Patents by Inventor Travis D. Hall

Travis D. Hall 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).

  • Beverage dispenser outlet and a method of preparing a beverage with same
    Patent number: 8263155
    Abstract: A beverage dispenser, including a whipper disk and a dispensing spout connected downstream to the housing for dispensing the whipped beverage mixture. A sieve is disposed within the dispensing spout and is configured for reducing the number of large bubbles present within the fluid over a predetermined size. An output plate covers a downstream end of the dispensing spout and has a plurality of holes formed therein for reducing the velocity of the whipped beverage mixture through the dispensing spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Darren William Crow, Takeshi Masu, Jurgen Leenders, Richard Patrick Egnor, Travis D. Hall, J. Antonio Gutierrez, Amol Bhalerao
  • BEVERAGE WHIPPER
    Publication number: 20120003373
    Abstract: A beverage whipper, including a whipper disk configured for spinning within the whipper and having a radius is disclosed. The whipper disk further includes a front surface and a plurality of forward-facing concave surfaces that divide the front surface into a plurality of front surface sections. The concave surfaces extend generally radially over more than half the radius and have a circumferential width and a depth, wherein the width is larger than the depth. The front surface sections have a total area that is at least 4-times the total area of the concave surfaces. Also, a beverage dispenser that includes the whipper for forming beverages having crema such as espresso or cappuccino.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Darren William Crow, Takeshi Masu, Jurgen Leenders, Richard Patrick Egnor, Travis D. Hall
  • Beverage whipper
    Patent number: 8038033
    Abstract: A beverage whipper, including a whipper disk configured for spinning within the whipper and having a radius is disclosed. The whipper disk further includes a front surface and a plurality of forward-facing concave surfaces that divide the front surface into a plurality of front surface sections. The concave surfaces extend generally radially over more than half the radius and have a circumferential width and a depth, wherein the width is larger than the depth. The front surface sections have a total area that is at least 4-times the total area of the concave surfaces. Also, a beverage dispenser that includes the whipper for forming beverages having crema such as espresso or cappuccino.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Darren William Crow, Takeshi Masu, Jurgen Leenders, Richard Patrick Egnor, Travis D. Hall
  • BEVERAGE DISPENSER OUTLET
    Publication number: 20090285955
    Abstract: A beverage dispenser, including a whipper disk and a dispensing spout connected downstream to the housing for dispensing the whipped beverage mixture. A sieve is disposed within the dispensing spout and is configured for reducing the number of large bubbles present within the fluid over a predetermined size. An output plate covers a downstream end of the dispensing spout and has a plurality of holes formed therein for reducing the velocity of the whipped beverage mixture through the dispensing spout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: Darren William Crow, Takeshi Masu, Jurgen Leenders, Richard Patrick Egnor, Travis D. Hall, J. Antonio Gutierrez, Amol Bhalerao
  • BEVERAGE WHIPPER
    Publication number: 20090130280
    Abstract: A beverage whipper, including a whipper disk configured for spinning within the whipper and having a radius is disclosed. The whipper disk further includes a front surface and a plurality of forward-facing concave surfaces that divide the front surface into a plurality of front surface sections. The concave surfaces extend generally radially over more than half the radius and have a circumferential width and a depth, wherein the width is larger than the depth. The front surface sections have a total area that is at least 4-times the total area of the concave surfaces. Also, a beverage dispenser that includes the whipper for forming beverages having crema such as espresso or cappuccino.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Darren William CROW, Takeshi Masu, Jurgen Leenders, Richard Patrick Egnor, Travis D. Hall