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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7442170 | Apparatus for punch biopsy A punch biopsy apparatus for removing all or a portion of a suspect dermal growth. A punch biopsy apparatus has: a hollow cylinder body; a coring blade at the base of the hollow cylinder body; and a scooping blade assembly installed through a pair of installation ch... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7217382 | Sheeter gap adjustment and hydraulic operation An improved dough sheeting system and method which allow for improved selection of sheeter gap size and which provide a quick release mechanism to prevent damage to sheeter rollers. Hydraulic actuators, attached to a movable roller, hold the roller in a fixed positi... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7207263 | Single mold form fryer with product centering elements A mold form fryer utilizing a top conveyor that transports snack pieces through a constant velocity oil stream without the need of a bottom mating mold or conveyor. Herein, the form fryer is provided with a top conveyor disposed above a fryer oil pan positioned long... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7156642 | Dough rolling apparatus and method An improved dough-rolling apparatus and method for rolling sheeted dough. The proposed invention comprises a dough-rolling apparatus having a dough sheeter, a sheeting conveyor having a ramped section, a roll-initiating curtain positioned above the ramped section, a... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7137325 | System for conveying and slicing A novel food processing system for dividing a flow of food items into a plurality of streams, gently and quickly transporting the food items along a flume of fluid propelled by eductors to several slicers, transversely slicing the food items at a controlled rate to ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134386 | Automatic bottom-filling injection system A multi-port, bottom-filling injection device having a filling head that splits a flow of filling among two or more spouts or needles. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, an injection device comprises a filling head having several spouts atta... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7134543 | Containment apparatus for multi-pass ovens A containment apparatus for a multi-pass oven consisting of guide rails and tapered guide chutes having side rails. A tapered guide chute directs product pieces from one conveyor to the center of a receiving region of an underlying conveyor. Guide rails are placed a... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7108080 | Method and apparatus for drilling a borehole with a borehole liner A method for drilling a borehole includes; providing a drill string of drill pipe including a center bore, a distal end, a bit assembly at the distal end; hanging a liner from the drill string, thereby forming an annular space between the drill string and the liner ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6962128 | Seasoning recovery and recycle Seasoning for use with snack chips can be recovered and recycled. A seasoning permeable conveyor transports snack chips through a seasoning application. The seasoning applicator deposits seasoning onto the snack chips. The conveyor allows the seasoning not adhered t... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6955255 | Rotary powered snack piece turnover A flipping apparatus for turning over product pieces such as potato crisps having a first conveyor and a second conveyor. A terminal portion of the first conveyor is nested within a concavity defined by an upturned and curved portion of the second conveyor. A channe... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6935086 | Double-bag package and perforation knife A double-bag package, and method for manufacturing same, constructed by modification to existing vertical form and fill packaging machines and perforation knives. In a preferred embodiment, the invention involves producing a double-bag package from a single sheet of... | 08/30/2005 |
| D507660 | Pet door | 07/19/2005 |
| D500663 | Door closer chain | 01/11/2005 |
| D494715 | Pet collar key | 08/17/2004 |