Patents by Inventor Smit Gerrit

Smit Gerrit 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).

  • Apparatus for transport of warm foodstuffs
    Patent number: 5505122
    Abstract: Container for transporting warm foodstuffs with a first closable space (1) for the foodstuffs for transporting, a second closable space (2) in thermal contact with a heat source (5), and means (3) for transporting air from said second space to said first space. Container wherein the first space and the second space are mutually adjacent and are mutually separated by an air-permeable partition (4), and the means for transporting air can comprise a fan (3). The heat source comprises for instance a heat exchanger (5) provided with a supply conduit (6) and a discharge conduit (7) for a heat transporting medium, in particular a radiator (5) accommodated in the second space and/or an electrical heating element or a combustion heater (10), in particular a combustion heater operating on motor fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Inventor: Smit Gerrit