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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7270531 | Assembly for use in continuously forming one or more lengths of noise attenuating flexible cutting line for use in rotary vegetation trimmers An assembly for use in continuously forming a plurality of lengths of flexible noise attenuating cutting line for use in rotary vegetation trimmers. The assembly includes a breaker plate having a conically shaped inner portion and a planar outer portion. A plurality... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7207167 | Manufacturing process of non-twisted yarn A manufacturing process of untwisted yarn. Spun yarn is sized and hit during drying. The yarn is untwisted by being twisted in a reverse direction opposite to the spin direction, and/or further twisted in the reverse direction, to develop a high tensile strength and... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7169341 | Process for producing extruded honeycomb bodies and extrusion die A process is provided for producing extruded honeycomb bodies with passages, in particular as catalyst carrier bodies for the cleaning of exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine. The passages are bounded by wall regions which are at least partly provided with... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7157039 | Method and apparatus for producing a curly puff extrudate A process and apparatus for the production of a spiral or coil shaped puffed extrudate. A tube or other peripheral containment vessel is placed at the exit end of an extruder die. A force or resistance is then applied on the extrudate downstream of the glass transit... | 01/02/2007 |
| 6896504 | Nozzle arrangement, nozzle carrier and device for extruding doughy substances For producing coiled bakery products comprising two strands each made of an outer and an inner doughy substance, a nozzle arrangement (12) comprises two inner nozzles (14, 16), which are each surrounded by an outer nozzle (18, 20), wherein all o... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6805543 | Nozzle arrangement, nozzle carrier and device for extruding doughy substances For producing coiled bakery products, a nozzle arrangement (10) comprises an inner nozzle (14), which is disposed coaxially with an axis of rotation (26), and an outer nozzle (18, 19), which is disposed axially offset relative to said inn... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6722873 | Apparatus for producing a curly puff extrudate A process and apparatus for the production of a spiral or coil shaped puffed extrudate. A tube or other peripheral containment vessel is placed at the exit end of an extruder die. A force or resistance is then applied on the extrudate downstream of the glass transit... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6709255 | Nozzle arrangement, nozzle holder and device for extruding dough materials In order to manufacture coiled baking articles with at least one outer dough material (58) and with at least one inner dough material (56) or dough filling, a nozzle arrangement (10) comprises an inner stationary nozzle (14) and an outer ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6626660 | Apparatus for production of twisted baked goods A fermented or yeast leavened dough is continuously fed to a plurality of nozzles and extruded and twisted into a plurality of continuous twisted dough ropes without substantially increasing the density of the dough. The dough is fed to the nozzles by an ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6450796 | Rotating nozzle die machine for dough extrusion A rotary drive die nozzle machine for an extruder comprises at least one rotatable nozzle having at least three openings. A compression head directs food material from the extruder toward at least one rotating nozzle. A drive assembly including at least o... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6423227 | Meltblown yarn and method and apparatus for manufacturing A yarn of meltblown thermoplastic fibers is manufactured by meltblowing fibers onto a collector to form a thin web thereon, and continuously withdrawing and twisting the web into a generally circular yarn. In a preferred embodiment the yarn has a reinforc... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6365080 | Method of making a multi-portion mixing element A method of making a mixing element for a static mixer, comprising: providing a split die set having a first die and a second die in axial alignment, each of the dies having an opening forming an extrusion pattern, each of the extrusion pattern mating wit... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6190595 | Extrusion arrangement Extrusion arrangement for manufacturing bent workpieces, having an extrusion die which is guided in an extrusion chamber and compresses material situated in the extrusion chamber and presses it through a bottom die arranged on a head-side end of the extru... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6036990 | Device and method for automated knotting of dough strands A method for automated forming of a knot in a strand of dough includes providing a spacer element having an outer surface and an integral channel, and forming around this outer surface a loop from a first part of the strand. A second part of the strand is... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5955116 | Method and apparatus for production of multi-flavored and multi-colored chewing gum Multi-veined chewing gum is produced by injecting a plurality of different liquid flavor/dye compositions into a substantially homogeneous gum base composition or into a laminated or coextruded gum composition. The injection may be performed while the gum... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5891487 | Apparatus for making a multi-portion mixing element An apparatus for making a multi-portion mixing element for a static mixer is disclosed. The apparatus includes a base and a split die set having a first die and a second die in axial alignment which are rotatably mounted to the base. Each of the dies have... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5870947 | Apparatus for supplying paste food sheets at a predetermined interval An apparatus supplies food paste material sheets at a predetermined interval on a surface moving at a predetermined speed. The apparatus includes a horizontally arranged first roller adapted to be rotated to receive a continuous food paste material sheet ... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5795603 | Process for forming a filled torroidal bagel product A process of making a filled bagel dough product and the product formed thereby. The product has the outward appearance of a conventional bagel, but has a core filling such as a natural or imitation cream cheese provided within the bagel dough shell. More... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5792497 | Method and apparatus for producing twisted string cheese products A cheese processing machine includes an extruder assembly for forming the cheese into a string. The disclosed assembly has two extruders each forcing a different type of cheese in a plastic state into separate chambers of an extrusion head. The extrusion ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5591388 | Method of making crimped solvent-spun cellulose fibre Staple fibres of solvent-spun cellulose are made by a method in which: i) cellulose is dissolved in an amine oxide solvent to form a hot cellulose solution, ii) the hot cellulose solution is extruded through a die assembly to form a tow of continuous filaments... