Patents by Inventor Roger Housset

Roger Housset 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).

  • Process for the continuous preparation of cheese or a cheese product installations for practicing the process and product obtained by the process
    Patent number: 5792500
    Abstract: A method of continuously manufacturing a cheese or a cheese speciality from curds, the method comprising the following steps:a) raw materials including at least broken curds are inserted into a screw extruder (10) inside a sheath (11);b) the raw materials are transferred inside the sheath which has at least one section in which the temperature lies in the range 60.degree. C. to 85.degree. C., the configuration of the screws (12) and the temperature inside the sheath (11) being adapted to transforming the raw materials by mixing, texturing, and cooking;c) the resulting product is extruded from the downstream end of the sheath (11) through a die adapted to texture, shape, and cool the product; andd) the extruded cheese or cheese speciality is cut to a desired length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Bongrain (societe anonyme)
    Inventors: Roger Housset, Mickael Caillard, Michel Merceron