Patents by Inventor Kerstin Geiger

Kerstin Geiger 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).

  • Process for conducting cleaning operations in a fluid-receiving device of a foodstuff-processing apparatus, and fluid-receiving device and foodstuff-processing apparatus therefor
    Patent number: 8025740
    Abstract: A process for conducting cleaning operations at predetermined time intervals in a chamber or container of a fluid-receiving device of a foodstuff-processing apparatus first comprises receiving a first fluid in the chamber or container. Then, first and second degrees of cleaning are determined at first and second moments in time, respectively. Then, a first difference between the first and second degrees of cleaning is determined. In a first case, in which the second degree of cleaning lies below a first limit value, the action duration of the at least one cleaning agent during at least one subsequent cleaning operation is set depending on the first degree of cleaning. In a second case, in which the second degree of cleaning lies above the first limit value, a greater amount of cleaning agent is supplied and/or the time interval between two subsequent, successive cleaning operations is shortened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Rational AG
    Inventors: Andrea Juergens, Gerhard Kramer, Judith Kling, Tobias Gayer, Wolfgang Holzapfel, Bruno Maas, Erwin Schuller, Kerstin Geiger, Peter Wiedemann, Manfred Breunig
  • Process for Conducting Cleaning Operations in a Fluid-Receiving Device of a Foodstuff-Processing Apparatus, and Fluid-Receiving Device and Foodstuff-Processing Apparatus Therefor
    Publication number: 20100064905
    Abstract: A process for conducting cleaning operations at predetermined time intervals in a chamber or container of a fluid-receiving device of a foodstuff-processing apparatus first comprises receiving a first fluid in the chamber or container. Then, first and second degrees of cleaning are determined at first and second moments in time, respectively. Then, a first difference between the first and second degrees of cleaning is determined. In a first case, in which the second degree of cleaning lies below a first limit value, the action duration of the at least one cleaning agent during at least one subsequent cleaning operation is set depending on the first degree of cleaning. In a second case, in which the second degree of cleaning lies above the first limit value, a greater amount of cleaning agent is supplied and/or the time interval between two subsequent, successive cleaning operations is shortened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: RATIONAL AG
    Inventors: Andrea Juergens, Gerhard Kramer, Judith Kling, Tobias Gayer, Wolfgang Holzapfel, Bruno Maas, Erwin Schuller, Kerstin Geiger, Peter Wiedemann, Manfred Breunig