Patents by Inventor Rafael Marcilla

Rafael Marcilla 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: 12011025
    Abstract: A method for aerating a pasty product and for mixing with another product is disclosed herein. In one example, the method includes passing a stream of pasty product to be aerated through an apparatus. The apparatus includes a housing, the housing including an inlet for the pasty product to be aerated an outlet for the aerated product. The apparatus further includes a gas injector for injecting a gas into the pasty product to be aerated. The apparatus further includes an intermediate mixing chamber and a secondary product introduction member. The method further includes injecting via the upstream gas injector a gas into the pasty product stream at a position upstream relative to the first set of a rotor and a stator. The method further includes injecting a secondary product via the secondary product introduction member into the intermediate mixing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Luis Clavier, Rafael Marcilla, Jean-Francois Chevalier
  • Publication number: 20230241564
    Abstract: An apparatus for mixing a liquid or pasty product. The apparatus comprises a first housing part (11) and a second housing part (12) assembled together. The assembly of the first housing part (11) and the second housing (12) part forms•—a housing inner space (17) between an inlet (4) and an outlet (5), •—a cooling jacket (7) for circulation of a coolant fluid around the housing inner space (17), and•—a buffer jacket (9) for circulation of a clean fluid, the buffer jacket (9) being formed between the cooling jacket (7) and the housing inner space (17). The buffer jacket protects the mixed product from contamination by the coolant fluid. It also facilitates detection of leakage between the housing inner space and the buffer jacket. The invention also relates to a corresponding method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: JEAN-FRANCOIS CHEVALIER, RAFAEL MARCILLA
  • Publication number: 20230053831
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for aerating a pasty product. The apparatus comprises a housing (1) with an inlet (4) for the pasty product to be aerated and an outlet (5) for the aerated product. The apparatus comprises at least a first set of a rotor and a stator (21) and a second set of a rotor and a stator (22). The apparatus further comprises a gas injector (6) for injecting, upstream of the first set of a rotor and a stator (21), a gas into the pasty product to be aerated. The apparatus further comprises an intermediate mixing chamber (7) provided in the housing between the first and the second sets of a rotor and a stator (21,22). A secondary product introduction means protrudes into the intermediate mixing chamber (7) so as to issue into said intermediate mixing chamber (7). A method for aerating a pasty product is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Luis Clavier, Rafael Marcilla, Jean-Francois Chevalier
  • Patent number: 11490649
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing with an inlet for a pasty product to be aerated and an outlet for the aerated product. The apparatus includes at least a first set of a rotor and a stator and a second set of a rotor and a stator. The apparatus further includes a gas injector for injecting, upstream of the first set of the rotor and the stator, a gas into the pasty product to be aerated. The apparatus further includes an intermediate mixing chamber provided in the housing between the first and the second sets of the rotor and the stator . A secondary product introduction member protrudes into the intermediate mixing chamber so as to issue into the intermediate mixing chamber. A method for aerating a pasty product is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Luis Clavier, Rafael Marcilla, Jean-Francois Chevalier
  • Publication number: 20220071265
    Abstract: The invention relates to aerated food products. The aerated food products comprise between 40 wt % and 95 wt % of at least one edible plant paste, especially at least one vegetable paste, and have an overrun ranging from 7% to 150%. The edible plant paste is not a dry particulate or powder composition. The invention also relates to processes for preparing such aerated food products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Chevalier, Rafael Marcilla, Victor Baranovsky, Yair Goldfeder
  • Patent number: 10813369
    Abstract: An apparatus (300) for aerating a food product, (200, 300) comprising a housing (10) with an inlet (100) for the food product and an outlet for the aerated food product, and, within the housing (10), first and second pairs (210, 220, 240) of a rotor and a stator each having complementary toothed rims orientated in opposition in the axial direction, and a gas injector (1) for injecting, at an upstream position relative to the first pair (210, 220) of a rotor and a stator, a gas in the food product to be aerated, wherein a further inlet (310) is provided for injecting, at a position between a pair (210, 220) and an adjacent pair (240) of a rotor and a stator, an additional composition to be mixed with the food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Luis Clavier, Jean-Francois Chevalier, Rafael Marcilla
  • Publication number: 20200046014
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for aerating a pasty product. The apparatus comprises a housing (1) with an inlet (4) for the pasty product to be aerated and an outlet (5) for the aerated product. The apparatus comprises at least a first set of a rotor and a stator (21) and a second set of a rotor and a stator (22). The apparatus further comprises a gas injector (6) for injecting, upstream of the first set of a rotor and a stator (21), a gas into the pasty product to be aerated. The apparatus further comprises an intermediate mixing chamber (7) provided in the housing between the first and the second sets of a rotor and a stator (21, 22). A secondary product introduction means protrudes into the intermediate mixing chamber (7) so as to issue into said intermediate mixing chamber (7). A method for aerating a pasty product is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Luis Clavier, Rafael Marcilla, Jean-Francois Chevalier
  • Publication number: 20180295854
    Abstract: An apparatus (300) for aerating a food product, (200, 300) comprising a housing (10) with an inlet (100) for the food product and an outlet for the aerated food product, and, within the housing (10), first and second pairs (210, 220, 240) of a rotor and a stator each having complementary toothed rims orientated in opposition in the axial direction, and a gas injector (1) for injecting, at an upstream position relative to the first pair (210, 220) of a rotor and a stator, a gas in the food product to be aerated, wherein a further inlet (310) is provided for injecting, at a position between a pair (210, 220) and an adjacent pair (240) of a rotor and a stator, an additional composition to be mixed with the food product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Luis Clavier, Jean-Francois Chevalier, Rafael Marcilla