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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7212720 | Method for producing an optical fiber termination and fiber optic conductor In a method for producing a termination of an optical fiber bundle, the optical fiber bundle is combined at one end in a crimping sleeve, and the crimping sleeve is introduced with the end of the optical fiber bundle into a compression device having a crimping tool ... | 05/01/2007 |
| RE39521 | Ribbed core dual wall structure An elongated composite tube made up of an inner tube 42 and an outer tube 44 (FIG. 3) with a plurality of elongated helical ribs disposed between the inner tube and the outer tube in a supporting relationship to both. A slinky like toy made from... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7168938 | Nylon gripper elements of zippers and threaded rods for shaping the nylon gripper elements A nylon zipper has two fastener structures. Each fastener structure has a plurality of nylon gripper elements. Each nylon gripper element has at least one side including a concave portion. A seaming wire for seaming the zipper to a cross strip is embedded in the con... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7128555 | Dough moulder A dough moulder for producing moulded dough products of a desired size and/or shape. The moulder includes guide plate (155, 156) which are selectively insertable through respective pairs of slots (151, 152, 153) formed in a pressure rolling board (1... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7060314 | Method of and apparatus for producing endless rolls of a resilient foodstuff A method of and an apparatus for producing endless rolls of a resilient foodstuff, as well as a product in the form of a roll of hard cheese is provided. The method comprises supplying a layer (7) of the resilient foodstuff in a supply plane and against a fir... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6953542 | Interlocking closure device A closure device for a thermoplastic bag which includes two opposing, longitudinally extending interlockable male and female fastening strips having respective male and female closure elements or profiles that are deformed to interdigitate and produce an audible cli... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6833147 | Method and an apparatus for shaping a dough piece An apparatus for bending a bar-like dough piece into substantially an M-shaped piece. A conveying section (2) continuously conveys bar-like dough pieces (1) in a traveling direction that is orthogonal to the length of the bar-like dough piece (1... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6786712 | Interlocking closure device A closure device for a thermoplastic bag which includes two opposing, longitudinally extending interlockable male and female fastening strips having respective male and female closure elements or profiles that are deformed to interdigitate and produce an audible cli... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6783351 | Apparatus for manufacturing slide fastener spiral continuous element row An apparatus for manufacturing slide fastener spiral continuous element row comprises a forming screw assembly, a die assembly, an abutment assembly, and a rear forming assembly. The invention can effect a stable operation with the cooperation of a spring-biased sha... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6783350 | Apparatus for manufacturing slide fastener coil-shaped continuous element row An apparatus for manufacturing slide fastener coil-shaped continuous element row comprises a forming screw assembly, a die assembly, an abutment assembly, and a rear forming assembly having one or two shuttle assemblies or a shaft mechanism. An arcuate recessed port... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6622617 | Apparatus for the folding of croissants An apparatus for the folding of croissants comprising, in series, downstream of at least one preparation station of rolls of pastry, obtained from triangles of pastry rolled up with one pointed central external end, and fed one after another, a positionin... | 09/23/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6365253 | Plastic coil and method of forming same A continuous thermoplastic wire is heated and fed into a coil forming apparatus having a rotative drum holding an injection nozzle so that it registers with and be linked in a common rotative movement to a threaded mandrel also supported by the drum. The ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6361307 | Dough lump shaper This invention concerns a dough piece moulder comprising a dough piece sheeting station (20), a station transporting (14,16) sheeted dough pieces along an outgoing path, from the infeed (18) of the transproting station (14,16), located opposite the sheeti... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6349635 | Apparatus to roll-up laminar sheets of food material in tubular shape An apparatus for rolling up laminar sheets of food material in a tubular shape. The apparatus includes an assembly having a plurality of roll-up rollers located at a terminal zone of a conveyor for the laminar sheet of food material. The rolling-up roller... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6272979 | Apparatus for supplying food dough An apparatus for supplying food dough is provided. It can be made compact, easily assembled, and easily cleaned. The apparatus includes a hopper (3) for receiving a food dough F, a first cutter (7) for dividing the food dough into dough pieces, a transmit... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6263788 | Food extrusion apparatus An improved food extrusion apparatus includes a main body which has two or more rollers to form a squeezing space therebetween, a funnel located at the top end of the main body above the squeezing space and a conveyor located at the bottom end of the main... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6250908 | Conduit-making apparatus with a variable diameter winding drum An apparatus is disclosed for making a conduit or pipe. An extruder is provided for producing a strip of continuous thermoplastic. A winding drum receives the strip and helically winds the strip around the drum's perimeter to form a conduit having an inne... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6237473 | Transporting apparatus An apparatus for transporting a dough sheet is provided. It has a centering apparatus for aligning the center of a dough sheet that is being fed with the center of the transporting apparatus. The centering apparatus includes a supporting member to support... | 05/29/2001 |
