Patents by Inventor Frederikus Johannes Brink

Frederikus Johannes Brink 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).

  • Apparatus and method for forming sausage links
    Patent number: 5944594
    Abstract: Apparatus for forming a chain of sausage links is described in which the formed links are less likely to unwind. The apparatus includes a conveyor (10) for moving a tubular food casing (18) filled with a food emulsion around an axis (12), the conveyor having a plurality of crimping (14a-h) and twisting (15a-h) means for forming a continuous adjacent links. The conveyor (10) moves the links through a semicircular path past station (A-I) where twisting and crimping operations are performed. The links so formed have a first set twisted in one direction about the tubular food casing axis and a second set of adjacent links twisted in the opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Devro PLC
    Inventors: Allan James Hanlon, Tom Saddler Lynch, Derek Samuel David Norwood, Frederikus Johannes Brink, Jan Schipper
  • Apparatus and method for forming sausage links
    Patent number: 5833525
    Abstract: Apparatus for forming a chain of sausage links is described in which the formed links are less likely to unwind. The apparatus includes a conveyor (10) for moving a tubular food casing (18) filled with a food emulsion around an axis (12), the conveyor having a plurality of crimping (14a-h) and twisting (15a-h) means for forming a continuous adjacent links. The conveyor (10) moves the links through a semicircular path past station (A-I) where twisting and crimping operations are performed. The links so formed have a first set twisted in one direction about the tubular food casing axis and a second set of adjacent links twisted in the opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Devro PLC
    Inventors: Allan James Hanlon, Tom Saddler Lynch, Derek Samuel David Norwood, Frederikus Johannes Brink, Jan Schipper