Patents by Inventor Stephen Weinmann

Stephen Weinmann 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: 10933423
    Abstract: A method of producing flour and/or semolina by raw material being fed into a feed opening of a roller press. The milling gap of the roller press is fixed, or damping of at least one of the rollers with respect to the lateral deflection is set, such that a first subset of the fill containing finer milling material forms a packed particle fill in the milling gap. In addition, the setting is carried out in such a way that individual particles of a second subset of the fill containing coarser milling material are in contact with the first roller and the second roller of the roller press. Subsequently, the bulk material is milled into milled product in the roller press (9) and the milled product is discharged through a discharge opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: BÜHLER AG
    Inventors: Stephen Weinmann, Daniel Rickenbach, Marcos Luquin
  • Publication number: 20190083985
    Abstract: A method of producing flour and/or semolina by raw material being fed into a feed opening of a roller press. The milling gap of the roller press is fixed, or damping of at least one of the rollers with respect to the lateral deflection is set, such that a first subset of the fill containing finer milling material forms a packed particle fill in the milling gap. In addition, the setting is carried out in such a way that individual particles of a second subset of the fill containing coarser milling material are in contact with the first roller and the second roller of the roller press. Subsequently, the bulk material is milled into milled product in the roller press (9) and the milled product is discharged through a discharge opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen WEINMANN, Daniel RICKENBACH, Marcos LUQUIN
  • Patent number: 10099222
    Abstract: To produce flour and/or semolina, raw material is fed into a feed opening of a roller press. The milling gap of the roller press is fixed, or damping of at least one of the rollers with respect to the lateral deflection is set, such that a first subset of the fill containing finer milling material forms a packed particle fill in the milling gap. In addition, the setting is carried out in such a way that individual particles of a second subset of the fill containing coarser milling material are in contact with the first roller and the second roller of the roller press. Subsequently, the bulk material is milled into milled product in the roller press (9) and the milled product is discharged through a discharge opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Bühler AG
    Inventors: Stephen Weinmann, Daniel Rickenbach, Marcos Luquin
  • Publication number: 20140252141
    Abstract: To produce flour and/or semolina, raw material is fed into a feed opening of a roller press. The milling gap of the roller press is fixed, or damping of at least one of the rollers with respect to the lateral deflection is set, such that a first subset of the fill containing finer milling material forms a packed particle fill in the milling gap. In addition, the setting is carried out in such a way that individual particles of a second subset of the fill containing coarser milling material are in contact with the first roller and the second roller of the roller press. Subsequently, the bulk material is milled into milled product in the roller press (9) and the milled product is discharged through a discharge opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Bühler AG
    Inventors: Stephen Weinmann, Daniel Rickenbach, Marcos Luquin
  • Patent number: 8800897
    Abstract: Whole grain flour is produced from a cereal grain such as wheat by removing an outer layer of the grain, and also some of the endosperm. The removed outer layer comprises 5% to 40% of the original weight of the grain. The removed parts of the grain are comminuted during the removal of the outer layer. Both the grain and the comminuted removed outer layer are then conveyed into a milling device and are milled to form whole grain flour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Bühler AG
    Inventors: Walter Eugster, Stephen Weinmann
  • Publication number: 20110278383
    Abstract: The process according to the invention for producing flour, in particular whole grain flour, from cereal, in particular from wheat, comprises a plurality of steps. In a first step, there follows the removal of an outer layer of at least one grain, in particular a cereal grain, wherein some of the endosperm is also removed. The removed outer layer comprises 5% by weight to 40% by weight of the grain, based on the grain before the removal, preferably 15% by weight to 30% by weight, particularly preferably 18% by weight to 28% by weight, and very particularly preferably 20% by weight to 25% by weight. These removed parts of the grain are comminuted, in particular during the removal of the outer layer. Then there follows conveying the comminuted removed outer layer and the grain into a milling device and milling the comminuted removed outer layer and the grain, in particular a mixture thereof, in the milling device to form flour, in particular whole grain flour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Bühler AG
    Inventors: Walter Eugster, Stephen Weinmann