| 5893321 | Apparatus for shaping bakery products An apparatus (10) for rolling sheets (S) of dough for bakery products (P) has a simplified structure and optimum efficiency and comprises a pair of shaping rollers (17, 19), arranged transversely with respect to the direction of forward movement (A) of th... | 04/13/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5866174 | Apparatus for making a cylindrical food consisting of a plurality of concentric cylinder layers An apparatus for making a hollow cylindrical food which is formed of a plurality of concentrically wound rectangular sheets with leading and tailing edges abutting against each other. The apparatus includes a device which shapes food paste into rectangula... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5862743 | Apportioning device for dough A food dough apportioning device including a housing, a feeder unit (4), a cutting device (8), and a discharge unit (9). The feeder unit has a plurality of support elements which project from a front surface of the housing. The feeder unit and dispensing ... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5697290 | Apparatus for intermittently discharging a circular or oval shaped dough sheet An apparatus is provided to manufacture a circular and edible sheet-like dough topping to be deposited on bread dough. In this apparatus the pressure for discharging the dough decreases from the center of the dough topping toward either of its ends, and a... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5664486 | Bagel forming apparatus A dough forming machine having a stationary frame with a flat top surface, a continuous belt wrapped around said flat plate having a drive drum at one end and a idler drum at a respective other end, the drive drum being driven for rotation by a motor, and... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5655439 | Apparatus for rolling up stick-like bread The present invention provides an apparatus to stably and continuously roll up bread dough into stick-like bread, such as bread dough or bread dough on which ham or cheese is put. The apparatus includes a drive shaft located parallel to a conveying surfac... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5609094 | Apparatus for winding-up croissant dough pieces An apparatus for winding-up croissant dough pieces is provided. It comprises a conveyor, a pair of pressing boards, and a spacing means having a dough-piece detecting means. By the apparatus a triangular croissant dough piece is fed between the conveyor a... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5606906 | Controller for dough lapper A dough web feeding device is provided which includes a first conveyor, a drive means or motor for that conveyor, a reciprocating shuttle, and a separate drive means or servo motor for the reciprocating shuttle. The speed, amount of rotation, and accelera... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5538414 | Apparatus for shaping elongated bar-shaped bread dough pieces A method and apparatus is provided for shaping elongated bar-shaped bread dough pieces. In and by this method and apparatus a bread dough piece, namely, a bread dough sheet, a divided bread dough mass, or a preshaped bread dough roll, is subjected to a fi... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5460081 | Center-aligning apparatus for croissant dough pieces The present invention provides a center-aligning apparatus for fusiform bread dough pieces such as rolled-up croissant dough pieces. In this invention an upstream conveyor and a downstream conveyor located below and adjacent the upstream conveyor are prov... | 10/24/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5440974 | Croissant dough-piece bending apparatus The present invention provides a croissant dough-piece bending apparatus having a conveyor for conveying rolled-up croissant dough pieces, a dough-piece bending member to push the central portion of the dough piece downstream, and a pair of swingable doug... | 08/15/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5421714 | Device for aligning and bending individual round elongated dough pieces A device (24) for aligning with a feeding line (8) of a moving transfer conveyor (3) and for bending a round elongated dough piece (13) randomly placed on the moving transfer conveyor for transfer, including a pair of stoppers (26, 26) symmetrically arran... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5382154 | Method and device for aligning and bending individual round elongated dough pieces A device (24) for aligning with a feeding line (8) of a moving transfer conveyor (3) and for bending a round elongated dough piece (13) randomly placed on the moving transfer conveyor for transfer, comprising a pair of stoppers (26, 26) symmetrically arra... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5375509 | Dough ball preparation table The present invention discloses and provides a dough preparation and dividing machine capable of receiving substantially spherical, filled encrusted dough balls and forming them, with a minimum of dough working, into flattened, "D"-shaped configurations t... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5330344 | Apparatus for forming dough An apparatus for flattening and, if desired, rolling of portioned dough pieces has a head machine that delivers dough pieces to conveyor belts by which the dough pieces are conveyed to a first endless running belt. This belt constitutes the support for a ... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5330345 | Apparatus and method for continuously winding a length of material into a helical form An apparatus for continuously winding a length of material into a helical form includes a frame structure and a plurality of rollers mounted on the frame structure. Each roller has a non-grooved surface with portions of a different diameter, a longitudina... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5281120 | Apparatus for producing croissants with fillings An apparatus for producing croissants with fillings includes a filling-depositing stage for depositing a filling on a croissant dough piece that is being conveyed in a downstream direction, a rolling-up preparation stage positioned downstream of the filli... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5257573 | Apparatus for manufacturing wrapped food Apparatus for manufacturing a spindle-shaped wrapped food (10) by squeezing both end portions of a cylindrical wrapped food (10A) having an extra portion at each end of a membraneous food (12) with a filling member (11) enwrapped therein using an apparatu... | 11/02/1993 |
