Patents by Inventor Louis F. Lavie

Louis F. Lavie 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).

  • Pulverulent water-soluble nonhygroscopic composition for preparing beverages with a lasting effervescence and method for preparing the same
    Patent number: 4716046
    Abstract: A nonhygroscopic pulverulent composition for preparing beverages with a lasting effervescence comprises a first component or group of components mixed with a second component or group of components capable of reacting mutually in the presence of water to evolve a gas. Each of said components or group of components is impregnated with the dry residue of a saccharose liquor or of a saccharose derivative liquor containing a water-soluble or a mixture of water-soluble polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1987
    Assignee: Dridrinks N.V.
    Inventor: Louis F. Lavie
  • Process of manufacture of sugar caramel in powdered form
    Patent number: 4358469
    Abstract: A powdered sugar caramel composition is prepared by heating the sugar to 140.degree.-200.degree. C., cooling the viscous mass to about 120.degree. C., adding an ammonium salt which is volatile at this temperature, such as ammonium carbonate to precolor the mass, foaming the mass, and cooling the foam to ambient temperature. The cooled foam is then powdered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1982
    Inventor: Louis F. Lavie