Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4986056 | Lane adjusting apparatus for bottle guides Automatically adjustable lane guide and grid packing systems which provide for automated accommodation of articles of different size in controlling the transport of rows of moving articles.... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4979933 | Reclosable bag A reclosable bag having an open end with a side margin adjacent the open end, a metal segment in the side margin having ends extending beyond the opening and a sealing tape overlying the metal strip for encapsulation thereof. Apparatus for manufacturing r... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4960605 | Grated hard Parmesan cheese and method for making same In accordance with the present invention, Parmesan cheese is grated to provide a particulate Parmesan cheese. The grated Parmesan cheese is dried to a moisture level of from about 19% to about 24% by weight. Either before or after the drying step, disodiu... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4948003 | Container and closure with internal tamper indication Disclosed is a tamper-evident closure for a container having a finish opening and including a cap member hingedly connecting to a base member. The base member is threadingly engaged with the bottle finish, and includes an upwardly extending pour spout. A ... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4942052 | Method for producing blocks of cheese curd Disclosed are method and apparatus for continuously producing blocks of cheese curd from a sheet of cheese curd. The apparatus may include means for producing the sheet of cheese curd but includes inclined surfaces for guiding the sheet into a conditionin... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4936817 | Reclosable bag A reclosable bag having an open end with a side margin adjacent the open end, a metal segment in the side margin having ends extending beyond the opening and a sealing tape overlying the metal strip for encapsulation thereof. Apparatus for manufacturing r... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4925380 | Multicolor confection extrusion system Apparatus for manufacturing a multicolored aerated confection product utilizing individually adjustable multi-orifice extrusion systems.... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4923707 | Low oil mayonnaise and method of making In accordance with the invention, a low oil mayonnaise composition is provided. The mayonnaise composition contains an edible oil in an amount of from about 65% to about 72%. The mayonnaise composition further includes low D.E. corn syrup at a level of fr... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4916068 | Bioconversion production of ascorbic acid with L-galactono-1,4-oxidase Processes for the bioconversion production of L-ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), and to microorganisms (e.g., Candida Norvegensis MF-56, ATCC 20686 and Candida Norvegensis MF-78, ATCC 20732) and bioconversion media which are specifically adapted for such biocon... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4898280 | Reclosable bag A reclosable bag having an open end with a side margin adjacent the open end, a metal segment in the side margin having ends extending beyond the opening and a sealing tape overlying the metal strip for excapsulation thereof. Apparatus for manufacturing r... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4898745 | Method for manufacturing of pasta filata cheese with extended shelf life The present invention is directed to a method for making Pasta Filata cheese which has an extended shelf life. Pasta Filata curd is divided into pieces and the pieces are delivered to an auger conveyor. The curd is heated and worked in the auger conveyor ... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4885183 | Method for controlling melting properties of process cheese In accordance with the present invention, the meltability of processed cheese is controlled to provide a desired degree of meltability by incorporating whey proteins in the process cheese mix and processing the process cheese mix under conditions of tempe... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4885179 | Method of making fibrous protein xanthan gum complexes Method of preparing a fibrous xanthan gum-protein complex which retains its fibrous texture under prolonged storage conditions.... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4880104 | Lane adjusting apparatus for bottle guides Automatically adjustable lane guide and grid packing systems which provide for automated accommodation of articles of different size in controlling the transport of rows of moving articles.... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4865868 | Meat flavored vegetable oil preparation method and product A method for treating vegetable oil fatty ester shortening composition to provide a natural meaty flavor is provided. In the method, a natural meat fat is heated to a temperature of at least about 150° F. An inert gas is conducted through the natural mea... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4865991 | Methods for partitioning of organic flavor compounds Methods for partitioning and analysis of flavor volatile and other organic components in a food or bioculture composition utilizing acetonitrile-water blends which are cooled to provide a phase and component separation.... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4803090 | Process for producing a microwave puffed cheese snack Process, for producing a dry, crips, puffed natural butterfat containing cheese snack in which cheese snack precursor pieces having a fat content of 17-34% and a moisture content of 20-50% are both baked in a convection oven and subjected to microwave coo... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4798798 | Apparatus for monitoring a chemical process An apparatus for monitoring a chemical process or fermentation having a flow-through vial which includes a container having a specimen sampling opening and an inlet port and an outlet port defining an internal flow path through which liquid specimen is ci... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4792457 | Method for manufacturing individually wrapped meat slices A method is disclosed for continuously manufacturing individually wrapped, single slice, firm bodied meat products formed of a viscous heat settable non-syneresing meat emulsion which contains a heat-settable starch.... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4785551 | Method for drying confection pieces A method of drying a plurality of confection pieces, such as marshmallow bits, having a high volume density and outer surfaces which are adhesive at elevated temperature and moisture levels. A high volume density group of confection pieces at elevated moi... