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Patent No. 5500234

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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Class 219/121.7 - Hole punching


Subclass of Class 219 - Electric heating
Definition: Subject matter including perforating a workpiece.
No. of patents: 467
Last issue date: 05/08/2012


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NumberTitleIssue Date
4335296Machine tool with a laser beam cutting device
A machine tool comprising at least one vertically reciprocating tool, such as a punch or the like, and a laser beam cutting device for cutting a workpiece thereunder positioned by a coordinate table movable in a plane in two directions normal to each othe...
06/15/1982
4324972Process and device for laser-beam melting and flame cutting
In a laser beam cutting device the focussing of the laser beam (1) and the adjustment of the focal spot (4) in respect of its vertical position is made swing free, and is achieved without subsequent correction of the workpiece coordinates, with the focuss...
04/13/1982
4324973Energy beam drilling apparatus having optical fiber link position sensor
Disclosed is an electron beam drilling system wherein an optical fiber link is used to prevent deviant drilling. The position of fixtures within a vacuum chamber is monitored by alignable fiber segments. The junctions of the segments form couples which tr...
04/13/1982
4322600Method and apparatus for forming microcavities on the surface of a rolling mill roll
A continuous beam from a laser is divided into two intermittent beams by a reflecting disc with peripheral holes, rotating about an axis skew to the continuous beam. At least one of the intermittent beams is transmitted to a marking head having a lens whi...
03/30/1982
4302654Microperforation of cigarette tipping paper by use of laser beam
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for perforating cigarette tipping paper which holes may be obvious or which may be so small as to be "non-obvious". The holes produced range upward from about 0.025 mm. (0.001") or 0.051 mm. (0.002") and are rectangular...
11/24/1981
4297559Apparatus for controlled perforation of moving webs with fixed focus laser beam
A system for precision perforation of moving webs employing a pulsed, fixed focus laser beam wherein the laser pulses are automatically controlled in pulse repetition frequency and in pulse width to provide a desired preset web porosity. Closed loop circu...
10/27/1981
4281670Apparatus for increasing the permeability of wrapping material for rod-shaped smokers products
Webs which are to be converted into wrappers for filter rod sections, cigars, cigarillos or cigarettes, or the wrappers of such articles, are perforated by one or more laser beams in the machine wherein the articles are produced. The permeability of wrapp...
08/04/1981
4277669Method and device for detecting the threshold of generation of a laser beam
Method and device for detecting the threshold of generation of a non-visible laser beam, wherein a dark colored film, enclosed in a transparent container, is placed in the path of the laser beam to cause the dark film to burn when the laser beam impinges ...
07/07/1981
4275288Apparatus for machining material
The gaussian energy distribution common to all laser beams is a serious handicap in most laser beam applications for machining material, such as for drilling, welding and the like. This is especially true in welding extremely thin metal sheets, as in the ...
06/23/1981
4267427Method of boring a hole through a magnet made of an intermetallic compound
A method of boring a hole through a magnet made of an intermetallic compound, characterized in that the hole is formed by a laser machining. The magnet may be reinforced by impregnation with a nonmagnetic material such as a high polymeric substance or a m...
05/12/1981
4265254Apparatus for perforating cigarette paper or the like
Apparatus for perforating a web of wrapping material or tubular wrappers of discrete filter cigarettes of unit length or double unit length in a filter tipping machine has a laser which is energizable at a frequency depending on the speed of the main prim...
05/05/1981
4262186Laser chem-milling method, apparatus and structure resulting therefrom
The materials to be chem-milled are coated with a maskant material, a template having a specific hole pattern is then placed over the masked surface of the material. A laser beam is then directed towards the template and is scanned either manually or by n...
04/14/1981
4249545Method and apparatus for perforating the envelopes of filter cigarettes or the like
The making of perforations in the tubular envelopes of finished filter cigarettes or analogous rod-shaped smokers' products for the purpose of admitting cool atmospheric air into the column of tobacco smoke is regulated automatically in dependency on one ...
02/10/1981
4240448Apparatus for increasing the permeability of wrapping material for rod-shaped smokers' products
Webs which are to be converted into wrappers for filter rod sections, cigars, cigarillos or cigarettes, or the wrappers of such articles, are perforated by one or more laser beams in the machine wherein the articles are produced. The permeability of wrapp...
12/23/1980
4227582Well perforating apparatus and method
A method and apparatus for perforating a well casing and surrounding formation are disclosed. The perforating apparatus includes a laser source for projecting a high intensity laser beam transversely through the well bore and surrounding formation and a n...
10/14/1980
4218606Apparatus for perforating webs with high intensity, coherent radiation
A system is provided for controlling the porosity of a web or film as perforated by high intensity, coherent radiation. In particular, there is included a laser for providing at least one beam of high intensity, coherent radiation that is directed onto a ...
08/19/1980
4121595Apparatus for increasing the permeability of wrapping material for rod-shaped smokers products
Webs which are to be converted into wrappers for filter rod sections, cigars, cigarillos or cigarettes, or the wrappers of such articles, are perforated by one or more laser beams in the machine wherein the articles are produced. The permeability of wrapp...
10/24/1978
4118619Rotary beam chopper and scanning system
An optical laser beam chopper for converting a continuous beam into a series of scanning impulses for use in perforating a moving web is disclosed. The system utilizes a coherent light source which produces a beam for use in perforating a thin paper web o...
10/03/1978
4115683Laser piercing of materials by induced shock waves
Apparatus and processes are utilized to pierce holes in a brittle material by the use of laser induced shock waves. The waves are generated in an environment of compressed gas which confines the shock wave and carries the debris away. The material is move...
09/19/1978
4088864Process for forming outlet passageways in pills using a laser
A high speed process and apparatus are disclosed for forming outlet passageways of accurate, predetermined size in the walls of pills which dispense their contents by osmotically pumping said contents out said outlet passageways. The pills are moved in su...
05/09/1978
4063064Apparatus for tracking moving workpiece by a laser beam
Apparatus is disclosed in a system for drilling holes with a laser beam in a plurality of discrete moving workpieces carried by a support which moves each workpiece sequentially along a predetermined path at a predetermined velocity, the apparatus includi...
12/13/1977
4050507Method for customizing nucleate boiling heat transfer from electronic units immersed in dielectric coolant
A method is provided for customizing the heat transfer from the walls of an electronic unit such as a semi-conductor chip or wafer by determining the required heat transfer characteristics of the units; drilling holes of a predetermined size and location ...
09/27/1977
4032743Laser microperforator
A method and apparatus for forming rows and columns of closely spaced micron sized holes in a thin foil, including a cylindrical member and means for rotating it. There are means for mounting a plurality of axially extending foil strips on the cylindrical...
06/28/1977
4028525Apparatus for creating holes in flexible members
A small hole may be formed in a wall of a flexible member or structure such as a tube of a thermoplastic material by an apparatus including a rotating wheel by a laser beam source directed towards the wheel, and rotating reflecting means for reflecting th...
06/07/1977
4027137Laser drilling nozzle
A laser beam is applied to a workpiece by means of a spring-loaded metal nozzle which engages the workpiece. An aperture in the workpiece end of the nozzle accurately defines the size of the hole formed in the workpiece by the laser beam. A chamber locate...
05/31/1977
3971910Apparatus for perforating contact lenses
Apparatus for perforating contact lenses, including a laser, a hollow motor driven shaft connected to a vacuum pump for centering and holding the contact lens under the laser beam, crank means for adjusting the vertical and horizontal position of the cont...
07/27/1976
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