Felix Hoffmann, a German chemist, was searching for something to relieve his father's arthritis. In doing so, he "rediscovered" acetylsalicylic acid and in 1900, patented a stable process for developing it. Hence, we have aspirin.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4582712 | Gelatin-free frozen confections A high quality, gelatin-free frozen confection which is ready-to-eat at freezer temperatures is disclosed. The frozen confection maintains its shape on a stick during normal consumption, exhibits excellent storage stability, and delivers a refreshing, tex... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4551329 | Oral medicament lollipop A handle-supported oral medicament in a lollipop format to facilitate chewing or sucking thereof without the risk of inadvertent aspiration of large pieces of the medicament or of its entire body. The handle is formed by a stick of resilient material loop... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4500553 | Method of producing a frozen dual-textured confection A method of producing a frozen, dual-textured confection comprising a cream and a gelatin-containing aerated phase and a natural or simulated fruit phase is disclosed. According to one embodiment, gelatin is dispersed in water and the dispersion is then c... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4478386 | Bag for use in the shaping of liquid food products of stimulants, and a method and an apparatus for use in the production of the bag A bag (1) for use in the shaping of liquid food products or stimulants consists of two plastics foils (2, 3), which are welded together in such an area of the two foils as will provide a plurality of interconnected mould cavities (4) with a common inlet (... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4447457 | Readily portable food item A highly portable food item is provided and more specifically a burrito-type product on a stick. A burrito consists essentially of a highly pliable, soft tortilla wrapped around a burrito food filler. The new burrito-type product includes a self-sustainin... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4437432 | Bird-feeding member A bird-feeding member comprising a supporting and retaining member and a quantity of birdseed which is retained thereon and held together by a bonding agent, the supporting and retaining member consisting of a strip-shaped blank of pasteboard, cardboard o... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4399156 | Readily portable burrito A highly portable Mexican-type food item is provided and more specifically a burrito-type product on a stick. Burritos consist essentially of a highly pliable, soft tortilla wrapped around a burrito food filler. The new burrito includes a self-sustaining ... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4399153 | Combination of frozen dessert and stick chewing gum A frozen dessert such as ice cream or ices with chewing gum supporting the frozen dessert is provided. The stick chewing gum is prepared using anhydrous glucose as a sweetener without use of sucrose and subjected to two separate aging steps, especially to... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4387809 | Multi-compartment combination package and stirrer device This invention relates to an integral multi-compartment combination package and stirrer device. A hollow tubular body is bonded together with end caps and one or more compartment separators are bonded inside the hollow tubular body. A die cut slot in the ... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4379795 | Method for coating a food product on a stick A process for preparing and cooking corn dogs which are batter coated weiners upon a stick has a fry tank and coating bin mounted on a frame. Food articles are impaled by sticks driven through clasps in slots in a stick clamp. The food articles are dipped... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4363158 | Device for installing handle sticks in the ends of wieners A body member has a bore leading in from one of its ends and a counterbore leading in from its other end joining with the bore. The counterbore is of a size for receiving a wiener endwise therein, and the bore is arranged to slidably receive a handle stic... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4352242 | Apparatus for producing a skewered stack of food A gourmet press for producing hors d'oeuvres and similar snacks in the form of morsels of various foods stacked on a skewer. The press is a tubular device with a sharpened end which is pressed into various foods such as cheese, meat, bread, fruit and the ... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4350712 | Frozen beverage stick including retractable cup A popsicle type confection, which instead of an orange, cherry, raspberry, strawberry or similar conventional flavor frozen ice upon a stick, utilizes either a frozen beer or a frozen wine mounted upon a stick, and which in the present invention also incl... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4315037 | Process for forming a molded ice confection A process for forming a moulded confection, such as an ice confection, which has a protruding or re-entrant shape (i.e. with a surface portion having a negative draft angle with respect to a desired direction of mould release), characterized by: (a) filli... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4239175 | Mold for forming frozen food product and cap member therefor A mold for preparing frozen food products from a flavored liquid includes cap members adapted to fit over respective cup members retaining the liquid. The cap members have anchoring portions for extending centrally within the cup members whereby the liqui... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4229482 | Lollipop and method of making same A lollipop is made by providing an elongated rigid stick member having an enlarged hollow end portion. Candy material is then formed on the outside of the hollow enlarged end portion of the stick member. A liquid comestible flavoring material is then caus... