Patents by Inventor Karl-Heinz Hinck

Karl-Heinz Hinck 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: 4681639
    Abstract: Iso-glucose sirup having a proportion of 42% to 45% by weight of fructose, is treated and converted into a flowable granular end product. For this purpose the sirup is concentrated by evaporation to have 70% to 77% of dry substance by weight. Then the concentrated sirup is crystallized by cooling, whereupon the crystal mass is separated from the mother liquor and aged. An after-crystallization takes place during the aging. Thereafter, the aged crystal mass is milled to have a particle size of about 10 to about 250 microns. The mother liquor is also concentrated by evaporation to have about 90% of dry substance by weight. Then the milled crystal mass and the concentrated mother liquor are mixed with each other, whereby drying and mixing take place simultaneously. The quantities of the two components being mixed are so adjusted that the resulting mixture or end product has a fructose content of maximally 42% to 45% by weight of the end product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1987
    Assignee: Starcosa GmbH
    Inventor: Karl-Heinz Hinck