US Patent Issued to Societe des Produits Nestle on Sept. 30 for "Methods and devices for heating or cooling viscous materials" (Missouri, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,613, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Methods and devices for heating or cooling viscous materials" was invented by Kevin J Cully (Chesterfield, Mo.), Andrew Joseph Brinkmann (Manchester, Mo.), Ronald Lee Nash (Florissant, Mo.), William D Short (Litchfield, Ill.), Trent C Lorraine (Amazonia, Mo.) and Jerry J Hankins (St. Joseph, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices heat or cool viscous materials, such as meat emulsions useful for producing food and other products. The devices have a heat exchanger including a first plate, a second plate attached to the firs...