Assignee: Heat and Control, Inc.

Location: SouthSanFrancisco, CA
No. of patents: 28

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Number	Title	Issue Date
5626898	Masa sheeting process with product length control A masa dough sheeting process is disclosed which eliminates the use of at least one stripper wire or doctor blade wherein the dough is worked between pinch rolls rotating at selected, infinitely varying speed ratios enabling controlled differential adhesi...	05/06/1997
5603973	Process for preparing a baked, non-oil containing snack food product Process and apparatus for preparing a snack food product by baking and without the use of cooking oil, begins with preparation of potatoes, carrots, bananas, etc, into slices which are surface de-watered before exposure to a high intensity heat source inc...	02/18/1997
5580583	Sheeter machine A sheeter machine and process is disclosed which eliminates the use of at least one stripper wire or doctor blade wherein the dough, including masa, is worked between pinch rolls rotating at selected, infinitely varying speed ratios enabling controlled di...	12/03/1996
5407692	Process for treating food products with steam An oven with a box-like housing for efficient use of plant floor space encases a spiral food product carrying conveyor. A process vapor is circulated within the housing by "plug fans" with the inlet drawing vapor from the central axial zone of the spiral ...	04/18/1995
5363659	Ice making apparatus Apparatus for continous production of flake ice comprises one or more refrigerated discs mounted on a hollow shaft. Each disc rotates in the vertical plane and includes a plurality of narrow internal channels which extend substantially over all of the ope...	11/15/1994
5340269	Method for handling elongate products Weighed, rod-like product is deposited into a receptacle having a bottom wall formed by an iris plate assembly, which may be vibrated and which opens on command to drop the product into one of two cylindrical holding canisters with clamshell doors on thei...	08/23/1994
5330304	Apparatus for handling elongated products Weighed, rod-like product is deposited into a receptacle having a bottom wall formed by an iris plate assembly, which may be vibrated and which opens on command to drop the product into one of two cylindrical holding canisters with clamshell doors on thei...	07/19/1994
5322007	Compact, high-capacity oven An oven with a box-like housing for efficient use of plant floor space encases a spiral food product carrying conveyor. A process vapor is circulated within the housing by "plug fans" with the inlet drawing vapor from the central axial zone of the spiral ...	06/21/1994
5316429	Bin loading and emptying of crops having a rounded rollable mass Rows of rectangular bins for crop storage have open tops along which an overhead shuttle carriage moves for filling the bins one at a time. An auger on the carriage removes the contents from the incoming conveyor belt for deposit in an assigned bin. An ar...	05/31/1994
5277533	Apparatus for handling elongate products Weighed, rod-like product is deposited into a receptacle having a bottom wall formed by an iris plate assembly, which may be vibrated and which opens on command to drop the product into one of two cylindrical holding canisters with clamshell doors on thei...	01/11/1994
5215075	Cooking system having an efficient pollution incinerating heat exchanger Odor/pollutants from cooking food products are collected and delivered to a plenum proximate the burner of a heat exchanger which serves the food cooker. The burner issues a flame into a combustion chamber having a baffle arranged normal to the flame and ...	06/01/1993
5167979	Process for continuously frying food products Cooking process and apparatus is provided for cooking food products in a continuous manner whereby the moisture formed during the process of cooking is removed from the cooking oil and the time-temperature profile within the cooker along the cooking path ...	12/01/1992
5137740	Continuous food processing method Cooking process is provided for cooking food products in a continuous manner whereby the moisture formed during the process of cooking is removed from the cooking oil and the time-temperature profile within the cooker along the cooking path may be adapted...	08/11/1992
5112633	Automatic stirring of batch fried food products A food chip cooking process in which uncooked food slices are propelled airborne over the cooking vat in a batch, are stirred and submerged to urge the batch from one end of the vat to the other and then removed from the vat for further processing....	05/12/1992
4977821	Automatic stirring of batch fried food products A food chip cooking process in which uncooked slices are propelled airborne over the cooking vat in a batch, are stirred and submerged to urge the batch from one end of the vat to the other and then removed from the vat for further processing....	12/18/1990
4949629	Cooking a food product in a process vapor at progressively varying rates An oven and method for cooking solid foods. The oven comprises an elongated housing divided into tandem cooking zones each with separate cooking and heating chambers. Food products are carried on a vapor pervious conveyor through the cooking chambers as a...	08/21/1990
4942808	Food processing apparatus Cooking apparatus is provided for cooking food products in a continuous manner whereby the moisture formed during the process of cooking is removed from the cooking oil and the time-temperature profile within the cooker along the cooking path may be adapt...	07/24/1990
4738193	Food processing method and apparatus Cooking apparatus is provided for cooking food products in a continuous manner whereby the moisture formed during the process of cooking is removed from the cooking oil and the time-temperature profile within the cooker along the cooking path may be adapt...	04/19/1988
4554865	Taco shell forming and cooking apparatus A machine forms tortillas into cooked taco shells using a conveyor with a plurality of complementary, vertically extending forming elements which shift from a nested to an open condition as the conveyor sprockets are traversed for feeding and discharging ...	11/26/1985
4510165	Taco shell forming and cooking method A machine forms tortillas into cooked taco shells using a conveyor with a plurality of complementary, vertically extending forming elements which shift from a nested to an open condition as the conveyor sprockets are traversed for feeding and discharging ...	04/09/1985
4372200	Direct fired fryer with wiper means A direct fired fryer includes a combustion chamber heated by burner means and heats a vat of cooking oil through a partition wall as well as through a network of heat conducting tubes arranged in the vat and communicating with the combustion chamber. A wi...	02/08/1983
4366749	Apparatus for processing food products Method and apparatus is disclosed for processing food products such as potato chips and the like. A frying medium mist is contained in a vat in which the water vapor or steam being released from the product and the frying medium being generated rises upwa...	01/04/1983
4325295	Apparatus for preparing french fried potatoes A process for preparing french fried potatoes for freezing and subsequent finish frying to resemble closely french fried potatoes prepared directly from fresh potatoes, in which after completion of the preliminary potato treatment steps of peeling, trimmi...	04/20/1982
4297942	Method and apparatus for flavoring and surface treatment of meat products A continuous process for imparting a charcoal-broiled flavor and appearance to meat products, moves the product into impingement with open gas flames to sear the product's surfaces and to brand the upper and lower product surfaces with hot, metal branding...	11/03/1981
4269861	Process for preparing french fried potatoes and apparatus A process for preparing french fried potatoes for freezing and subsequent finish frying to resemble closely french fried potatoes prepared directly from fresh potatoes, in which after completion of the preliminary potato treatment steps of peeling, trimmi...	05/26/1981
4251895	Surface water removal from potato slices Surface water, potato pieces and starch particles are removed from raw potato slices as they are transferred from a water bath to a cooker on a perforate conveyor belt. Streams of air against the topside of the belt place the slices in turbulent motion an...	02/24/1981
4167585	Method for heating and cooking foods in a closed treatment chamber by maintaining the temperature and moisture content The cooking process comprises the steps of providing a food treatment chamber equipped with a vapor pervious conveyor; preparing a moving stream of a process vapor at a temperature having a lower range of between 165° F. to 212° F.; circulating the stre...	09/11/1979
3947241	Food treatment apparatus and process An oven for treatment of solid foods includes an elongated, double-walled housing divided into a cooking chamber and a heating chamber containing heating means. Fan means in the heating chamber create a draft into which water vapor is introduced and the d...	03/30/1976

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