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Crispy Chip Sandwich and Process of Producing a Sandwich Product
A food product comprising a multilayer cookie or snack having outer layers formed from a crispy type edible food product such as a potato chip or corn chip, etc. with an intermediate marshmallow layer being in contact with the inner surface of each crispy chip and one or more filler substances.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8245838 | Apparatus and method for the recording of images of objects moved on a conveyor device An apparatus, in particular a code reader, for the recording of images of objects (14) moved on a conveyor device (12), wherein the apparatus includes a line sensor (10), in particular a line camera, which can scan objects line wise for the gene... | 08/21/2012 |
| 8069974 | Transport device with a monitoring appliance and substrate treatment apparatus In a transport device, which comprises at least one endless conveyor guided around at least two guide rollers, a monitoring appliance for monitoring motion of a guide roller is positioned on at least one of the guide rollers. The monitoring appliance comprises a fir... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7793774 | Lockout and monitoring system with SIL3 safety rating and method for lockout and monitoring Lockout and monitoring system with SIL3 safety rating and method for lockout and monitoring of conveyor or any distributed plant are provided where pulse width modulation and amplitude modulation are used for communication between field devices (such as remote isola... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7427767 | Apparatus for identifying the condition of a conveyor belt An apparatus for identifying the condition of a conveyor belt (6) has a capturing device (12) which can be used to capture two-dimensional images (B) of successive belt sections (15) of the conveyor belt (6) during operation of the convey... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7347319 | Tilting roller The subject of the invention is a retention device for a conveyor roller, characterised in that the roller (7) is mounted on a tilting support (13). ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7293641 | Belt driving mechanism In a belt driving mechanism, an endless belt is wrapped around a driving roller and a driven roller. The endless belt runs between the driving roller and the driven roller. The axis of the driven roller is placed so as to form a certain angle of torsion to a plane c... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7274971 | Methods and apparatus for electronic device manufacturing system monitoring and control In a first aspect, a computer program product is provided. The computer program product includes a medium readable by a computer. The computer readable medium has computer program code adapted to (1) create a band map that indicates an expected status of one or more... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7232029 | Cantilevered conveying belt for a sortation system A conveyor system having a primary conveyor and a cantilevered conveying belt. In the preferred embodiment, the cantilevered conveying belt includes a cantilevered frame having at least one conveyor belt and a belt tension assembly attached to the cantilevered frame... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7210361 | Device for measuring the tightness of a transmission belt A device for measuring the tightness of a transmission belt comprises a hilt, an insertion tube, a frame, a retaining piece and an engaging piece. The hilt is provided with a transverse handle, a sleeve and a retractable axle having a section of a screw thread. The ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7195115 | Modular-belt conveyors with variable-speed drive motors A conveyor system in which a modular belt or chain is driven by a drive element rotated at a predetermined variable angular speed to compensate for speed fluctuations due to chordal action. A speed signal generator generates a speed signal generally inverse to the u... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193162 | Method for assessing the operation of a conveying apparatus The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for measuring the weight of material such as rock, earth, wood, pulp, grain, gravel, sand, ore, cement etc. being processed or moved by an apparatus such as a conveyor, apron conveyor or bucket elevator dr... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7140486 | Device for monitoring abnormality in a chain A chain monitoring device is provided with a base, guiding posts fixed to the base, a member movable along the guiding posts, a chain sprocket rotatable with a chain with its teeth being engaged into the chain, springs for resiliently urging the member for the engag... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7117989 | Device for detecting the tension of scraper chains A device for detection and adjustment of the tension of a scraper chain of a chain conveyor, in particular of a face conveyor, having a tensionable return station, on which a spoked chainwheel to reverse the scraper chain, having chain links and scrapers attached th... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7093709 | Belt conveyor A belt conveyor or belt accumulator includes at least two tandem zones, each of which is defined by a motorized roller and at least one idler roller positioned along and between opposite sidewalls of the conveyor and a continuous belt routed around the motorized rol... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7032740 | Device for sensing the wear state of wheels or rollers The invention relates to a device and a method for automatically sensing the wear state of movable wheels or rollers (1) in conveying systems, for example baggage conveying systems. It achieves the object of easily and reliably sensing the wear state in an au... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028454 | Drum clutch slippage system An improved clutch slippage detection system, comprising a magnetic actuator and at least one reed switch sensor located at a slip clutch, which reed switch changes its state, at the instant the clutch begins to overrun. ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6931227 | Image-formation apparatus, controlling method thereof and image-formation method An image formation apparatus is provided with a photosensitive drum, an optical writing device which writes an image on the outer surface of the photosensitive drum, a developing device which develops the image using toner an intermediate transfer belt onto which th... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6871947 | Conveying device and image recording apparatus having the same There are provided a conveying device capable of detecting a driving state of a conveying member with a simplified structure not requiring an encoder and the like, and an image-recording apparatus having the conveying device. A detector for detecting a surface aspec... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6871036 | Belt driving apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same A belt driving apparatus which inhibits a belt meandering so as to improve a printing quality and rapidly starts a printing motion at a time of starting the apparatus such as a time of turning on power or the like, and an image forming apparatus using the same. The ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6811018 | Belt conveyor A belt conveyor or belt accumulator includes at least two tandem zones, each of which is defined by a motorized roller and at least one idler roller positioned along and between opposite sidewalls of the conveyor and a continuous belt routed around the motorized rol... