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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 |
| 4650326 | Apparatus for inspecting bottles A bottle inspecting apparatus comprises means for conveying bottles while rotating the same; a first light source for exposing only the bottle finish with light; a second light source having a radiation spectrum different from that of the first light sour... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4644151 | Identification of a molded container with its mold of origin A method and system for identifying a molded container such as a glass bottle with its mold of origin, and a corresponding container. Each container has molded therein a plurality of indicia in the form of surface bumps or protrusions extending in an arcu... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4641187 | Method for increasing contrast between an object and space when photographing such an object with a television camera A method of increasing the contrast when photographing a transparent object, such as a glass object through the use of a television camera, is provided. The transparent object is illuminated with radiation in a region of the spectrum to which the transpar... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4639592 | Cigarette testing apparatus A cigarette testing apparatus wherein a single layer of cigarettes is transported sideways in the flutes of two conveyors one of which exposes a first half of the wrapper of each cigarette thereon from the one to the other end of the cigarette and the oth... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4636635 | Inspection machine for bottles In a bottle inspection machine a cylindrical hollow shaft is driven rotationally about a vertical axis. Another shaft is splined in the tubular shaft for rotation therewith. Another rotor is mounted coaxially to the inner shaft and the two rotors constitu... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4625107 | Method for contour recognition of totally or partly transparent objects, e.g., bottles A method for contour recognition of completely or partly transparent objects (2), e.g. containers like glass or plastic bottles, the object being advanced through an illumination and detector station (3-13; 3, 4, 20, 21) and there being illuminated on at ... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4620090 | Method and apparatus for optical inspection of transparent articles A method and an apparatus for optical inspection of transparent articles. The method and apparatus use a light beam scanning field which is separated into at least two portions. The field portions are directed at the article at differing angles of inciden... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4615622 | Process for detecting resident air in a liquid charged receptacle and apparatus therefor A perspective receptacle charged with liquid and having its mouth portion sealed with an opaque seal member is rotated as-erected at a high speed. Due to this high speed rotation, the air resident in the vicinity of the mouth portion of the receptacle for... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4610542 | System for detecting selective refractive defects in transparent articles A system of back illuminating a glass container with generally horizontal collimated light having a vertical gradient of brightness produced by placing a showcase light behind the upper area of a diffuser plate. The light passing through the bottle is imaged b... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4608709 | Method and apparatus for gauging containers A method and apparatus for measuring the outer diameters, ovality and eccentricity of the finish of a container is disclosed. The invention can be practiced in either a one-camera or a two-camera embodiment. The one-camera embodiment comprises means for i... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4606635 | Defect detecting method and system In detection of a defect in a part of an object having a surface which is substantially a surface of revolution, the surface of the inspected part is illuminated by light rays which are emitted through an annular portion coaxially disposed with the surfac... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606634 | System for detecting selective refractive defects in transparent articles A system of illuminating a transparent glass article, such as a TV faceplate, for detecting optical defects. The source of illumination is tailored so as to be space invariant and results in producing a plurality of collimated beams which travel in a cont... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4605851 | Process and device for detecting foreign bodies in a liquid The invention relates to a process and device for detecting foreign bodies in a liquid, wherein the image of the apparent surface of the liquid in rotation in the immobilized recipients is formed, by reflection, diffraction, refraction or attenuation of t... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4601395 | Inspecting and sorting of glass containers A method and apparatus for inspecting and sorting transparent containers such as glass containers having defects in the container sidewalls, and for distinguishing between commercially acceptable and unacceptable defects on the basis of defect type and si... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4584469 | Optical detection of radial reflective defects A method and apparatus for inspecting a translucent container to detect a radial reflective defect in the container is disclosed. The apparatus comprises means for illuminating a container by focusing a radiant beam of light into an elongated image extend... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4579227 | Inspection and sorting of glass containers A method and apparatus for optically inspecting and sorting transparent containers such as glass containers having defects in the container sidewalls, and for distinguishing unacceptable major refractive defects and opaque defects from each other and from... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4580045 | Apparatus for the inspection of glassware for leaners and chokes An inspection device is disclosed for inspecting glass containers for leaners and chokes as they are moved continuously past a single work station. The invention utilizes a video camera and processing circuits for determining the size of the opening of th... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4551022 | Testing method by a spectroscopic photometry using three wavelengths of light and a device for said method For detecting a leaking in a transparent or semi-transparent vessel by the dye bath method, the light passing through the vessel is divided into three wavelength regions, that is light having the characteristic wavelength of the dye bath liquid, the light... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4551627 | Methods and apparatus for detecting residual liquid in containers Optical transmittances of a combination of a liquid to be detected and a container wall are measured in order to select two optical pass-bands, one of which is relatively high transmittance level while the other of which is relatively low transmittance. T... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4549205 | Ampoule inspecting method A method for inspecting transparent or semitransparent, liquid-filled containers as to whether or not the liquid in each of the container contains foreign matters. The inspection is carried out by passing the container in front of a television camera whil... