Patents by Inventor Sandra Nilsson

Sandra Nilsson 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).

  • Flash boiling apparatus
    Patent number: 11350649
    Abstract: A flash boiling apparatus for a liquid food product that includes particles, the apparatus including a vacuum vessel provided with a product inlet and a product outlet for liquid food product, a pressure relief valve arranged upstream the product inlet for providing a pressure drop that results in flash boiling of the liquid food product, and an inlet section arranged between the pressure relief valve and the product inlet, for conveying the liquid food product from the pressure relief valve to the product inlet. The inlet section includes a through-flow area that increases in a direction from the pressure relief valve to the product inlet, such that a flow velocity of the liquid food product decreases when it passes the inlet section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Tomas Skoglund, Fredrik Innings, Martin Erixon, Sandra Nilsson
  • FLASH BOILING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200008450
    Abstract: A flash boiling apparatus for a liquid food product that includes particles, the apparatus including a vacuum vessel provided with a product inlet and a product outlet for liquid food product, a pressure relief valve arranged upstream the product inlet for providing a pressure drop that results in flash boiling of the liquid food product, and an inlet section arranged between the pressure relief valve and the product inlet, for conveying the liquid food product from the pressure relief valve to the product inlet. The inlet section includes a through-flow area that increases in a direction from the pressure relief valve to the product inlet, such that a flow velocity of the liquid food product decreases when it passes the inlet section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Tomas Skoglund, Fredrik Innings, Martin Erixon, Sandra Nilsson