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5536461 | Tube multi-pack methods of manufacture Tube multi-pack methods of manufacture are disclosed. The tube multi-packs that are produced by the method of the present invention are one-piece tube multi-pack including an elongated thin-walled tubular element made of transparent flexible plastic mater... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5518749 | High-speed extrudate weaving assembly and methods An assembly (10) is disclosed including a rotor (38) extending into a rotor bore (24) and into a dough chamber (26) of a die housing (16), with the rotor (38) rotating at relatively high speeds in the order of 4,000 RPM. A bushing (62) is provided in the ... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5460079 | Manifold assembly for feeding dough A manifold assembly for feeding dough through a plurality of dies simultaneously under substantially equal pressure, includes a longitudinally-extending manifold having an inlet end for receiving dough under pressure, an outlet end defining a plurality of... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5437223 | Means for closing the seam of a rolled dough body An apparatus for closing the seam of a wound bar-shaped dough body being conveyed on a conveyor, comprising a pair of standing conical rolls mounted over and across the conveyor, between which rolls the dough body is made to travel. This simple mechanism ... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5435709 | Apparatus for preparing chemical compounds to be mixed for reaction Apparatus for preparing first and second chemical compounds to be mixed for reaction, the first and second chemical compounds being extruded in respective first and second bands of semi-solid material and wherein one of the bands may be coated with a prot... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5382153 | Apparatus for producing filling material for three-dimensionally shaped textile structures Apparatus for producing filling material includes guide structure wherein a tow of filling and binding fiber is continuously guided through a heating zone in which the binding fiber becomes fused to the filling fiber at least at the surface of the tow, th... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5308236 | Apparatus for forming noodle bundles An apparatus for forming noodle bundles by folding strands of noodles, suspending the folded noodle strands from the apparatus at an intermediate position of the folded noodle strands and folding them again. The twice-folded noodles are then rotated by th... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5286185 | Method and apparatus for continuously shaping bar-shaped bread An apparatus for manufacturing various shapes of bread that includes a device for forming a continuous sheet of bread dough, a roller for winding up the sheet of bread dough traveling on a horizontal conveyor from one of its sides into a bar of bread doug... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5266260 | Method of and device for producing a hollow columnar piece A method of the device for producing a hollow columnar piece whereby a blend of essentially thermoplastic particles is melted into a billet, introduced into a mold, looped into layers inside the mold, and transformed into a piece, subsequent to which the ... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5246651 | Method of manufacturing columnar shaped piece A method of manufacturing a columnar shaped piece formed of a thermoplastic matrix with ancillary pieces of a non-creeping hard material embedded therein and cemented by the plastic matrix. The ancillary pieces are essentially overlapping slabs which are ... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5143735 | Apparatus for producing crisp long term preservation small loaves An apparatus for producing crisp, long term preservation, small loaves on an industrial scale including a forming machine having a feeder assembly, a molding station and a forming station laid sequentially to each other. The feeder assembly includes a plu... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5139403 | Apparatus for producing pellets from film A device for producing pellets from film. A cradle is rotatably mounted about a longitudinal axis of rotation to a main frame. An axle arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal axis holds one or more rolls of film. A plurality of drive rollers pull the f... | 08/18/1992 |
| 4894002 | Apparatus for configuring an extrudate The apparatus for extruding a paste like product on to a horizontal board or plate while moving the plate relative to the extruder, and subsequently overturning the plate to deliver the configured extrudate to a removal conveyor.... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4853239 | Method for producing a fish slurry into edible products A fish paste sheet is folded to form a spiral convolution sheet roll; the roll is sidewardly compressed on a belt while traveling; and the compressed roll is cut into portions. The sheet may include superposed sub-sheets of differing coloration.... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4746282 | Dough rounding machine with adjustable trough A dough rounding machine with a drum rotatable about a vertical axis, a frame disposed around the drum and a trough which is formed between the drum jacket and a number of trough elements mounted on the frame and extending helically adjacent the jacket. E... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4674967 | Apparatus for forming rolled food products An apparatus for forming rolled food products includes a pair of end members in generally spaced parallel relation. The end members each include an arcuate recess with a support member maintaining the end members in fixed relation to one another. The supp... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4661184 | Method of and means for producing a helical band A helical band is produced by applying a layer of heat-settable material on to a rotating support to one side of the axis of rotation. Heat is applied to the layer, as by the support while it rotates, for a length of time sufficient for the material in th... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4604947 | Apparatus for producing shaped dough products The apparatus comprises a dough preparation station, for preparing fresh dough and a tank adapted for containing water at 100° C. for pre-cooking dough produced at the dough preparation station. A roller is effective to prevent pre-cooked dough from brea... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4576773 | Method and apparatus for extruding weather strip for motor-vehicles An extrusion head is disclosed, for extruding weather strips of elastomeric material, particularly for motor vehicles, of the type comprising an anchoring section and a longitudinal sealing section in the form of a tab coextruded with the anchoring sectio... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4557940 | Fish slurry processing method A fish paste or slurry is processed to form a product having the palate consistency and taste of crab meat.... | 12/10/1985 |
