Patents by Inventor Noel Robert Kempfert

Noel Robert Kempfert 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: 9499776
    Abstract: The present invention provides a brewing system that includes a cooking vessel configured to heat a fluid in the cooking vessel; a grain container having a false bottom, wherein the grain container is configured to hold a grain bed, wherein the grain container includes a plurality of sieves that are configured to separate the grain bed into a plurality of grain layers, and wherein the grain container is configured to be placed within the cooking vessel; and a fluid-circulation system configured to transfer fluid heated by the cooking vessel into the grain container such that the transferred fluid contacts a top surface of the grain bed, filters through the grain bed and the plurality of sieves, and enters the cooking vessel, and wherein the fluid-circulation system is further configured to re-circulate the fluid that exits the cooking vessel via a drain back to the top surface of the grain bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Inventor: Noel Robert Kempfert
  • Publication number: 20140234482
    Abstract: The present invention provides a brewing system that includes a cooking vessel configured to heat a fluid in the cooking vessel; a grain container having a false bottom, wherein the grain container is configured to hold a grain bed, wherein the grain container includes a plurality of sieves that are configured to separate the grain bed into a plurality of grain layers, and wherein the grain container is configured to be placed within the cooking vessel; and a fluid-circulation system configured to transfer fluid heated by the cooking vessel into the grain container such that the transferred fluid contacts a top surface of the grain bed, filters through the grain bed and the plurality of sieves, and enters the cooking vessel, and wherein the fluid-circulation system is further configured to re-circulate the fluid that exits the cooking vessel via a drain back to the top surface of the grain bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventor: Noel Robert Kempfert