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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7874829 | Method and apparatus for forming adhesive strips A method and apparatus for forming adhesive strips from an adhesive sheet. The apparatus may generally comprise a first forming wheel, a second forming wheel, and a cutting wheel including a plurality of circumferential grooves. The cutting wheel can be positioned i... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7448863 | Ice-carving machine An ice-carving machine comprises a framework, an ice block positioning system, at least one feeding system, and at least one heating mold. The ice block positioning system is fixed on the workbench of the framework for positioning the ice block to be processed. The ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7335009 | Roller mold press A detachable roller mold press includes two rollers that can rotate relative to each other. The rollers are securely fastened to a predetermined location, which can drive a press mold or a knife mold plate. The roller mold press of the present invention is detachabl... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331776 | Food embossing stamper device An impression device for food items. More particularly, the present invention is a stamping device designed to create images upon a variety of foods for decoration and/or marketing purposes. The stamper device of the present invention has the general appearance of a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328652 | Apparatus and system for dispensing dough A dough dispensing apparatus (100) comprises a container (1,1′) for receiving and holding dough and a dough transfer device (3,3′) for receiving dough from the container and for transferring the dough to a depositing station (4,5) at ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7316555 | Device for producing dough products A manually operable device for making dough pockets can have a respective frame formed in shells hinged together so that the faces of the frame members can bond dough pockets together around their peripheries and cut off excess dough from the dough pockets. Ribs can... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7210920 | Systems and methods for building an interlocking decorative house A special tabbed pattern is integrated into a series of forms. The forms may be cookie cutters adapted to cut baked dough or other material set to desired density to provide a series of panels corresponding to the cutters. Alternatively, the forms may be molds, e.g,... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7112053 | Roll forming apparatus and system A roll forming apparatus having a shaft member for supporting a head member above a baking container housing a dough mass. The head member can include a plurality of arms with corresponding guide blades disposed therein for contacting a peripheral wall of the contai... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7040976 | Method of portioning meat A method of portioning meat which utilizes a press in which a piece of meat is shaped and a final form is imparted to the portion by stamping. In one embodiment the excess meat around a shaped portion is cut away by the stamping. In another, the piece of meat follow... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7033536 | Method for thermoforming A method and apparatus for thermoforming deep drawn parts such as cups in which a vacuum is momentarily applied to a preheated sheet material when overlying a clamping plate prior to clamping and advance of the plug assists to delay contact with a lip molding featur... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7029261 | Automatic cover latch and pressure relief system for a dough divider A dough divider including a hopper with a lid, latch assembly and press plate. The lid has an open and closed position. The latch assembly is adapted to maintain the lid in the closed position when activated and to discontinue maintaining the lid in the closed posit... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7025923 | Methods for forming complex-shaped components in a heated polymeric film A thin-walled polymeric component that may have a selected complex shape, and a method of forming the component. The method includes heating a portion of a polymeric film to a selected malleable temperature, and forming a protrusion in the heated portion while it is... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6997697 | Press for making patties and method of operation A press for making a patty includes a substantially flat panel to contact the product to be pressed into a patty. An upstanding member is affixed to the panel. A weight member or “mould” surrounds the upstanding member. The weight member is moveable along the up... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6988880 | Apparatus for cutting and shaping rubber band members Apparatus for highly reliably cutting a rubber strip (12) even when reinforcement cords are embedded therein, and for shaping the upper surfaces of the trailing end of a resultant rubber band member (15) and the leading end of the remaining rubber stri... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6929460 | Dough handling apparatus A dough cutting apparatus is disclosed including a plurality of dough cutting members (6), each of which is adapted for cutting a desired shape out of a strip of dough. Each dough cutting member is spaced apart from an adjacent cutting member by a predetermin... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6902754 | Blunt edge dough cutter A dough cutting apparatus is suitable for cutting a sheet of dough. The dough cutting apparatus includes a structure defining a blunt dough engaging portion. The present invention can be embodied in a number of different ways, including a wheel cutter, a rotary drum... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6863520 | Auger scoop The auger scoop is a handheld, cordless appliance for scooping frozen substances that has three components: an auger unit, a power unit, and a wall-mountable charger unit. The auger unit consists of a cylindrical tube having a flat, angled blade slightly recessed wi... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6849225 | Method of producing a plastic moulded part including an external covering The present invention is a mould and a method of moulding a plastic component using the mould that enable the manufacturer of a moulded component (45) which has an external covering. The method of moulding comprises either locating a pre-formed component (... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6780000 | Apparatus for making meatballs and the like Apparatus is provided herein for making a plurality of spherical products, e.g., meat balls. The apparatus includes a base. A tray support platform is mounted on the base for tethered buffetted motion with respect to the base. A tray having an upper non-stick surfac... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6530771 | Rotary cutter handling system A cutter carriage for moving a rotary cutter between a front side of the back roller and a back side of the back roller. The preferred system has a pair of guide rods located on the left and right side plates of the sheeting head. The rotary cutter is hel... