Patents by Inventor Klaus Lochbuhler

Klaus Lochbuhler 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).

  • Product stream heater
    Patent number: 7411165
    Abstract: In an apparatus and a method for heating product streams, particularly food product streams containing fruits or fruit pieces, the product 47 flows through a product-carrying channel 2. The apparatus comprises means for generating high electrical alternating fields, wherein the means comprises electrodes, electrode terminals and an alternating field generator. The invention is characterized in that the electrodes are provided within the product-carrying channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: INDAG Gesellschaft Fuer Industriebedarf mbH & Co. Betriebs KG
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Wild, Bradley Gunn, Klaus Lochbühler
  • Product stream heater
    Publication number: 20050019025
    Abstract: In an apparatus and a method for heating product streams, particularly food product streams containing fruits or fruit pieces, the product 47 flows through a product-carrying channel 2. The apparatus comprises means for generating high electrical alternating fields, wherein the means comprises electrodes, electrode terminals and an alternating field generator. The invention is characterized in that the electrodes are provided within the product-carrying channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Wild, Bradley Gunn, Klaus Lochbuhler