Patents by Inventor Hendrik Krijn Ruissen

Hendrik Krijn Ruissen 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).

  • Filling device and method for filling a container with products floating and/or suspended in an aqueous liquid
    Patent number: 10138011
    Abstract: A filling device and method for filling a container with floating and/or suspended products, in particular for apples and pears. The device has a frame provided with a supply tank fillable with aqueous liquid, and a vacuum chamber for realizing an underpressure in at least a part of the supply tank; immersion means operatively connected to the frame for the purpose of placing the container into or removing the container from the supply tank; and feeder for feeding to the supply tank the aqueous liquid in which the floating and/or suspended products are entrainable. The feeder includes a flow tube or flow channel with which the floating and/or suspended products are carriable into the vacuum chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: De Greef's Wagen-, Carrosserie-en Machinebouw B.V.
    Inventors: Hendrik Krijn Ruissen, Arjen Johannes Wilhelmus Van Kleef, Hendrik Jan Van Ooijen
  • Filling Device and Method for Filling a Container with Products Floating and/or Suspended in an Aqueous Liquid
    Publication number: 20160200468
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filling device and method for filling a container with floating and/or suspended products, in particular for apples and pears. The device according to the invention includes: a frame provided with a supply tank finable with aqueous liquid, and a vacuum chamber for realizing an underpressure in at least a part of the supply tank; immersion means operatively connected to the frame for the purpose of placing the container into or removing the container from the supply tank; and feeder for feeding to the supply tank the aqueous liquid in which the floating and/or suspended products are entrainable. The feeder includes a flow tube or flow channel with which the floating and/or suspended products are carriable into the vacuum chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: De Greefs Wagen-, Carrosserie-en Machinebouw B.V.
    Inventors: Hendrik Krijn Ruissen, Arjen Johannes Wilhelmus Van Kleef, Hendrik Jan Van Ooijen
  • Buffer system for fruit such as apples
    Patent number: 9073707
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a buffering device and method for buffering products such as apples. The device according to the invention comprises: a liquid; a supply means wherein during use an entry side is operatively connected to a feed channel and an exit side of the supply means is provided below the liquid level in the basin, such that during use products are buffered substantially in vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: De Greef's Wagen-, Carrosserie-En Machinebouw B.V.
    Inventors: Hendrik Krijn Ruissen, Jan Van Der Vlist
  • Buffer System for Fruit Such as Apples
    Publication number: 20130051932
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a buffering device and method for buffering products such as apples. The device according to the invention comprises: a liquid; a supply means wherein during use an entry side is operatively connected to a feed channel and an exit side of the supply means is provided below the liquid level in the basin, such that during use products are buffered substantially in vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: DE GREEF'S WAGEN-CARROSSERIE-EN MACHINEBOUW BV
    Inventors: Hendrik Krijn Ruissen, Jan Van Der Vlist