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785696 | High-speed apparatus for forming sheets from a web A method and apparatus for presenting a serial succession of cut sheet portions to a work station. The sheet portions are cut from a continuous webbing which is processed by a cutting station and a web-breaking station. The cutting station partially sever... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4762726 | Shelf stable acid food dressings containing fibrous protein complexes Shelf-stable acidic food dressings having a pH of less than 4.1 comprising an acidic food dressing vehicle and fibrous xanthan gum-protein complexes which retain their firm fibrous texture under prolonged storage conditions. Also disclosed are methods for... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4749008 | Methods and apparatus for container filling Methods and apparatus for accurately packaging viscous food products within a predetermined weight range.... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4702389 | Rigid lid system Rigid lid systems for wide mouthed containers for comestibles such as margarine and the like, which are adapted for stacking in shipping containers without interlayer sheets.... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4684533 | Imitation cheese products Imitation cheese products are disclosed which consist essentially of from about 0.5 to about 3.0 weight percent kappa carrageenan, from about 1.5 to about 12.0 weight percent gelatin, from about 3 to about 30 weight percent of an edible fat and from about... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4678673 | Fermented oilseed product for preparing imitation dairy products Oilseed products are fermented with a microorganism which produces diacetyl and acetylmethylcarbinol. The microorganism is preferably Lactobacillus caseissprhamnosus ATCC 39595. The fermented oilseed products have a buttery or dairy-like flavor and are us... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4622775 | Hydroponic plant collars Collars, for supporting plants by the base of their stems with the major portion of the root structure extending downward into an aqueous hydroponic medium, have upstanding sidewalls and bottom end structures that support the plant while leaving at least ... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4620838 | Cheese shredder Apparatus for providing cheese shapes utilize one or more chambers for containing cheese, a ram for forcing the cheese through a perforated area of a die plate at the forward end of each chamber to produce a plurality of extrusions, and a cutter to divide... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4614661 | Methods and apparatus for sanitary steam injection A steam injection valve for continuously injecting steam into viscous food products such as relishes, sauces, jams and jellies which are continuously pumped through a steam injection zone. The valve has a sanitary irrotational, interlocking valve stem-val... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4597971 | Soft cream cheese product A soft bodied cream cheese product which is readily spreadable at refrigeration temperatures is prepared by blending a cultured cream cheese dressing mix having substantially unhomogenized milkfat with a firm bodied cream cheese curd having homogenized mi... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4595659 | Fermentation production of ascorbic acid from L-galactonic substrate Processes for the fermentation production of L-ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), and to microorganisms (e.g., Candida Norvegensis MF-56, ATCC 20686) and fermentation media which are specifically adapted for such fermentation.... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4586317 | Minutely cross channeled voiding sealing systems Methods and apparatus for forming seal in a packaging material through containing a plastic combestible such as process cheese, utilizing sealing element having a plurality of small channels in the surface thereof having a directional component laterally ... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4585738 | Immobilized enzyme systems Immobilized enzyme systems which contain a tea polyphenol-enzyme adduct and the methods for preparing and using such immobilized enzyme systems.... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4563360 | Edible xanthan gum-protein fibrous complexes Methods and compositions are disclosed relating to fibers formed from xanthan gum and various protein sources such as soy protein, egg protein and casein, as well as simulated meat compositions utilizing such fibers.... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4559233 | Edible fibrous serum milk protein/xanthan gum complexes Methods and compositions relating to dairy whey protein-xanthan gum fibers and simulated meat products are disclosed.... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4545508 | Plastic closure for grated cheese or the like A container lid such as a lid for a parmesan cheese container or the like, having a plurality of independently operative openings which is formed of a one piece two layer central bulk access and peripheral crescent-shaped broadcast construction, and which... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4540592 | Multiple screw pasta manufacturing process Methods for preparing a precooked pasta product utilizing a twin screw extruder and subjecting the pasta component to substantial backmixing at elevated pressure and temperature prior to cooling and extrusion.... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4513533 | Method and apparatus for hydroponic farming Plants are hydroponically grown on rafts that float on an aqueous nutrient medium. The rafts have arrays of openings that extend from their upper surface to their lower surface for receiving plant-containing collars that dip into the aqueous medium. To pr... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4492153 | Knock-down plastic cheese curing container A knock-down cheese curing box is formed of plastic members including an individually constructed bottom tray, individually constructed side panels, and a top cover. The side panels have interfitting tabs and notches by which the side panels are slid into... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4468135 | Retort pouch thermal simulator and method of optimizing heat transfer in retort conditions A device is provided which simulates heat transfer into a flexible pouch in which food or like product is cooked and sterilized. The simulator is a block of polymeric material having a thickness approximately that of a food pouch and a thermal diffusivity... | 08/28/1984 |
