Patents by Inventor Oliver Brecht

Oliver Brecht 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: 11337430
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing a foodstuff material is provided, specifically for producing sausage products from sausage meat. The apparatus includes a stationary housing which has a wall and which can be connected in fluid-conducting relationship to a conveyor pump, and has a discharge opening for delivery of the foodstuff material. Arranged within the housing is an element for partially swirling the foodstuff material within the housing, which is rotatable relative to the wall and along which in operation at least a partial amount of the foodstuff material to be conveyed flows. The rotatable element ends within the housing before the discharge opening for delivery of the foodstuff material. The apparatus can produce a string with a substantially cylindrical outer contour from a foodstuff material like sausage meat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: VEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Knodel, Mitja Wagner, Fritjof Wesemann, Johann Walger, Oliver Brecht
  • Publication number: 20210212328
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing a foodstuff material is provided, specifically for producing sausage products from sausage meat. The apparatus includes a stationary housing which has a wall and which can be connected in fluid-conducting relationship to a conveyor pump, and has a discharge opening for delivery of the foodstuff material. Arranged within the housing is an element for partially swirling the foodstuff material within the housing, which is rotatable relative to the wall and along which in operation at least a partial amount of the foodstuff material to be conveyed flows. The rotatable element ends within the housing before the discharge opening for delivery of the foodstuff material. The apparatus can produce a string with a substantially cylindrical outer contour from a foodstuff material like sausage meat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Peter Knodel, Mitja Wagner, Fritjof Wesemann, Johann Walger, Oliver Brecht
  • Patent number: 10426175
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for orienting a plurality of sausages with respective curvatures. A conveyor device is configured to transport the sausages along a conveyor path. The conveyor device includes a conveyor element on which the sausages can be placed at mutual spacings and with their longitudinal axis substantially perpendicular to a conveyor direction of the conveyor element. A turning device is arranged over the conveyor element. The turning device is configured to be brought into contact with each of the sausages and to orient the sausages oriented approximately transversely relative to the conveyor direction of the conveyor element in identical relationship in respect of the curvatures of the sausages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: VEMAG MASCHINENBAU GMBH
    Inventors: Thorsten Meininger, Norman Greif, Oliver Brecht, Gerd Scharninghausen
  • Publication number: 20190053505
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for orienting a plurality of sausages with respective curvatures. A conveyor device is configured to transport the sausages along a conveyor path. The conveyor device includes a conveyor element on which the sausages can be placed at mutual spacings and with their longitudinal axis substantially perpendicular to a conveyor direction of the conveyor element. A turning device is arranged over the conveyor element. The turning device is configured to be brought into contact with each of the sausages and to orient the sausages oriented approximately transversely relative to the conveyor direction of the conveyor element in identical relationship in respect of the curvatures of the sausages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Thorsten Meininger, Norman Greif, Oliver Brecht, Gerd Scharninghausen
  • Patent number: 10104898
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for transferring at least one sausage link into a packaging item. The apparatus includes at least one drivable, rotatable conveyor device having at least one protruding vane, with the conveyor device being adapted and configured in such a way that the at least one sausage link can be placed on the vane in a receiving position, and that by rotating the conveyor device, the at least one sausage link can be placed onto or into the packaging item by the vane in a delivery position. The conveyor device may further include an impeller that forms, in part, a horizontal support surface for a group of sausage links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: VEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Norman Greif, Gerd Scharninghausen, Oliver Brecht, Thorsten Meininger
  • Publication number: 20180206510
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for transferring at least one sausage link into a packaging item. The apparatus includes at least one drivable, rotatable conveyor device having at least one protruding vane, with the conveyor device being adapted and configured in such a way that the at least one sausage link can be placed on the vane in a receiving position, and that by rotating the conveyor device, the at least one sausage link can be placed onto or into the packaging item by the vane in a delivery position. The conveyor device may further include an impeller that forms, in part, a horizontal support surface for a group of sausage links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Norman Greif, Gerd Scharninghausen, Oliver Brecht, Thorsten Meininger