Patents by Inventor Kurt Kristensen

Kurt Kristensen 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).

  • Publication number: 20240032563
    Abstract: An ice cream freezer comprising an elongated housing having a jacket and an interior space in which a dasher with a rotatable hollow cylinder body is arranged, the cylinder body comprising a scraper blade arranged along the periphery of the cylinder body, an inlet located before the scraper blade for allowing ice cream mixture to enter an inside of the cylinder body, and an outlet located after the scraper blade for allowing ice cream mixture to leave the inside of the cylinder body, wherein the inlet comprises a lead surface that has a lead angle of at least 3° for pushing the ice cream mixture in the axial direction of the cylinder body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Kurt KRISTENSEN, Erik Jimmy Wolf PETERSEN
  • Patent number: 10932478
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ice cream machine having a filling zone and an emptying zone. The ice cream machine comprises a rotatable unit having a radial extension, a mould for receiving ice cream, the mould being arranged to rotate with the rotatable unit, an extrusion nozzle for extruding ice cream into the mould, the extrusion nozzle being arranged at the filling zone. The ice cream machine further comprises an ejection mechanism for ejecting ice cream radially out of the mould at the emptying zone. The invention also relates to a method for producing an ice cream product using an ice cream machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Tomas Skoglund, Ole Bendixen, Tommy Bonde, Per Henrick Hansen, Kurt Kristensen, Ejvind Waldström
  • Publication number: 20180139984
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ice cream machine having a filling zone and an emptying zone. The ice cream machine comprises a rotatable unit having a radial extension, a mould for receiving ice cream, the mould being arranged to rotate with the rotatable unit, an extrusion nozzle for extruding ice cream into the mould, the extrusion nozzle being arranged at the filling zone. The ice cream machine further comprises an ejection mechanism for ejecting ice cream radially out of the mould at the emptying zone. The invention also relates to a method for producing an ice cream product using an ice cream machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Tomas Skoglund, Ole Bendixen, Tommy Bonde, Per Henrick Hansen, Kurt Kristensen, Ejvind Waldström
  • Patent number: 6142430
    Abstract: A wrist support for computer keyboard in the form of an elongated cabinet, the wrist support being provided with an input device comprising a control stick uprightly arranged on a base plate, a number of strain gauge transducers adhered to the control stick, wherein the base plate is displaceably arranged within the cabinet and the control stick is positioned in a slit in the upper face of the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Inventor: Kurt Kristensen