Patents by Inventor Josef Egli

Josef Egli 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).

  • Method and apparatus for removing and displacing package headspace sterilized air
    Patent number: 5896727
    Abstract: Aseptic filling and sealing of packages with a food product is carried out in compartments which contain an atmosphere of sterile air and which contain devices for filling and sealing packages and a transporter device for transporting the packages through the compartments for the filling and sealing operations. Headspace sterile air is removed and displaced from the packages by injection of nitrogen into the packages from a nozzle which is at a fixed position and which directs the nitrogen at an angle with reference to a vertical perpendicular to the horizontal package transport direction and counter to the transport direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Josef Egli, Willy Hugelshofer, Alfred Messerli