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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7658958 | Method and an apparatus for producing ice confection The present invention concerns an apparatus and a method for producing ice confection comprising mold cavities arranged on lamellae disposed in an endless belt along which are arranged process means for the production of the ice confection by conveying the lamellae ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7270843 | Method and device for coating a product A device and a method used when coating a wafer is described. The fluid coating is provided by an inside coating as well as an edge coating. The fluid chocolate in a container is stirred by displacing a vat up and down. During this displacement, the vat will be brou... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7195793 | Method and apparatus for making a hand held food product An automated machine and process to form a food product consisting of a batter shell and a food filling. The process is started with a cooking matrix that includes a plurality of cooking openings to receive the batter. The batter is cooked to form shells. The automa... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7186429 | Food product marking apparatuses and methods A method and apparatus for marking, imprinting or applying a pattern, design or mark to a plurality of individual pieces of food product to be divided from a sheet of food product is described. In one aspect of the invention, a method may include the steps of supply... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7032541 | Pet chew toy for holding consumable treats A pet chew toy for holding consumable treats comprises a body member having a plurality or ribs and a plurality of interstitial spaces formed between the ribs. The ribs and spaces cooperatively act to impinge a treat or treats inserted therein. The ribs and spaces m... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7022362 | Method of forming confectionery articles The present invention is directed to a process for making confectionery pieces, comprising the steps of (a) providing a solid or semi-solid edible slab having at least three layers to at least two forming elements having a nip defined by the forming elements; and (b... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7015250 | Methods and pharmaceutical preparations for normalizing blood pressure with (-)-hydroxycitric acid A method whereby the blood pressure metabolism in an individual showing evidence of dysregulation is improved when that person receives an appropriate oral administration of (−)-hydroxycitric acid. The potassium salt of (−)-hydroxycitric acid is a preferred form... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7008655 | Process for making a baked cup shaped food product A process for manufacturing a food product, a food product produced thereby and a plant for production of the food product. The food product may have a generally truncated cone shape which allows the product to be stood on its base. The baking mixture is inserted in... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6994881 | Device for the formation of croissants made of puff pastry or the like A device for the formation of croissants made of puff pastry or the like, said croissants being initially shaped into pastry rolls (12) starting from flat puff pastry, wherein there are at least two gripping or clasping and folding elements (13, 14, 15... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6932993 | Method for producing filled foodstuff hollow bodies Process for the production of filled food hollow mouldings, in which each hollow moulding has at least one cavity, which is open to the environment and filled with a filling material solid at ambient temperature and having a cross-sectional dimension between approxi... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6903841 | Decorating system for edible items A system for creating a decorative edible item from a selected image. The system includes at least one image source, such as a scanner and/or a library of stored images, a controller unit and a printer. An edible media is inserted into the printer. The user then sel... | 06/07/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6692787 | Method of making a layered canned pet food Canned pet food products as well as methods of manufacturing or producing same are provided. The pet food comprises a base layer including solid food pieces in a gravy that has a conical recess formed in its upper surface. An upper layer comprising substa... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6589328 | Sponges of hydrocolloids The invention provides sponges (foams) produced from hydrocolloids by the expansion of gels of these. The foams have properties which can be varied, such as water absorption, biodegradibility, pore size and structure. Edible products can be produced which... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6582740 | Layered canned pet food A canned pet food product having a base layer and an upper layer. The base layer is formed of solid food pieces in a gravy and has a substantially conical recess formed into its upper surface. The gravy makes up about 20% to about 40% of the base layer. T... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6579550 | Method for producing slices of bulk foodstuff materials A method for producing slices from formable food masses, of which at least one mass is a cheese preparation. A mass is brought into slice form in particular by means of rolls, belts or plates. After or during the flattening by pressing or a flat applicati... | 06/17/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6326041 | Process for producing food products A process for the manufacture of food products is provided which includes the steps of providing a mold, filling the mold with a quantity of molding material in a fluid state, and inserting a plug made of an edible material, such as wafer, into the mold c... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6165521 | Food products utilizing edible films and method of making and packaging same An edible material thin file is applied to at least one side of sticky or moist food products. The edible material may be sprayed or placed on the moist food product. The food product with the edible material thereon may be used make sandwiches or stored ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6165527 | Bagel making machine and associated method A machine for making a food product includes a cooking apparatus for cooking an aliquot of dough disposed in a predetermined shape about a cooking member made of a material which has a chemical composition essentially impervious to cooking temperatures. T... