Patents by Inventor Zachary Russell HEINEMAN

Zachary Russell HEINEMAN 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).

  • Systems, apparatuses, and methods of substance processing
    Patent number: 11839230
    Abstract: A substance processing system includes a pressurizer configured to pressurize air and a processing chamber configured to process a substance. The system also includes a heat exchanger coupled between the pressurizer and the processing chamber. A nozzle is coupled to the processing chamber such that output from the nozzle comprises a substantially even pressure distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Bellwether Coffee Co.
    Inventors: Jens Peter Voges, Fong Liu, John Laird, Scott Whitman, Zachary Russell Heineman, Dylan Hilmer Bird, Nicholas Scott Reimnitz, Pietro Valsecchi
  • SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS OF SUBSTANCE PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20230165267
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a receptacle configured to receive a container containing a substance for processing. The container includes a readable tag having processing information associated with the substance. The apparatus also includes a processing chamber operably coupled to the receptacle and configured to receive the substance and process the substance. The apparatus further includes a controller operably coupled to the processing chamber and configured to generate one or more processing instructions based on the processing information in the readable tag and further based on additional processing information received from a remote device. The processing is also configured to process the substance based on the one or more processing instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Bellwether Coffee Co.
    Inventors: Jens Peter VOGES, Fong LIU, John Laird, Scott Whitman, Zachary Russell Heineman, Dylan Hilmer Bird, Nicholas Scott Reimnitz
  • Systems, apparatuses, and methods of substance processing
    Patent number: 11439156
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a receptacle configured to receive a container containing a substance for processing. The container includes a readable tag having processing information associated with the substance. The apparatus also includes a processing chamber operably coupled to the receptacle and configured to receive the substance and process the substance. The apparatus further includes a controller operably coupled to the processing chamber and configured to generate one or more processing instructions based on the processing information in the readable tag and further based on additional processing information received from a remote device. The processing is also configured to process the substance based on the one or more processing instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Bellwether Coffee Co.
    Inventors: Jens Peter Voges, Fong Liu, John Laird, Scott Whitman, Zachary Russell Heineman, Dylan Hilmer Bird, Nicholas Scott Reimnitz
  • SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS OF SUBSTANCE PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20190373940
    Abstract: A substance processing system includes a pressurizer configured to pressurize air and a processing chamber configured to process a substance. The system also includes a heat exchanger coupled between the pressurizer and the processing chamber. A nozzle is coupled to the processing chamber such that output from the nozzle comprises a substantially even pressure distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Jens Peter Voges, Fong Liu, John Laird, Scott Whitman, Zachary Russell HEINEMAN, Dylan Hilmer Bird, Nicholas Scott Reimnitz, Pietro Valsecchi
  • SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS OF SUBSTANCE PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20190208798
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a receptacle configured to receive a container containing a substance for processing. The container includes a readable tag having processing information associated with the substance. The apparatus also includes a processing chamber operably coupled to the receptacle and configured to receive the substance and process the substance. The apparatus further includes a controller operably coupled to the processing chamber and configured to generate one or more processing instructions based on the processing information in the readable tag and further based on additional processing information received from a remote device. The processing is also configured to process the substance based on the one or more processing instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Jens Peter VOGES, Fong LIU, John LAIRD, Scott WHITMAN, Zachary Russell HEINEMAN, Dylan Hilmer BIRD, Nicholas Scott REIMNITZ
  • Roaster
    Patent number: D856745
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Integrated Roasting Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary Russell Heineman, Christopher Nicholas Hibmacronan, Joshua Morenstein, Florent Olivier Alexandre