Patents by Inventor Marc Horna

Marc Horna 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).

  • Patent number: 9759474
    Abstract: A cooling channel is provided for cooling goods to be chilled, in particular food or pharmaceutical products. The cooling channel includes a cooling tower having an inlet end and an outlet end; a driven conveyor belt on which the goods to be chilled are arranged such that they can be conveyed through the cooling tower from the inlet end to the outlet end; a housing surrounding the conveyor belt and forming a cooling zone in the region of the conveyor belt; a filter unit for filtering air; a cooling unit for cooling the cooling zone; and at least one fan that interacts thermodynamically with the cooling unit and that conveys cooled air from the cooling unit to the cooling zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: HOSOKAWA BEPEX GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Hiltscher, Heiko Groetsch, Mike Beckert, Marc Horna
  • Publication number: 20150040600
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling channel (100) for cooling goods to be chilled, in particular food or pharmaceutical products, comprising a cooling tower (10) having an inlet end (12) and an outlet end (14), a driven conveyor belt (32), on which the goods to be chilled are arranged such that they can be conveyed through the cooling tower (10) from the inlet end (12) to the outlet end (14), a housing (18), which surrounds the conveyor belt (32) and forms a cooling zone in the region of the conveyor belt, a filter unit (62) for filtering air, a cooling unit (42) for cooling the cooling zone, and at least one fan (74), which interacts thermodynamically with the cooling unit (42) and which is designed to convey cooled air from the cooling unit (42) to the cooling zone, wherein the cooling unit (42) and the fan (74) are arranged in a housing region (40) that is separate from the cooling zone and sealed off from is the cooling zone, wherein only a fluid connection is provided for conveying the cooled air between
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: HOSOKAWA BEPEX GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Hiltscher, Heiko Groetsch, Mike Beckert, Marc Horna
  • Patent number: 6896504
    Abstract: For producing coiled bakery products comprising two strands each made of an outer and an inner doughy substance, a nozzle arrangement (12) comprises two inner nozzles (14, 16), which are each surrounded by an outer nozzle (18, 20), wherein all of the nozzles (14, 16, 18, 20) are rotatable about a common axis of rotation (148).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Hosokawa Bepex GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Horna, Frank Altvater
  • Patent number: 6712595
    Abstract: A nozzle holder (14) with at least one nozzle (34′; 34″), which ends at a mouth (38′; 38″), is used for manufacturing baking articles (54) from an extruded strand (56). In order to manufacture baking articles (54) which extend in a plane, the nozzle (34′; 34″) is pivotably mounted by means of a joint with a ball (32) and its mouth (38′; 38″) is displaceable by a pivoting device (45) in two axes (X; Y) extending at right angles to one another. Furthermore, constructed in the ball (32) is at least one connecting duct (48′; 48″), of which one end is connected to a stationary feed duct (50′; 50″) and the other end to the pivotable nozzle (34′; 34″).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Hosokawa Bepex GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Horna, Frank Altvater
  • Publication number: 20020084281
    Abstract: For producing coiled bakery products comprising two strands each made of an outer and an inner doughy substance, a nozzle arrangement (12) comprises two inner nozzles (14, 16), which are each surrounded by an outer nozzle (18, 20), wherein all of the nozzles (14, 16, 18, 20) are rotatable about a common axis of rotation (148).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Marc Horna, Frank Altvater
  • Publication number: 20020061343
    Abstract: A nozzle holder (14) with at least one nozzle (34′; 34″), which ends at a mouth (38′; 38″), is used for manufacturing baking articles (54) from an extruded strand (56). In order to manufacture baking articles (54) which extend in a plane, the nozzle (34′; 34″) is pivotably mounted by means of a joint with a ball (32) and its mouth (38′; 38″) is displaceable by a pivoting device (45) in two axes (X; Y) extending at right angles to one another. Furthermore, constructed in the ball (32) is at least one connecting duct (48′; 48″), of which one end is connected to a stationary feed duct (50′; 50″) and the other end to the pivotable nozzle (34′; 34″).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Marc Horna, Frank Altvater