Patents by Inventor Rudolf A. Vitti

Rudolf A. Vitti 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: 5474792
    Abstract: A gasified coffee glass is disclosed which is prepared by forming a mixture containing 3% to 12% water and about 88 to 97% total coffee derived solids, heating the mixture, injecting a gas into the mixture and mixing to form a uniform mixture, forcing the mixture through an orifice, and cooling the mixture to form a gasified coffee glass resembling dry soluble coffee or roasted and ground coffee or other novel gasified coffee products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Vijay K. Arora, Rudolf A. Vitti, Marshall M. Rankowitz
  • Patent number: 5079026
    Abstract: A gasified coffee glass is disclosed which is prepared by forming a mixture containing 3% to 12% water and about 88 to 97% total coffee derived solids and 0.1 to 10% coffee oil, or equivalent, heating the mixture, injecting a gas into the mixture and mixing to form a uniform mixture, forcing the mixture through an orifice, and cooling the mixture to form a gasified, oil containing, coffee glass resembling freeze dried or roasted and ground appearing soluble coffee which dissolves in a manner similar to coffee prepared by freeze drying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1992
    Assignee: Kraft General Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Vijay K. Arora, Rudolf A. Vitti, Marshall M. Rankowitz
  • Patent number: 4594256
    Abstract: A process for producing an agglomerated instant coffee product having a roasted and ground appearance comprising:a. milling spray-dried instant coffee to produce a milled powder of an average particle size of 25 to 75 microns;b. adjusting the cohesiveness of the powder so that it will flow and will bind together with slight compaction;c. forming a regular shaped, loosely bound, structurally intact cluster from the cohesive adjusted powder, said cluster have a size of 800 to 2100 microns;d. fusing the outer surface of the cluster to a depth of from 5 to 30 microns; ande. drying and screening the fused clusters to produce an agglomerated instant coffee having a density of from 0.20 to 0.28 gms/cc, a hardness value of less than 8, a color of 17 to 24 Lumetron units and an average agglomerate size of from 800 to 1,300 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1986
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Valery B. Zemelman, Gary L. Burgess, Rudolf A. Vitti, Todd M. Forman, Anthony M. Batchelor, Yvon N. Leblanc
  • Patent number: 4594258
    Abstract: A process for producing an agglomerated instant coffee product having a roasted and ground appearance comprising;a. milling spray-dried instant coffee to produce a milled powder of an average particle size of 30 to 75 microns;b. adding oil to the powder so that it will bind together with slight compaction;c. forming a regular shaped, loosely bound, structurally intact clusters from the powder with oil added, said cluster have a size of 800 to 2100 microns;d. fusing the outer surface of the cluster to a depth of from 5 to 30 microns; ande. drying and screening the fused clusters to produce an agglomerated instant coffee having a density of from 0.20 to 0.28 gms/cc, a hardness value of less than 8, a color of 17 to 24 Lumetron units and an average agglomerate size of from 800 to 1,300 microns.When this process is employed, an agglomerate instant coffee is produced at commercially acceptable rates which has a dark color, a fused surface and a size giving the appearance of roasted and ground coffee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1986
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf A. Vitti, Gary L. Burgess, Valery B. Zemelman
  • Patent number: 4044167
    Abstract: A process for aromatizing soluble coffee products has been developed wherein coffee aromas are added to a liquid glyceride carrier, such as oil, solidified, such as by freezing, comminuted and then blended with soluble coffee. According to a preferred embodiment of this invention carbohydrate solids, such as coffee solids are added to the oil prior to adding the aroma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1972
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1977
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Michael D. Jolly, Anthony T. Nacci, Gaetano J. DeCeglie, Rudolf A. Vitti