Patents by Inventor Walter Grassler

Walter Grassler 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).

  • Refrigerated product containing pieces of chocolate and a process and an arrangement for its production
    Patent number: 6305275
    Abstract: An apparatus for preparing a mousse which contains pieces of chocolate has a first line of apparatus members which are associated together and suitable for transporting, sterilizing and overrunning a milk-based mixture, which is suitable for being overrun and for preparing a mousse, and for transporting an overrun mixture and has a second line of apparatus members which are associated together and suitable for transporting and sterilizing a chocolate composition and for transporting a sterilized chocolate composition, and the lines separately feed a nozzle and contact zone tube assembly. In one embodiment, passages in the nozzle are positioned and configured so that, in operation, overrun mixture is delivered into the nozzle and an amount of chocolate composition is delivered into overrun mixture so that the composition has a form of a strand in the overrun mixture, and a cutting system is connected with the contact zone tube for cutting the strand into pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Walter Grassler, Manfred Wild
  • Refrigerated product containing pieces of chocolate and a process and an arrangement for its production
    Publication number: 20010007692
    Abstract: The refrigerated product is based on at least one mousse (2, 3), the mousse containing 2 to 10% by weight of chocolate (4) and the chocolate being sterilized and containing 50 to 70% of fats, 30 to 50% of cocoa powder and 1 to 10% of sugar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Publication date: July 12, 2001
    Applicant: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Walter Grassler, Manfred Wild
  • Mousse containing sterilized pieces of chocolate
    Patent number: 6231902
    Abstract: Sterilized pieces of chocolate are contained in a mousse in an amount of between 2% and 10% by weight. The chocolate includes, by weight, from 1% to 10% sugar and also includes from 50% to 70% fats and 30% to 50% cocoa powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Walter Grassler, Manfred Wild
  • Preparation of mousse containing sterilized chocolate pieces
    Patent number: 5820913
    Abstract: A composite product of a milk-based mousse and of chocolate product pieces is prepared. To do so, a chocolate product of a fat, cocoa butter and sugar in amounts, by weight, of from 50% to 70% fat, of from 30% to 50% cocoa powder and of from 1% to 10% sugar, is sterilized and a milk-based mixture, which is suitable for being overrun and preparing a mousse, also is sterilized, the sterilized mixture is overrun to obtain the mousse, and the sterilized chocolate product is delivered to and combined with the mousse so that the mousse contains pieces of the sterilized chocolate product therein and so that the pieces are in an amount of between 2% and 10% by weight, and then, the composite product so obtained is introduced into containers refrigerated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Walter Grassler, Manfred Wild