Patents by Inventor Johann Georg Schnitzer

Johann Georg Schnitzer 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: 4037798
    Abstract: An accessory for kitchen blenders, and the like, adapted to the milling of cereal grains comprises a pair of superposed millstones of circular shape. The lower millstone is engaged upon a shaft which may be coupled to the drive of the kitchen machine after placing a receptacle for the milled flour around the blender stand. The upper millstone is held stationary in a housing which also serves as the container and funnel for the grain. The driveshaft passes through an orifice in the upper millstone and depends from a thrust bearing centered in a cover atop the housing, the shaft being engaged by an adjusting nut above the thrust bearing to permit adjustment of the gap between the upper and nether millstones, for the control of flour fineness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1977
    Inventor: Johann Georg Schnitzer
  • Patent number: 4034921
    Abstract: Upper and lower millstones are provided in a milling apparatus adapted to mill a wide range of cereal grains and other kernels. The upper millstone is stationary and is pierced by a central orifice through which the drive shaft of the rotating lower millstone passes. Cutting teeth protrude radially from the drive shaft in the region of the central orifice and cooperate with guide channels in the orifice wall to break kernels larger than would pass through the annulus between the shaft and the orifice, thereby supplying pre-milled kernel fragments to the opposing milling surfaces of the upper and lower millstones. Radially spiralling furrows in the milling surfaces further reduce the feed to flour, prior to discharge at the outer periphery of the milling apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1977
    Inventor: Johann Georg Schnitzer
  • Patent number: 4022388
    Abstract: A motor-driven cereal mill, adapted for household use, incorporates a stationary upper millstone and a rotatable lower millstone of cast composition. Both millstones are borne in carriers, with the upper millstone carrier vertically adjustable inside a milling enclosure, in order to vary the milling gap between the milling faces. A worm drive is employed to adjust the milling gap, and means are also provided for a variable lower stop for the travel of the stationary millstone carrier, in order to provide means for the compensation of service wear in the milling faces. An electric motor is mounted alongside the milling enclosure and drives the vertical shaft, which engages the rotating millstone carrier, via a transmission, which is located below a common mounting plate for the motor and the mill enclosure. A removable receptacle is provided for the milled flour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1977
    Inventor: Johann Georg Schnitzer