Patents by Inventor Rowdy Van Gelder

Rowdy Van Gelder 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).

  • Pourable water and oil containing emulsions comprising gas bubbles
    Patent number: 6589587
    Abstract: The invention relates to pourable water and oil containing emulsions comprising an aqueous phase and gas bubbles, whereby said gas bubbles are substantially dispersed in the aqueous phase. Emulsions according to the invention show increased stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Benjamins, Jochen Effey, Eckhard Floeter, Rowdy van Gelder
  • Pourable fatty dispersions
    Patent number: 6395324
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hardstock fat which is suitable for stabilizing a dispersion of a non-fat phase in a triglyceride oil, including liquid margarines, which hardstock fat consists of a mixture of triglycerides, characterized in that, at least two triglycerides having a melting point >55° C. each have a concentration of at least 5 wt. %, the amount of triglycerides having fatty acid residues with a difference in chain length of the longest and the shortest residue of at least four carbon atoms is at least 15 wt. % and the amount of triglycerides with a melting point of 25-55° C. is ≦25 wt. %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Lipton, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Jochen Effey, Eckhard Floeter, Rowdy Van Gelder, Jan P Van Iersel
  • Low fat squeezable spread
    Patent number: 6013303
    Abstract: A squeezable spread composition and a method of making it is described herein. The composition contains a unique ratio of a colloidal microcrystalline cellulose, a cross-linked and stabilized starch, and a maltodextrin combined with an acidifying agent, less than 5% fat, hydrocolloids, water and optionally an opacifier. The low fat product is pourable at 45-70.degree. F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Lipton
    Inventors: Podutoori Ravinder Reddy, Carolina Maria Hilhorst, Rowdy Van Gelder