Patents by Inventor Walter Schnee

Walter Schnee 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: 4770622
    Abstract: Apparatus for pressing, dividing and kneading pieces of dough, the apparatus being adapted to be installed in a continuous and automatic dough processing plant, the pressure plate, dividing knives and dough holder ring being combined to form a unitary processing head which receives a revolving kneading movement while a kneading belt having kneading recesses remains stationary with respect to the processing head. The kneading belt conveys the undivided pieces of dough into the pressing, dividing and kneading zone and also conveys the discrete pieces of dough out of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1988
    Assignee: Fr. Winkler KG Spezialfabrik fur Backereimaschinen und Backofen
    Inventors: Walter Schnee, Hans Sulzmann, Georg Fischer
  • Patent number: 4204466
    Abstract: A plant for the automatic production of Arabic flat bread is provided. It consists basically of a sequence of devices or arrangements for performing the following functions: dough portioning, dough kneading and forming, prefermentation, dough rolling into flats, final fermentation, and finally baking. In accordance with the present invention such a plant is primarily characterized by swingably suspended trays having a bran layer on top for carrying the flat pieces during final fermentation passing through the final fermentation housing in a serpentine path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1980
    Assignee: Fr. Winkler KG
    Inventor: Walter Schnee