Patents by Inventor Valter Jejcic

Valter Jejcic 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: 9339049
    Abstract: A batch-freezer machine for producing ice-cream. The machine includes a cylindrical-shaped processing tank and a rotating mixing member housed in an axially rotatable manner inside the processing tank, and structured so as to be able to blend/mix the semi-solid mixture that forms inside the processing tank. The mixing member is provided with a centrifugal impeller which is arranged to directly face the inner face of the hatch, and is structured so as to be able to push/eject the semi-solid mixture located at the center of the opening of the processing tank towards the internal cylindrical lateral surface of the processing tank, when the mixing member rotates inside the processing tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Valmar Global Vse Za Sladoled D.O.O.
    Inventor: Valter Jejcic
  • Patent number: 8746004
    Abstract: A machine including: a housing; a cylindrical-shaped processing tub that extends into the housing; cooling means adapted to cool the processing tub; a mixing member rotatably mounted within the processing tub, with the mixing member being structured so as to mix ingredients in the processing tub and so as to scrape at least the inner side surface of the processing tub to prevent the ingredients from adhering to the side wall of the tub; and a containing collar which is dimensioned so as to be fitted in a releasable manner in the processing tub above the mixing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Valmar Global VSE ZA Sladoled D.O.O.
    Inventor: Valter Jejcic
  • Publication number: 20140102128
    Abstract: A batch-freezer machine for producing ice-cream. The machine includes an external casing; a substantially cylindrical-shaped processing tank extending inside the casing from the front wall of said casing, while remaining coaxial to a substantially horizontal reference axis; a front closing hatch structured to close the opening of the processing tank in a fluid-tight manner; and a rotating mixing member housed in an inside the processing tank and structured to blend/mix the semi-solid mixture that forms inside the processing tank. The mixing member is provided with a centrifugal impeller which faces the inner face of the hatch, and is structured so as to be able to push/eject the semi-solid mixture located at the center of the opening of the processing tank towards the internal cylindrical lateral surface of the processing tank when the mixing member rotates inside the processing tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Valmar Global Vse Za Sladoled D.O.O.
    Inventor: Valter Jejcic
  • Patent number: 8322274
    Abstract: A machine for producing ice-cream and the like including an outer boxlike housing, a processing tank that extends into the boxlike housing, and a discharge manifold which branches from the bottom of the processing tank to reach the boxlike housing at a front wall of the latter, and is structured so as to allow a product contained in the processing tank to flow out of the machine. The discharge manifold includes a tubular duct which protrudes from the bottom of the processing tank and ends with a mouth assembly which through-engages an appropriate opening obtained on the front wall of the boxlike housing. The mouth assembly includes a central sleeve that is rigidly and fixedly attached to the tubular duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Valmar Global VSE ZA Sladoled D.O.O.
    Inventor: Valter Jejcic
  • Patent number: 8038339
    Abstract: A mixing member designed for assembly in an axially rotating manner inside the cylindrical bowl of a blender; the mixing member having a number of longitudinal blades extending parallel to a longitudinal reference axis of the mixing member and spaced angularly about the longitudinal axis to form a “squirrel cage” structure bounded laterally by a cylindrical reference surface coaxial with the longitudinal axis; each of the longitudinal blades has an outer lateral edge lying on the cylindrical reference surface and having at least one scraping device, which includes a scraper hinged to the body of the longitudinal blade to project from and rotate about an axis of rotation locally substantially parallel to the outer lateral edge of the longitudinal blade and/or to the longitudinal axis of the mixing member, and an elastic member which pushes a wedge-shaped transverse edge of the scraper radially onto the cylindrical inner surface of the bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Valmar Global VSE Za Sladoled D.O.O.
    Inventor: Valter Jejcic
  • Publication number: 20100175390
    Abstract: A machine for producing ice-cream and the like provided with an outer boxlike housing and, within the boxlike housing, with a substantially cylindrical-shaped processing tub that extends into the boxlike housing, from the upper wall of the latter, while remaining coaxial to a substantially vertical reference axis; with cooling means adapted to cool the processing tub so as to bring and hold the content thereof at a temperature lower than 0° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: VALMAR GLOBAL VSE ZA SLADOLED D.O.O.
    Inventor: Valter Jejcic
  • Publication number: 20100175565
    Abstract: A machine for producing ice-cream and the like including an outer boxlike housing, a processing tank that extends into the boxlike housing, and a discharge manifold which branches from the bottom of the processing tank to reach the boxlike housing at a front wall of the latter, and is structured so as to allow a product contained in the processing tank to flow out of the machine. The discharge manifold includes a tubular duct which protrudes from the bottom of the processing tank and ends with a mouth assembly which through-engages an appropriate opening obtained on the front wall of the boxlike housing. The mouth assembly includes a central sleeve that is rigidly and fixedly attached to the tubular duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: VALMAR GLOBAL VSE ZA SLADOLED D.O.O.
