Patents by Inventor Kevin Andrew Carlson
Kevin Andrew Carlson 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).
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Publication number: 20230084998Abstract: A method of processing products in a retort having a length includes arranging products in at least one product carrier for movement along at least a portion of the length of the retort and reciprocating the at least one product carrier along at least a portion of the length of retort in a non-sinusoidal pattern of movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Frederick James Wilson, Kevin Andrew Carlson, Jacob Richardson
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Patent number: 11582991Abstract: A recirculation circuit for a processing vessel is configured to process a load with a process fluid. The recirculation circuit includes a first circuit portion configured to recirculate a first portion of the process fluid through the vessel. The first circuit portion includes a first pump having a first flow rate and a first output pressure and a heat exchanger in fluid communication with the first pump. A second circuit portion is configured to recirculate a second portion of the process fluid through the vessel. The second circuit portion includes a second pump having a second flow rate higher than the first flow rate and a second output pressure lower than the first output pressure.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Eduard Hendrikus Johannes Damhuis, Kevin Andrew Carlson
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Patent number: 11533935Abstract: A system for agitating products in a retort includes a clamping assembly configured to selectively impose a first clamping force on a first end of at least one product carrier and a second opposing clamping force on a second end of the at least one product carrier, and a reciprocating assembly configured to apply linear forces on the product carriers for reciprocal movement of the product carriers along the retort. A method of processing products in a retort includes arranging products in at least one product carrier for movement along a retort and reciprocating the at least one product carrier along the retort in a non-sinusoidal pattern of movement.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Kevin Andrew Carlson, Jacob Richardson, Frederick James Wilson, Andrew Carl Prins, Joshua Logan Fender, Michael C. Hoover, Kathryn M. Belmore, Trent L. Miller, Tyler A. Riley
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Publication number: 20210000144Abstract: A system for agitating products in a retort includes a clamping assembly configured to selectively impose a first clamping force on a first end of at least one product carrier and a second opposing clamping force on a second end of the at least one product carrier, and a reciprocating assembly configured to apply linear forces on the product carriers for reciprocal movement of the product carriers along the retort. A method of processing products in a retort includes arranging products in at least one product carrier for movement along a retort and reciprocating the at least one product carrier along the retort in a non-sinusoidal pattern of movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2019Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Kevin Andrew Carlson, Jacob Richardson, Fredrick James Wilson, Andrew Carl Prins, Joshua Logan Fender, Michael C. Hoover, Kathryn M. Belmore, Trent L. Miller, Tyler A. Riley
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Publication number: 20200375224Abstract: A recirculation circuit for a processing vessel is configured to process a load with a process fluid. The recirculation circuit includes a first circuit portion configured to recirculate a first portion of the process fluid through the vessel. The first circuit portion includes a first pump having a first flow rate and a first output pressure and a heat exchanger in fluid communication with the first pump. A second circuit portion is configured to recirculate a second portion of the process fluid through the vessel. The second circuit portion includes a second pump having a second flow rate higher than the first flow rate and a second output pressure lower than the first output pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2019Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: John Bean Technologies CorporationInventors: Eduard Hendrikus Johannes Damhuis, Kevin Andrew Carlson
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Publication number: 20170290358Abstract: An automated, unmanned continuous system (200) for packaging flowable food products at elevated temperatures and pressures includes an upstream thermal processing station (202) to heat the food products and direct the heated food products to a pressurized unmanned filling station (204), whereat containers (242) are filled with the heated food products within a pressurized housing (232), and then transported to a pressurized and unmanned sealing station (206) where the containers are sealed with a lid or cover (283) within a pressurized housing (282). Thereafter, the filled and sealed containers (242) are routed from the pressurized housing (282) through a pressurized transfer tube or passageway (208) for further processing at a downstream thermal processing station (210).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2017Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: John Bean Technologies CorporationInventors: Zhijun Weng, Jeffrey A. Dahl, Douglas Neil Woodruff, Kevin Andrew Carlson
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Publication number: 20170072076Abstract: A carrier for processing a container in a thermal processing system includes a carrier body having an exterior configured to roll in the thermal processing system. The container includes a container body extending between first and second container ends. The carrier body has a first end portion configured to receive the first container end and a second end portion opposite the first end portion. A retention system is disposed within the second end portion of the carrier body that is configured to engage the second container end and retain the container within the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: John Bean Technologies CorporationInventors: Zhijun Weng, Jeffrey A. Dahl, Frederick James Wilson, Fred S. Guerrero, Terry L. Heyliger, William C. Kreamer, Kevin Andrew Carlson, Jenaro Morris Martinez, Walter Kenneth Mizuno, Stacy Michelle Allen, Joshua Logan Fender, Andrew C. Prins, Jacob Lee Richardson
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Publication number: 20140175727Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a carrier for a container for processing the container in a rotary processing system generally includes a carrier body defining at least one compartment for receiving at least one container, wherein the carrier is capable of rolling, and a retention system for maintaining the at least one container in the at least one compartment and restricting movement of the at least one container within the at least one compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: John Bean Technologies CorporationInventors: Frederick James Wilson, Kevin Andrew Carlson, Jenaro Morris Martinez, William Charles Kreamer, Walter Kenneth Mizuno
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Publication number: 20130022497Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a carrier for a container for processing the container in a rotary processing system generally includes a carrier body defining at least one compartment for receiving at least one container, wherein the carrier is capable of rolling, and a retention system for maintaining the at least one container in the at least one compartment and restricting movement of the at least one container within the at least one compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2012Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Zhijun Weng, Jeffrey A. Dahl, Frederick James Wilson, Fred S. Guerrero, Terry L. Heyliger, William C. Kreamer, Kevin Andrew Carlson