Patents by Inventor Franz Egli

Franz Egli 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: 4235934
    Abstract: Sterile, shelf stable yoghurt capable of unrefrigerated storage without degradation for six months or more is prepared by forming a mixture containing pasteurized and homogenized milk and a modifying additive consisting essentially of red algae, starch, gelatin and sugar, adding a culture to the mixture, incubating the mixture to produce yoghurt, cooling the yoghurt, adding hydrocolloid containing stabilizers to the yoghurt and swelling the stabilizers, filling the yoghurt into containers and hermetically sealing the containers, heat sterilizing the filled containers and cooling the sterilized containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1980
    Assignee: Zentralschweizerischer Milchverbrand
    Inventors: Franz Egli, Franz Egli
  • Patent number: 3932680
    Abstract: Sterile yoghurt is produced by a process wherein milk is pasteurized, homogenized and concentrated 10% by weight, sugar is added, the milk is cooled and acidulated by lactic acid producing bacteria to produce yoghurt, the yoghurt is cooled, stabilizers are added for distribution of proteins, the resultant yoghurt is allowed to stand for a period of time, the yoghurt is filled into containers and sterilized by heating followed by cooling and holding for a period of time and storing at room temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1976
    Assignee: Zentralschweizerischer Milchverband
    Inventors: Franz Egli, Franz Egli