Patents by Inventor Hanspeter Haefliger

Hanspeter Haefliger 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).

  • Method of making a granular food product
    Patent number: 6579548
    Abstract: A process for the production of the granular food product by preparing a premix of powdered constituents of the filler and fat, forming the premix into granules or agglomerates by atomizing an aqueous solution of binding agent onto a fluidized bed of the premix to incorporate an amount of binding agent and drying the granules to the desired residual moisture content. The resultant free flowing granular food product comprises a swelling powdered food material having a relatively large mean diameter and a relatively narrow span in diameter distribution so that the granular food product is dispersible by simply pouring it into a hot liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Hanspeter Haefliger, Pierre Dupart, Leonhard Blasius, Peter Kehrli
  • Method of making a granular food product
    Publication number: 20020187224
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of the granular food product by preparing a premix of powdered constituents of the filler and fat, forming the premix into granules or agglomerates by atomizing an aqueous solution of binding agent onto a fluidized bed of the premix to incorporate an amount of binding agent and drying the granules to the desired residual moisture content. The resultant free flowing granular food product comprises a swelling powdered food material having a relatively large mean diameter and a relatively narrow span in diameter distribution so that the granular food product is dispersible by simply pouring it into a hot liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Hanspeter Haefliger, Pierre Dupart, Leonhard Blasius, Peter Kehrli