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4547067 | Apparatus for detecting faults in transparent objects In a detecting system adapted to detect foreign matters as faults of a glass bottle, between a projection path of a diffused light towards the object to be inspected and said object, a plane polarizing plate of a circular polarizer which includes the plan... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4546247 | Chipped neck inspector A mechanism for automatically inspecting the condition of the lip of a container. A beam or pulse of energy is directed by a first energy guide to impact upon a portion of the lip of a container. The amount of energy, reflected off the lip and through a s... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4509081 | Optical system for automatic sorting and inspection equipment An optical system for automatic sorting and inspection machines for providing an improved two dimensional image of a three dimensional object to a camera or a camera-like device is disclosed. The optical system utilizes two spaced apart mirrors for receiv... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4509075 | Automatic optical inspection apparatus An automatic optical inspection method apparatus wherein optical preprogramming means are utilized to designate the locations of reference features on a reference object, and to instruct the system regarding the reference feature characteristics, and of r... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4500203 | Method and apparatus for inspecting articles Apparatus for inspecting glass containers for irregularities in shape, wherein the containers are moved, in line, on a conveyor past a viewing station where there are three strobed light sources positioned at one side of the conveyor. One light is at 90°... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4498003 | Device for testing the rims of bottle apertures for flaws In a device for testing the rim around the apertures of bottles for flaws there is a rotor which has an optic fiber bundle for transmitting light to the rim or sealing surface of the bottle and another fiberoptic bundle for receiving light reflected or sc... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4494656 | Down and stuck ware inspection method and apparatus Inspection of a procession of ware such as bottles on a moving conveyor for "down" bottles and bottles which are "stuck" and tilted is accomplished by maintaining an average of detected dimensions for acceptable bottles and by comparing a sensor signal wh... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4492476 | Defect detecting method and apparatus In a defect detecting method and apparatus, the image of a bottle under inspection, which is conveyed while being spun, is divided into picture elements arranged in a matrix form, signals representative of the picture elements are generated sequentially a... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4491728 | Device for detecting defects in glass articles A device for detecting unacceptable defects in a neck area of hollow glass articles transported by a feeding element has a light source spaced from a path of feeding of the articles and arranged to illuminate the neck area of the latter, a projecting elem... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4488648 | Flaw detector Container flaws are detected by repetitively sampling the output of a photosensor at a controlled rate dependent on the speed of inspection. Samples are digitized and stored in memory on a first in, first out basis. First in (oldest) and last in (newest) ... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4487322 | Method for inspecting glass containers A method for detecting a substantially transverse refractive defect in the sidewall of a transparent container is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of directing a filtered source of diffused light toward the sidewall of the container to provide an... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4481595 | Method and apparatus for determining the fill level of containers Containers pass through a radiation beam projected from a beam source to a detector. The detector output pulse rates at points where the container has passed partially into the beam and partially out of the beam are detected. Pulse rates during a measurin... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4469150 | Dispenser for automatically dispensing a beverage or liquid food into take-away recipients A dispenser for automatically dispensing into receptacles of variable dimensions, a very accurate volume of liquid stored in bulk form in at least one tank. The dispenser has several dispensing units each having a mobile spout that can be automatically re... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4467350 | Method and apparatus for rapidly extracting significant data from a sparse object A control circuit for an apparatus for inspecting objects, such as glass bottles and the like, for defects includes an interface circuit connected between a source of data signals and means for processing information obtained from the object. The interfac... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4459023 | Electro-optic inspection system for transparent or semitransparent containers In general, used beer, alcoholic drink or medical bottles are collected to be used again. Such used returnable bottles often have defects such as dust and contaminant or cracks, and they must be removed from the bottles before or after the bottle cleaning... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4459487 | Method and apparatus for identifying objects such as bottles by shape An object such as a bottle to be identified by its shape is made to travel between a source and an elongated radiation receiver in a direction oblique relative to the travelling direction of the object so as to define, during the travelling, positions in ... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4454542 | Defect detecting method and apparatus In a defect detecting method and apparatus, the image of an object under inspection is formed, the signals of picture elements forming the image is stored, the picture elements signals are accumulated for each of the regions which form parts of the image,... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4448526 | Defect detecting method and device In a defect detecting method and device, image formed by receiving light from an illuminated object to be examined, is divided into a plurality of picture elements, and the signals of the picture elements are stored. The signals are later read out in the ... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4441813 | Apparatus for detecting pinholes in cans An apparatus for detecting pinholes in cans comprising a dark box consisting of a light seal plate and a window, a photodetector detecting electrically the outer penetration of light, and light sources disposed around the can. The light seal plate has a g... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4435641 | Inspection apparatus for inspecting an object to determine whether or not it contains an abnormality, defect or the like An apparatus is disclosed which inspects whether or not an object to be inspected contains an abnormality, defect or the like by using a single photo-sensor such as a video camera provided with a photo-electric conversion screen such as a target screen th... | 03/06/1984 |