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6761263 | Method for controlling the run-up of a conveyor belt and drive device for a conveyor belt A method for controlling the run-up of a conveyor belt BY increasing a setpoint value of the belt's speed with an increasing acceleration in a first time interval, and with a decreasing acceleration in a second time interval, thereafter plotting a curve of the incre... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6758327 | Conveyor drive assembly and method of operation A conveyor drive assembly including an elongated shaft having a first and second end and method of operating the conveyor drive assembly which reliably controls the speed of each end of the drive shaft and minimizes unequal loading of the conveyor belt. The method i... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6715601 | Method for control of the chain drive mechanisms of underground working machines, especially chain scraper conveyors, and a chain scraper conveyor The invention relates to a method for the control of the chain drive mechanisms of underground working machines and a correspondingly equipped chain scraper conveyor. The invention proposes to filter out a detection signal (Serk), representative of the cu... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6712200 | Automatic centering device for a conveyor belt for industrial and/or agricultural machinery An automatic centering device for a conveyor belt for industrial and/or agricultural machinery looped around at least two tensioning rollers characteristically comprises: a detection system which generates a signal correlated to a transversal movement of the belt in... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6672450 | Idler system for conveyor An idler system for conveyors, the system providing an idler which is released or propelled downwardly away from the conveyor belt, when a pre-determined condition is present, such as the tripping of an idler guard or the presence of a pre-determined amou... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6644465 | Conveyor roller nip point automatic protection device In industrial belted conveying systems, it is common to have a pull chord extending longitudinally along the conveyor, sometimes one chord on each side of the conveyor, said chord being attached to a trip mechanism, or safety switch. A number of serious a... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6588578 | Conveyor guiderail snag resistant opening A conveyor guiderail snag resistant opening for use in a conveying system which is transporting irregular materials such as newspaper bundles. The snag resistant opening includes a sensor opening for use by optical sensors utilized in the monitoring of th... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6585108 | Method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling conveyor position The method for facilitating the maintenance of a conveyor structure having a long and heavy duty moving conveyor belt mounted on rollers which are mounted on a base, wherein the belt is driven by a drive motor, said method having the steps of establishing... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6550607 | Jam detection system for a warewasher A warewasher jam detection system includes a conveyor drive arrangement having a drive motor assembly including a drive motor and an output shaft, and a slip clutch including an input side moved via the output shaft and an output side operatively connecte... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6473668 | Intelligent minienvironment An intelligent minienvironment control system designed to optimize the minienvironment performance, improve the protection for the multi-million dollar equipment within a fab, and to improve the safety conditions for fab personnel. The intelligent minienv... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6446788 | Linear conveyor speed sensor A glass machine system in accordance with presently preferred embodiments of the invention includes a glassware manufacturing machine for manufacturing articles of glassware and transferring the articles to a linear conveyor, at least one linear chain con... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6206170 | Control system for a tilt tray sorter A speed control system for a sorting conveyor for transporting objects and unloading objects at one or more unloading stations adjacent the conveyor. Each of the tilting conveyor carts includes a trailer frame base, a carrying tray for holding the objects... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6168003 | Method and apparatus for the linear positioning and for the position recognition of a substrate on an onserting unit An apparatus for the linear positioning and for the position recognition of a substrate, comprising a linear transport for conveying the substrate, a sensor whose sensor field is set to a freely selectable braking position along the conveying path of a su... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6158576 | Endless belt or fabric for use in process control loop The present invention is directed to endless belts and fabrics for use in a process control loop which can be used in the production of the products specified in the specification. The belt is provided with means for emitting electromagnetic radiation upo... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6155401 | Drive for an escalator A drive for an escalator is installed on one or both sides of the escalator at the lower and/or upper end and comprises one to several identically constructed drive units, which are arranged and distributed about the circumference of a main drive wheel. T... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6142376 | Method and apparatus for reading symbols on items moved by conveyor A method and apparatus for reading encoded symbols such as bar code labels at any orientation to a raster scanning device. Objects bearing encoded symbols are transported from one conveyor across a relatively narrow gap to a second conveyor, with a linear... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6044964 | Multidirection belt conveyor A multidirectional belt-type conveyor includes a base supporting a motor-driven conveyor belt formed in a continuous closed loop and supporting articles to be conveyed. The conveyor belt is mounted on the base such that the closed loop forms the multidire... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6029798 | Methods and system for detecting and determining the location of a chain jam A method and system for detecting a condition indicative of a chain jam in a power driven endless chain are disclosed. The chain of such a system is forced into a zigzag pattern by the inclusion of deflectors at various positions along the chain pathway a... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5966572 | Photoconductor belt seam detection An electrophotographic printing machine that has a photoconductive belt with a skewed seam thereon. The position of the skewed seam is detected by a pair of seam detection devices. The seam detection devices are spaced from one another and adapted to tran... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5957263 | Apparatus for correcting for wear of a conveyor belt An apparatus and method for correcting for wear of links of a conveyor belt, resulting in inaccurate triggering based, on encoder pulses, of events downstream from a part registration sensor. The wear causes lengthening of the links, which the invention m... | 09/28/1999 |
