Patents by Inventor Wiebrand-Anno Brandsema

Wiebrand-Anno Brandsema 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).

  • Apparatus and system for draining whey from cheese curd for manufacturing cheese
    Patent number: 4811658
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for draining whey from cheese curd and for manufacturing blocks of cheese. A mould of flat perforated wall panels, a perforated bottom plate and a perforated follower plate, all of plastic material, enclosed by metal hoops is filled with cheese curd. A perforated follower plate is placed on top of the cheese curd, on which an increasing pressing force is exerted. The mould is cooled during at least part of the time period of increasing pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1989
    Assignee: Arend B.V.
    Inventors: Wiebrand-Anno Brandsema, Boeli Kuipers