Patents by Inventor Jean-Yves Toze

Jean-Yves Toze 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).

  • Patent number: 4846054
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for extracting fat from an animal material in which according to the invention, the fat is continuously melted and then extracted by passing the animal material through two successive zones, namely a melting zone (B) and an extraction zone (C), of a single housing in the form of an elongate sleeve (1) equipped, in the melting zone (B), with heating means (13) and, in the extraction zone (C), with filtering walls (16) for the passage of the melted fat, the sleeve (1) encasing two overlapping conveyor screws (2) driven in rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Assignee: Clextral
    Inventors: Christian Mange, Jean-Yves Toze
  • Patent number: 4746464
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process and apparatus for extracting fat from an animal material in which the fat is continuously melted and then extracted by passing the animal material through two successive zones, namely a melting zone (B) and an extraction zone (C), of a single housing in the form of an elongate sleeve (1) equipped, in the melting zone (B), with heating means (13) and, in the extraction zone (C), with filtering walls (16) for the passage of the melted fat, the sleeve (1) encasing two overlapping conveyor screws (2) driven in rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1988
    Assignee: Clextral
    Inventors: Christian Mange, Jean-Yves Toze