Patents by Inventor Martinus Wilhelmus Hendricus Kobussen

Martinus Wilhelmus Hendricus Kobussen 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).

  • Continuous food processing system
    Patent number: 6331104
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of continuously processing an elongated strand (1) of plastic edible material coated with a coagulated coating. A co-extruder (6) has interchangeable parts (9B) to provide strands of varying diameter. The strand is conveyed through a closed tubular conveyor (106) through which a brine fluid is simultaneously passed. The drying of the strand includes an infrared drier (3). A linker and/or crimper (2) is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: Townsend Engineering Company
    Inventors: Petrus Johannes Kobussen, Josinus Johannes Jacobus Petrus Kobussen, Martinus Wilhelmus Hendricus Kobussen, Hendricus Franciscus Gerardus Smulders
  • Method for making extruded food products
    Patent number: 5759602
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of continuously processing an elongated strand (1) of plastic edible material coated with a coagulated coating. A co-extruder (6) has interchangeable parts (9B) to provide strands of varying diameter. The strand is conveyed through a closed tubular conveyor (106) through which a brine fluid is simultaneously passed. The drying of the strand includes an infrared drier (3). A linker and/or crimper (2) is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Townsend Engineering Company
    Inventors: Petrus Johannes Kobussen, Josinus Johannes Jacobus Petrus Kobussen, Martinus Wilhelmus Hendricus Kobussen, Hendricus Franciscus Gerardus Smulders