Patents by Inventor Josef Kalapos

Josef Kalapos 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 for moistening whole grains
    Patent number: 4128052
    Abstract: Whole grain kernels are admitted through an inlet at one end of a closed tubular vessel, and are entrained by a blade-type rotor in the presence of metered quantities of liquid, being accelerated so that they form in the vessel a whirling tubular veil which continuously travels lengthwise of the vessel towards an outlet thereof and wherein each kernel becomes uniformly wetted over its entire surface and moistened to a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1978
    Assignee: Gebrueder Buehler AG
    Inventors: Roman Mueller, Josef Kalapos
  • Method of moistening whole grains
    Patent number: 4055673
    Abstract: Whole grain kernels are admitted through an inlet at one end of a closed tubular vessel, and are entrained by a blade-type rotor in the presence of metered quantities of liquid, being accelerated so that they form in the vessel a whirling tubular veil which continuously travels lengthwise of the vessel towards an outlet thereof and wherein each kernel becomes uniformly wetted over its entire surface and moistened to a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1977
    Assignee: Gebrueder Buehler AG
    Inventors: Roman Mueller, Josef Kalapos