Patents by Inventor Pierre-Benoit Raboud

Pierre-Benoit Raboud 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).

  • Installation for solubilizing cocoa
    Patent number: 4438681
    Abstract: A mixture of steam and a concentrated solution of an alkali carbonate are continuously injected under pressure into a cocoa mass in a tube, whereby the carbonate reacts with the cocoa mass under pressure in the tube at at least 120.degree. C. to form a reacted mass mixture, which mixture is subjected to sudden expansion and then dried with stirring until a dried solubilized liquid is ultimately obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1984
    Assignee: Societe d'Assistance Technique pour Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Pierre-Benoit Raboud, Frantisek Kubicek, Jean-Pierre Bandi
  • Process for solubilizing cocoa
    Patent number: 4349579
    Abstract: A mixture of steam and a concentrated solution of an alkali carbonate are continuously injected under pressure into a cocoa mass in a tube, whereby the carbonate reacts with the cocoa mass under pressure in the tube at at least 120.degree. C. to form a reacted mass mixture, which mixture is subjected to sudden expansion and then dried with stirring until a dried solubilized liquor is ultimately obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1982
    Assignee: Societe d'Assistance Technique pour Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Pierre-Benoit Raboud, Frantisek Kubicek, Jean-Pierre Bandi