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4208437 | Method for making confectionery lollipops In order to make higher production speeds possible when making confectionery lollipops a method and a device are presented wherein the separation of the pieces of confectionery takes place by means of a cutting stamp making an up and down movement in the ... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4175690 | Apparatus and method for producing sectioned edibles There is disclosed an apparatus and a method for processing edibles, such as fruit, which are sliced and then sectioned. Watermelon is one of such edibles or fruit which is first sliced generally transverse of its long axis. These sliced pieces are automa... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4159612 | Production of lollipops or like sweets The invention relates to the production of lollipops or like sweets directly from a rope of toffee or the like which briefly comprises feeding the toffee rope into register with successive pockets of a forming conveyor for a leading portion of the rope to... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4149548 | Therapeutic cigarette-substitute In a preferred embodiment, there is provided an elongated article having a simulated-appearance of a cigarette but being a chemically-resistant chewable plastic having each of opposite ends thereof coated with an edible material preferably inclusive of a ... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4144356 | Friedcake and stick member combination and process for making same A friedcake food product bonded to a stick member wherein a dough having suitable tacky character is placed on the stick member so as to surround a first stick portion, a second stick portion projecting from the dough portion. The dough is fried in deep f... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4141578 | Holder stick for a confectionary product An integral straight rigid holder stick is provided for use in making confectionary products, especially candy apples. The stick, fabricated of an injection moldable thermoplastic resin, has a handle portion, a gripping portion, and a tapered end portion.... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4139644 | Method of baking and product thereof A bakery product comprising a cookie fixedly connected to a stick by means of which the cookie may be held by a consumer.... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4091632 | Beverage cooling device having consumable foodstuff therein The beverage cooling device includes a semi-flexible plastic container and a liquid foodstuff which is totally enclosed within the container. The container and its contents are adapted to be frozen and utilized as a beverage cooling device. While the liqu... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4061783 | Packaged units and method of making same A thin, substantially flat packaged unit includes a thin, substantially flat utensil in a protective sheath. The protective sheath includes a flat rigidifying member of substantially the same thickness as the utensil and surrounding marginal edges of the ... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4027044 | Food product and method for preparing same An arrangement of sliced food stuffs of variable meltability, absorbency, or juice/seasoning producing character so that the absorbent materials will be best suited in their sequential placement to best retain the juices or melt products during the cookin... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4027047 | Process of producing hygienically wrapped, printed and molded chocolate cakes in envelopes simultaneously functioning as display covers A process of mass producing a plurality of wrapped, printed, hygienically molded chocolate cakes by advancing a continuously fed elongated plastic film strip in a sequence of steps in a plurality of spaced identical pattern areas, printing in each area, f... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4021583 | Fruit-flavored frozen confection and method of making the same A fruit-flavored quiescently frozen confection is produced which is high in total fruit solids content and which has increased resistance to melting and increased protection against stickiness in storage. The high concentration of fruit is obtained by usi... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4018902 | Combination confection and holder A combination confection and holder providing a confectionary slab with a concavity and a holder therefore; the holder has bifurcated resilient arms having opposed convexities which snap fit into the concavities in the confectionary slab, which the arms s... | 04/19/1977 |
| 3968262 | Combined confection and bubble-forming device This disclosure is directed to improved plastic shaped supports for an edible member such as ice cream or candy. The support or stick has an elongated slit therein which improves adherence of the member to the support and a rounded top with a circular ope... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3962470 | Confection holding device The specification discloses a confection holding device having a central body with an annular surface and two rigid symmetrical elongate members integrally attached to and perpendicularly extending from opposite sides of the central body. The symmetry of ... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3950548 | Ice cream and fruit confectionery product An ice cream and fruit confectionery product that is mounted on a stick. A hole is bored in edible fruit to remove at least a portion of the fruit's core. The fruit is mounted on the stick with the bored hole being disposed substantially coaxial to the st... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3935743 | Temperature indicators A temperature indicator which in one preferred embodiment comprises a translucent or transparent confectionery head having a cavity therein. A flexible elongated resilient stem, preferably formed of a plastic material has one end thereof, which is provide... | 02/03/1976 |