related to the viscosity of the compound. The feed instrument (12) and the die (14) are configured in such a way that the feed instrument (12) has a delivery pressure which oscillates over time at a frequency, and the die (14) has a flow resistance which oscillates at the same frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Markus Noller, Frank Altvater, Gerhard Stadler
  • Publication number: 20020086096
    Abstract: For producing coiled bakery products, a nozzle arrangement (10) comprises an inner nozzle (14), which is disposed coaxially with an axis of rotation (26), and an outer nozzle (18, 19), which is disposed axially offset relative to said inner nozzle (14), wherein the outer nozzle (14) is rotatable about the axis of rotation (26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Gunther Fux, Frank Altvater
  • Publication number: 20020081345
    Abstract: In order to manufacture coiled baking articles with at least one outer dough material (58) and with at least one inner dough material (56) or dough filling, a nozzle arrangement (10) comprises an inner stationary nozzle (14) and an outer nozzle (18) rotatably enclosing the inner nozzle (14). A mouth (20) of the outer nozzle (18) is arranged behind the mouth (16) of the inner nozzle (14) in the direction of flow in such a manner that the materials flow together at the mouth (16) of the inner nozzle (14) and on the path to the mouth (20) of the outer nozzle (18) the inner material (56) is set in rotation by the outer material (58) and is thereby compressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Holger Kappes, Gunther Fux, Frank Altvater
  • Publication number: 20020061343
    Abstract: A nozzle holder (14) with at least one nozzle (34′; 34″), which ends at a mouth (38′; 38″), is used for manufacturing baking articles (54) from an extruded strand (56). In order to manufacture baking articles (54) which extend in a plane, the nozzle (34′; 34″) is pivotably mounted by means of a joint with a ball (32) and its mouth (38′; 38″) is displaceable by a pivoting device (45) in two axes (X; Y) extending at right angles to one another. Furthermore, constructed in the ball (32) is at least one connecting duct (48′; 48″), of which one end is connected to a stationary feed duct (50′; 50″) and the other end to the pivotable nozzle (34′; 34″).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Marc Horna, Frank Altvater
  • Patent number: 5698233
    Abstract: Within a casing (10), on each side of a center plane (A), a feeding channel (26, 28) and a pressure channel (32, 34) are defined. The pressure channels (32, 34) are converging in the direction of a jet arrangement (40). Further, within the casing (10), on each side of the center plane (A), a first and a second rotatably driven feeding roll (42, 44), respectively, are disposed each between one of the feeding channels (26, 28) and the associated pressure channel (32, 34). The feeding rolls (42, 44) have their axes of rotation define a transverse plane (B). Two additional rotatably driven rolls (52, 54), disposed within the casing (10) on one side each of the center plane (A), define together with one each of the feeding rolls (42, 44) a nib (62, 64). On the side of the transverse plane (B) which is remote from the jet arrangement (40), at least a third rotatably driven feeding roll (46) is provided, having assigned to it a third inlet channel (30) and a third pressure channel (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Bepex, GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Altvater, Gunter Fux