Patents by Inventor Walter Niemetz

Walter Niemetz 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).

  • Publication number: 20080083338
    Abstract: The invention relates to an installation for reheating portioned chilled or frozen snack food products packaged in a lower and upper hinged package parts closed by cooperation of snap means. It comprises a compact oven provided with a first cavity section (41a) infrared heating sand a second cavity section heated by microwave means (64). The package with the food to reheat is taken into the cavity (41), automatically opened and the food only is unload on a moving grill/fork device (20). The grill/fork (20) moves sidewards inside the microwave cavity section (41b) for microwave heating. A door (41c) moves with grill/fork (20) to isolate the microwave heated cavity. After the microwave heating the grill/fork moves inside the infrared cavity section (41a). At the end the food is automatically unloaded back to the package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventor: Walter Niemetz
  • Patent number: 4784273
    Abstract: A frangible, single-serving container for tortes and the like. The container comprises a base member for holding and serving the piece of torte or the like. The base member has a sector shaped base, a shallow base wall around the sector-shaped perimeter of the base, and a top rim on an upper edge of the base wall. The container also comprises a cover member for covering and protecting the piece of torte or the like. The cover member has a sector-shaped top, an arc-shaped back wall, two radial walls, and a bottom rim. The radial walls define a front edge, and the rim defines a bisected tab adjacent the front edge. The front edge is torn when the halves of the tab are forced in the opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1988
    Inventor: Walter Niemetz
  • Patent number: D314145
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1991
    Inventor: Walter Niemetz