Patents by Inventor Neophytos Ganiaris

Neophytos Ganiaris 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).

  • Concentration of comestible liquids
    Patent number: 4099947
    Abstract: Orange or other fruit juice is concentrated by forming ice therein and separating the ice from the juice in a draining column followed by centrifugation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1978
    Assignee: Struthers Patent Corporation
    Inventor: Neophytos Ganiaris
  • Fluidized bed process
    Patent number: 4052794
    Abstract: In a fluidized bed dryer or reactor in which particles are coated or aggregated to form granules, all fines separated from the exhaust gas are recycled into feed or into the fluidized bed in solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1977
    Assignee: Struthers Scientific and International Corporation
    Inventor: Neophytos Ganiaris
  • Freezer concentration
    Patent number: 4036619
    Abstract: The invention concerns direct contact freeze concentration wherein a cooling medium is injected into aqueous solution to form ice slurry therein which is then centrifuged out to leave a concentrated aqueous solution. In particular citrus juice is concentrated and then freeze dried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1977
    Assignee: Struthers Patent Corporation
    Inventor: Neophytos Ganiaris
  • Orange juice
    Patent number: 3949486
    Abstract: A process is provided for the freeze concentration of a comestible product such as orange juice wherein a hard frozen mass of an extract thereof is heated and cooled alternately to soften and then reharden the mass, the hard mass is then granulated and dried under vacuum. The step of heating and cooling the hard frozen mass can be repeated for example between 2 and 8 times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1976
    Assignee: Struthers Scientific and International Corporation
    Inventor: Neophytos Ganiaris