Patents by Inventor Steven Acreman

Steven Acreman 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 preparing curd and for feeding the prepared curd to a curd processing apparatus
    Patent number: 7624677
    Abstract: An apparatus for preparing curd and feeding same to a curd processing apparatus, comprising a number of curd tanks and a pipe system connected with the curd tanks and provided with pumping means to feed curd from the curd tanks to the curd processing apparatus, wherein at least a number of curd tanks are provided with a first outlet and a second outlet, the pumping means being connected with the two outlets of said curd tanks, such that a curd tank can be pumped out via both outlets simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holding & Finance S.A.
    Inventor: Steven Acreman
  • Apparatus for preparing curd and for feeding the prepared curd to a curd processing apparatus
    Publication number: 20050274264
    Abstract: An apparatus for preparing curd and feeding same to a curd processing apparatus, comprising a number of curd tanks and a pipe system connected with the curd tanks and provided with pumping means to feed curd from the curd tanks to the curd processing apparatus, wherein at least a number of curd tanks are provided with a first outlet and a second outlet, the pumping means being connected with the two outlets of said curd tanks, such that a curd tank can be pumped out via both outlets simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Inventor: Steven Acreman
  • Blockformer apparatus with micropeened surface and method for producing same
    Patent number: 6705212
    Abstract: A stainless steel structural member for a blockformer apparatus has at least one surface along which in operation curd slides. The at least one surface coming into contact with curd is at least partly a substantially sloping undulating surface, viewed on a microscopic scale, which has been obtained through a micropeening treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Wieger van der Meulen, Steven Acreman
  • Method and apparatus for producing cheese
    Patent number: 6465033
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing cheese, suitable in particular for producing crumbly cheese. Cheese molds are filled with curd, are subsequently closed with a lid and are pressed, whereafter the obtained cheeses are removed from the cheese molds. Prior to removing the cheeses from the cheese molds, however, the cheese molds still filled with cheese are heated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holding & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Hugo Menninga, Steven Acreman
  • Stainless steel structural member for blockformer apparatus, method for manufacturing structural member and blockformer apparatus provided with stainless steel structural member
    Publication number: 20020129715
    Abstract: A stainless steel structural member for a blockformer apparatus has at least one surface along which in operation curd slides. The at least the at least one surface coming into contact with curd is at least partly a substantially sloping undulating surface, viewed on a microscopic scale, which has been obtained through a micropeening treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Wieger van der Meulen, Steven Acreman
  • Method and apparatus for producing cheese
    Publication number: 20020058096
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing cheese, suitable in particular for producing crumbly cheese. Cheese molds are filled with curd, are subsequently closed with a lid and are pressed, whereafter the obtained cheeses are removed from the cheese molds. Prior to removing the cheeses from the cheese molds, however, the cheese molds still filled with cheese are heated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Hugo Menninga, Steven Acreman