Patents by Inventor Lars Hesslow

Lars Hesslow 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).

  • Method for heat treating a continuous strand of food product and apparatus adapted therefor
    Patent number: 6528103
    Abstract: The invention relates to a product and process for blanching or cooking food strands wherein the food strand is conveyed through a blanching tank on a conveyor immersed within the tank, wherein the conveyor includes bearing members for allowing the food strand to hang on a plurality of suspenders of the conveyor while forming a plurality of free suspended loops between each adjacent bearing member when operatively arranged to hang the strand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Giuliano Pegoraro, Lars Hesslow, Lars Askman
  • Method for heat treating a continuous strand of food product and apparatus adapted therefor
    Publication number: 20020000163
    Abstract: The invention relates to a product and process for blanching or cooking food strands, wherein the food strand is conveyed through a blanching tank on a conveyor immersed within the tank, wherein the conveyor includes means for allowing the food strand to hang on a plurality of bearing means of the conveyor means while forming a plurality of free suspended loops between each adjacent bearing means when operatively arranged to hang the strand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: Giuliano Pegoraro, Lars Hesslow, Lars Askman