Patents by Inventor Ricardo Bacellar

Ricardo Bacellar 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).

  • Food conveyor and packaging systems and methods
    Patent number: 11383865
    Abstract: A conveyor and packaging system includes an upstream conveyor that transports stacks biscuits in a plurality of lanes into buckets of a bucket conveyor. The bucket conveyor transports the buckets in a direction perpendicular to the length of the buckets to a packaging area, where transfer devices transfer the biscuit stacks to an input of a packaging machine. The transfer device can transfer the stacks without use of an intermediary conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Intercontinental Great Brands LLC
    Inventors: Ricardo Bacellar, Joao Moreira
  • FOOD CONVEYOR AND PACKAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20200361646
    Abstract: A conveyor and packaging system includes an upstream conveyor that transports stacks biscuits in a plurality of lanes into buckets of a bucket conveyor. The bucket conveyor transports the buckets in a direction perpendicular to the length of the buckets to a packaging area, where transfer devices transfer the biscuit stacks to an input of a packaging machine. The transfer device can transfer the stacks without use of an intermediary conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Ricardo Bacellar, Joao Moreira
  • Food conveyor and packaging systems and methods
    Patent number: 10766645
    Abstract: A conveyor and packaging system includes an upstream conveyor that transports stacks biscuits in a plurality of lanes into buckets of a bucket conveyor. The bucket conveyor transports the buckets in a direction perpendicular to the length of the buckets to a packaging area, where transfer devices transfer the biscuit stacks to an input of a packaging machine. The transfer device can transfer the stacks without use of an intermediary conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Intercontinental Great Britain LLC
    Inventors: Ricardo Bacellar, Joao Moreira
  • FOOD CONVEYOR AND PACKAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20180222612
    Abstract: A conveyor and packaging system includes an upstream conveyor that transports stacks biscuits in a plurality of lanes into buckets of a bucket conveyor. The bucket conveyor transports the buckets in a direction perpendicular to the length of the buckets to a packaging area, where transfer devices transfer the biscuit stacks to an input of a packaging machine. The transfer device can transfer the stacks without use of an intermediary conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Ricardo Bacellar, Joao Moreira
  • Apparatus and method for delivery of a dry mixture
    Patent number: 8684234
    Abstract: A method of measuring or dosing dry mixture ingredients includes providing separate flow channels for ingredients. The flow channels including at least a first flow channel and a second flow channel configured such that the first flow channel is at least partially disposed around the second flow channel. The first flow channel may include an outer concentric metering screw and the second flow channel may include an inner concentric metering screw. The method further including providing a first material to the first flow channel and a second material to a second flow channel, wherein one of the first and second materials comprises a single dry ingredient and the other of the first and second material comprises multiple dry ingredients. The materials are advanced through the channels to a shared exit where a mixing zone is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC
    Inventors: Ricardo Bacellar, Cristiano Fernandes, Joao Mauricio Magalhaes Moreira, Vanessa Poletti Ferreira Olivatti, Antonio Paulo Pivesso, Jr.
  • Apparatus and Method for Delivery of a Dry Mixture
    Publication number: 20120037660
    Abstract: A method of measuring or dosing dry mixture ingredients includes providing separate flow channels for ingredients. The flow channels including at least a first flow channel and a second flow channel configured such that the first flow channel is at least partially disposed around the second flow channel. The first flow channel may include an outer concentric metering screw and the second flow channel may include an inner concentric metering screw. The method further including providing a first material to the first flow channel and a second material to a second flow channel, wherein one of the first and second materials comprises a single dry ingredient and the other of the first and second material comprises multiple dry ingredients. The materials are advanced through the channels to a shared exit where a mixing zone is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Ricardo Bacellar, Cristiano Feernandes, João Mauricio Moreira, Vanessa Poletti Ferreira Olivatti, Antonio Paulo Pivesso, JR.