Patents by Inventor Huibert Tournois

Huibert Tournois 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).

  • Publication number: 20230061171
    Abstract: Automated meal preparation apparatus for continuous preparation of meals, comprising a closed-loop conveyor rail configured to support a plurality of cooking pots, driving means configured to simultaneously convey the cooking pots in a conveying direction along the closed-loop conveyor rail to a plurality of separate stations sequentially located along the closed-loop conveyor rail and being stationary with respect thereto, the plurality of stations comprising an ingredient dispensing station comprising an ingredient dispenser configured to dispense ingredients in a cooking pot, a preparation station, located downstream from the ingredient dispensing station in the conveying direction, and comprising a heating element, a serving station, located downstream from the preparation station, and comprising a dispensing mechanism, and a cleaning station, located downstream from the serving station and upstream from the ingredient dispensing station in the conveying direction, and comprising a cleaning unit configure
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: EATCH B.V.
    Inventors: Jelle Anton Bernd SIJM, Bert Huibert TOURNOIS, Wouter Bernardus Cornelis DE HEIJ, Teunis BUNT, Johannes Antonius Maria HOLSINK, Rasit GÖRGÜLÜ
  • Patent number: 5879695
    Abstract: A covering material for agricultural soil contains starch or a derivative or fraction thereof as binder together with a structure-improving amount of an acid and/or an oil, and a finely divided vegetable filler such as straw. The oil is for instance palm oil or linseed oil in an amount of 1-25 wt. %. The acid is preferably 0.2-4% by weight of phosphoric acid or citric acid. The material may further comprise fungicides, bentonite and/or rubber latices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Antonius Johannes Maria Bastiaansen
    Inventors: Antonius Johannes Maria Bastiaansen, Andries Hanzen, Dick De Wit, Huibert Tournois
  • Patent number: 5747658
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for the oxidation of carbohydrates with periodate in an aqueous medium, with which method a less than equivalent amount of periodate is used and the periodate is regenerated during the reaction in a separate reaction chamber. The periodate is preferably regenerated electrochemically. The oxidation leads to dialdehyde carbohydrates in which advantageously 30-85% of the available diol groups are oxidized to dialdehyde groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Instituut Voor Agrotechnologisch Onderzoek (ATO-DLO)
    Inventors: Sarah Veelaert, Dirk De Wit, Huibert Tournois