Patents by Inventor Jack Appolonia

Jack Appolonia 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 chilling soft solid materials and liquids
    Patent number: 5520005
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for chilling foodstuffs in which liquid cryogen is more effectively dispersed to chill the foodstuffs and cryogenic vapor generated by the liquid cryogen is used to remove residual liquid cryogen from the apparatus and for other useful purposes including freezing the foodstuffs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: The BOC Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Jack Appolonia
  • Method and device for transmitting heating or cooling medium to a food product on a moving substrate
    Patent number: 5487908
    Abstract: A device for transmitting a heating or cooling medium to a moving substrate which includes at least one continuous channel traversing at least a major portion of the width of the moving substrate for converting a multidirectional flow of the heating or cooling medium into a unidirectional flow, a device for removing and/or preventing the presence of foreign matter within the channel, and ovens and freezers employing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1996
    Assignee: The BOC Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Appolonia, Robert Muscato, George Wittel
  • Method and device for transmitting heating or cooling medium to a food product on a moving substrate
    Patent number: 5334406
    Abstract: A device for transmitting a heating or cooling medium to a moving substrate which includes at least one continuous channel traversing at least a major portion of the width of the moving substrate for converting a multidirectional flow of the heating or cooling medium into a unidirectional flow, a device for removing and/or preventing the presence of foreign matter within the channel, and ovens and freezers employing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Assignee: The BOC Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Appolonia, Robert Muscato, George Wittel
  • Cryogenic freezer apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5186008
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cryogenic freezer and method using a freezing chamber within which articles are cooled under the direct application of a cryogen, causing the cryogen to vaporize into a cryogenic vapor. The freezing chamber has inlet and outlet plenums through which articles to be frozen are passed into and from the freezing chamber, respectively. The liquid cryogen is introduced from a make-up tank into the freezing chamber and into direct contact with the articles to be frozen. Conduits connect the inlet and outlet plenums to a blower that draws air from outside the freezing chamber and the cryogenic vapor from inside the freezing chamber to prevent air from entering the freezing chamber. The cryogenic vapor is drawn from an outlet in the freezing chamber to a recovery unit to be compressed, purified and liquefied. The resulting liquid cryogen is then fed back to the make-up tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1993
    Assignee: The BOC Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Appolonia, Clair Wheeler, Akhilesh Kapoor