    Inventor: Valter Jejcic
  • Patent number: 7354192
    Abstract: A blender, for producing ice-cream and similar, has a box-shaped outer casing; a substantially cylindrical tubular bowl having a horizontal axis and extending from the surface of, and inwards of, the box-shaped casing; and a cover fitted movably to the box-shaped casing so as to be positioned closing the inlet of the bowl, a hopper projecting from the body of the cover, a safety grille fixed removably to the body of the cover and designed to partly occupy the inlet of the hopper. The cover has a number of parallel, aligned, projecting pins projecting from the body of the cover. The safety grille has a supporting crosspiece extending astride the projecting pins and having a number of transverse dead holes engaged firmly, but easily removably, by respective aforementioned projecting pins; and a rigid grille structure projecting from the supporting crosspiece to engage the inlet of the hopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Valmar Global VSE ZA Sladoled D.O.O.
    Inventor: Valter Jejcic
  • Publication number: 20070243302
    Abstract: A machine for making homemade ice-cream and similar having an outer casing, a mixing bowl housed inside the machine and projecting outwards of the casing, and a movable lid hinged to the casing and movable to and from an operating position in which it closes the top end of the bowl completely; the movable lid having a supporting arm which is hinged to the casing and is provided with a through opening positioned over the top end of the bowl when the supporting arm is in a lowered position, and a cover fixed to the supporting arm so as to be positioned closing the top end of the bowl when the supporting arm is in the lowered position; the cover having a cup-shaped body fixed upside down to the supporting arm with the bottom of the cup-shaped body located at the through opening, a threaded tubular sleeve which engages a through hole formed in the bottom of the cup-shaped body so as to project from the supporting arm on back through the through opening, and a lock nut screwed to the end portion of the tubular sle
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Valter Jejcic
  • Publication number: 20070140053
    Abstract: A mixing member designed for assembly in axially rotating manner inside the cylindrical bowl of a blender; the mixing member having a number of longitudinal blades extending parallel to a longitudinal reference axis of the mixing member and spaced angularly about the longitudinal axis to form a “squirrel cage” structure bounded laterally by a cylindrical reference surface coaxial with the longitudinal axis; each of the longitudinal blades has an outer lateral edge lying on the cylindrical reference surface and having at least one scraping device, which includes a scraper hinged to the body of the longitudinal blade to project from and rotate about an axis of rotation locally substantially parallel to the outer lateral edge of the longitudinal blade and/or to the longitudinal axis of the mixing member, and an elastic member which pushes a wedge-shaped transverse edge of the scraper radially onto the cylindrical inner surface of the bowl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: VALMAR GLOBAL VSE ZA SLADOLED D.O.O.
    Inventor: Valter Jejcic
  • Publication number: 20070133343
    Abstract: A blender, for producing ice-cream and similar, has a box-shaped outer casing; a substantially cylindrical tubular bowl having a horizontal axis and extending from the surface of, and inwards of, the box-shaped casing; and a hatch fitted movably to the box-shaped casing so as to be positioned closing the inlet of the bowl. The hatch is defined by a substantially porthole-like cover designed to close the inlet of the bowl in fluidtight manner, and hinged to the box-shaped casing so as to be positioned closing the inlet of the bowl; by a hopper projecting from the body of the cover and communicating with a central through opening formed in the cover; and by a safety grille fixed removably to the body of the cover and designed to partly occupy the inlet of the hopper. The cover has a number of parallel, aligned, projecting pins projecting from the body of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: VALMAR GLOBAL VSE ZA SLADOLED D.O.O.
    Inventor: Valter Jejcic
  • Publication number: 20060062078
    Abstract: A mixing member, which is mounted to rotate axially inside the cylindrical tub of a blender; the mixing member having a number of longitudinal blades, which extend parallel to a reference longitudinal axis of the mixing member, and are spaced angularly about the aforementioned longitudinal axis to form a squirrel-cage structure bounded laterally by a cylindrical reference surface coaxial with the aforementioned longitudinal axis; each of the longitudinal blades having an outer lateral edge lying on the cylindrical reference surface and the outer lateral edge of each longitudinal blade being fitted with a scraper shoe, which includes a supporting plate fixed rigidly to the outer lateral edge so as to be substantially tangent to the cylindrical reference surface, and a straight scraper body which rests on the outer face of the supporting plate, has a longitudinal ridge facing outwards of the mixing member, and is fixed to the supporting plate to slide freely on the surface of the outer face in a direction local
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Applicant: VALMAR IZDELAVA STROJEV IN PREPARATOV ZA SLADOLED IN SLASCICE D.O.O.
    Inventor: Valter Jejcic