Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Gunnewig

Wolfgang Gunnewig 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).

  • Method for reducing the pulp content of fruit juices containing pulp
    Patent number: 8557316
    Abstract: A method for influencing the pulp content of a fruit or citrus juice. The method steps include: continuously purifying the juice of a pulp phase in a centrifugal field of a separator, the pulp being discharged from a drum of the separator through a pulp discharge line; measuring a density of the discharged pulp phase by a density flow-through measuring device; and, controlling a controllable device in accordance with a density measurement by the density flow-through measuring device thereby influencing the density of the pulp phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Gea Mechanical Equipment GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Pecoroni, Wolfgang Gunnewig, Rudiger Flocke
  • METHOD FOR REDUCING THE PULP CONTENT OF FRUIT JUICES CONTAINING PULP
    Publication number: 20110189359
    Abstract: A method for influencing the pulp content of a fruit or citrus juice. The method steps include: continuously purifying the juice of a pulp phase in a centrifugal field of a separator, the pulp being discharged from a drum of the separator through a pulp discharge line; measuring a density of the discharged pulp phase by a density flow-through measuring device; and, controlling a controllable device in accordance with a density measurement by the density flow-through measuring device thereby influencing the density of the pulp phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: GEA MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT GMGH
    Inventors: Stefan Pecoroni, Wolfgang Gunnewig, Rudiger Flocke
  • Method for extracting fruit and vegetable juices
    Patent number: 6723355
    Abstract: A method for extracting fruit or vegetable juices, the steps comprising: grinding one of fruits and vegetables to obtain a mash; adding peel components to the mash; and juicing the mash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Westfalia Separator AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Günnewig, Stefan Pecoroni