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6530767 | Ultrasonic forming of confectionery products The invention provides for the manufacture of food products. In one preferred form, methods and apparatus are provided for cutting individual confectionery products from a slab or strip of product material into a product with a particular silhouette. In a... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6506041 | Perogie maker Disclosed is a perogie maker for producing individual perogies from a single layer of dough. The perogie maker consists of round, hollow cylinders attached to one another at the ends of the cylinders by rotatable hinges. The cylinders have alternating rai... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6431849 | Ultrasonic forming of confectionery products The invention provides for the manufacture of food products. In one preferred form, methods and apparatus are provided for cutting individual confectionery products from a slab or strip of product material into a product with a particular silhouette. In a... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6431848 | Dough divider with pressure relief A dough divider including a hopper with a lid and a press plate vertically slidable within the hopper. The hopper is adapted to accept dough between the lid and the press plate, and the press plate is adapted to move towards the lid in order to compress t... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6325952 | Continuous gasket making machine and method A machine for continuously making gaskets and similar flat products. Sheet gasket material is fed from a roll and through tooling that successively: cuts the outline, separates the center scrap, then separates the gaskets from the remaining sheet stock wa... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6247914 | Casing material and a method and apparatus for its manufacture The invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for perforating a web of material intended to form an outer casing sheet of absorbent articles. As the web is advanced, the web is first provided with a large number of mutually separated cuts in the n... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6242027 | Apparatus for manually portioning pizza dough disks and method of operating the apparatus An apparatus and process for manually portioning pizza dough disks having a calibrated volume and suitable for mechanical final spreading. The apparatus includes a support member fastened to a base plate, a circular lower plate arranged in a substantially... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6231330 | Ultrasonic forming of confectionery products The invention provides for the manufacture of food products. In one preferred form, methods and apparatus are provided for cutting individual confectionery products from a slab or strip of product material into a product with a particular silhouette. In a... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6217309 | Figure cutter for food slices A sliced food product such as a cheese product or meat product having a design or figure cut or otherwise formed therein. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the design or figure is cut entirely or substantially through the slice so that the design... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6213751 | Kneading disk for baker's machinery A forming plate for a bakery machine is provided having a working surface area on an upper side with an array of forming bowls provided concentrically in circles thereon. The bowls each have a system of concentric annular edges beginning at an outside and... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6177037 | Method of forming a slit in a reseal element for a needleless injection site A method of forming a slit in a reseal element having an outer surface defined by a proximal end thereof, a semi-spherical inner surface portion defined by a dome region of the proximal end, and an annular inner surface portion which circumvents the semi-... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6159403 | Method of manufacturing sealant containing tire tube and vulcanizing apparatus therefor To provide a method of manufacturing a sealant containing tire tube, which is capable of simply opening a sealant filling hole without use of any specialized jig, and a vulcanizing die therefor. A vulcanizing die includes an upper die, a lower die, and a ... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6098426 | Method and apparatus for forming a glass article possessing an aperture The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for forming glass article from sheet glass. More specifically the apparatus comprises a mold, a plunger being cooperative alignment with the mold, wherein the mold and the plunger form a cavity ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6074589 | Tool for cutting and shaping an unfinished concrete roofing tiles and a method for using a tool for cutting and shaping unfinished roofing tiles A tool for cutting and shaping a lower edge of a profiled unfinished concrete roofing tile manufactured using the extrusion method, having a tool holder, a cutting insert provided with a cutting edge, and a template. To create a tool which has a significa... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6039907 | Method for finishing an extruded seal in situ on a sheet To postform the region of transition between the initial part and the end part of a section piece forming a closed frame and applied to window glass (1) by extrusion, use is made of a mould (14) which pivots about an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5984656 | Forming punch for postforming of a shaped cord on an object The forming surface of a forming mold (5) for postforming of a shaped cord (2) in the shape of a frame extruded onto a glass (1) is slightly curved in the direction of the length of shaped cord (2). In the final position of forming mold (4) during the pos... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5945196 | Method of manufacturing screen and films produced therewith A method for the manufacture of a screen useful for forming three-dimensional films, the screens and the three-dimensional films produced using those screens are disclosed. In forming a screen, a substrate material is applied to a base. A predetermined am... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5897887 | Machine for the formation of tablets of cosmetic product A machine for the formation of tablets of cosmetic product includes feeding device for a cosmetic product in powder to a movable conveyor belt, so as to form a layer of cosmetic product that is not levelled, levelling means of the layer of cosmetic produc... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5871783 | Apparatus for ultrasonically forming confectionery products The invention provides for the manufacture of food products. In one preferred form, methods and apparatus are provided for cutting individual confectionery products from a slab or strip of product material into a product with a particular silhouette. In a... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5811145 | Method and apparatus for continuously cutting and discharging a constant amount of bread dough An apparatus is provided that can always and continuously cut and discharge a constant amount of bread dough, regardless of its properties, from a mass of bread dough in a hopper. The apparatus is characterized by projections (5,6) mounted on pairs of opp... | 09/22/1998 |
