Patents by Inventor Richard Minzenberger

Richard Minzenberger 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).

  • Sanitizing food products
    Patent number: 6803066
    Abstract: Food products are sanitized by spraying an aqueous sanitizing liquid comprising up to 15 ppm ozone onto all exterior surfaces of the product from a plurality of directions while moving the food product laterally with respect to the sprays, wherein the velocity of each spray is sufficient to wet microbes adhered to the surface of the food product, maintaining contact between the sanitizing liquid and the product for at least a time effective to maximize wetting of the surface of the food product by the sanitizing liquid, and then removing mechanically at least 75% of the liquid from the food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry Jay Traeder, Richard Minzenberger, Liangji Xu, Richard Gaber
  • Sanitizing food products
    Publication number: 20040161508
    Abstract: Apparatus useful for removing liquid from a product includes a vertical main conduit open at both ends,
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: Terry Jay Traeder, Richard Minzenberger, Liangji Xu, Richard Gaber
  • Sanitizing food products
    Publication number: 20020094363
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for sanitizing a food product, comprising
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Terry Jay Traeder, Richard Minzenberger, Xu Liangji, RICHARD GABER
  • Vapor collecting apparatus
    Patent number: 5150576
    Abstract: A vapor collecting apparatus for extracting a condensed, liquefied volatile component carried by a solvent gas. The apparatus includes a single cryogen-cooled vessel into which the gas stream is introduced, along with a flow of liquid cryogen, preferably liquid nitrogen. The output from the vessel contains droplets of condensed vapor which are separated from the gas solvent in a cyclone separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1992
    Assignee: Liquid Carbonic Corporation
    Inventor: Richard A. Minzenberger