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5962055 | Preparation of edible food product cups containing a filling Edible cups containing an edible filling are prepared by extrusion-cooking ingredients which include a cereal ingredient and extruding an extrusion-cooked product strip, passing the product strip to a heated pressing device for hot-pressing the product st... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5902621 | Forming articles of fat-containing confectionery material including chocolate Shaped articles of fat-containing confectionery material are formed by extruding a fat-based confectionery material under pressure so that it passes to and through a flow-constriction and a die so that the material subjected to extrusion and the extrudate... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5843512 | Preparation of chocolate-coated frozen confectionary articles A confectionery article is prepared which has a shell of chocolate wherein chocolate having a temperature greater than 35° C. is poured into an aluminum alloy lost-wax-cast-mold having a temperature of not above -10° C. to form a shell, and a remainder ... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5807599 | Method of making a dough product using flexible cooking member and product therefrom A method for making a food product utilizes an aliquot of dough disposed in a predetermined shape about a cooking member made of a material which has a chemical composition essentially impervious to cooking temperatures. The dough is cooked, e.g., boiled ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5635230 | Method and apparatus for producing shells of fat-containing, masses and food articles produced thereby A method and a system for the production of shells of fat-containing, chocolate-like masses. A cooling member (1) having a temperature below 0° C. is immersed in a predosed mass in a mould cavity (2). The cooling member (1) comprises protruding, peripher... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5622742 | Method of making stuffed pizzas and/or stuffed sandwiches A baking pan and method of use for baking plural stuffed pizzas and/or plural stuffed sandwiches therein. Each of the pizzas and/or sandwiches includes a dough shell and a stuffing within the shell. The pan basically comprises a base panel and four caviti... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5582856 | Apparatus and method for making a multi-flavored frozen confection A system and method for making a frozen confection having a plurality of differently flavored or colored sections are provided. After creating in a mold a frozen outer layer comprising the ingredients for a first flavor or color, a carving means, such as ... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5538742 | Multi-phase sheeted chewing gum and method and apparatus for making The invention is a multi-phase, sheeted chewing gum product, a method and an apparatus for making such a product. The product includes a first mass of a chewing gum formed in a generally flat sheet and a second mass of a confectionery product having a dif... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5518746 | Method of making composite food product An indented, invertable food pan may be used to produce combinable halves of a sturdy composite food product. The food pan has an open end, a closed end and an end wall. At the closed end, the end wall has at least one indentation partially or completely ... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5516540 | Process for making articles of ice confectionery Articles of ice confectionery are prepared in a cavity formed by a complementary countermould and master mould assembly into which a composition for forming an ice confectionery is introduced. The assembly is cooled for freezing the confectionery composit... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5417989 | Method for making bialys Applicants have devised a new and improved method of making bialys that reduces the cost of production by eliminating the relatively expensive step of shaping each piece of dough manually and also insures greater uniformity in the shape of the bialys. Aft... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5374436 | Apparatus and method for making a multi-flavored frozen confection A system and method for making a frozen confection having a plurality of differently flavored or colored sections are provided. After partially freezing in a mold the ingredients for a first flavor or color to form a frozen outer layer and a liquid inner ... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5248513 | Process to deform surfaces of extruded materials A strand of a paste-form material is extruded through a toothed extrusion nozzle to obtain an extruded material having ribs which form a longitudinally ribbed surface. The ribbed surface is deformed by reciprocating comb parts having toothed profiles agai... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5246721 | Method and apparatus for forming a food article An apparatus and method is provided for forming a food article having a spheroidal shell with a filling. The apparatus includes a female mold body with a cavity which has walls that define the bottom and lateral shape of the spheroidal shell. A plurality ... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5149561 | Methods of making simulated raw eggs Methods of preparing simulated eggs, preferably chloesterol-free, capable of having the yolk and liquid egg-white together but in separate phases, so that upon cooking, the simulated eggs look and behave like natural eggs. This is achieved by heating the ... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5102672 | Apparatus for forming an interior chocolate layer on an ice-cream cone An apparatus for forming a layer of chocolate on the interior surface of an ice-cream having a cone-shaped mold that is interiorly-cooled by ice-water provided thereto from a bucket, or other source, of ice-water. For forming an interior chocolate coating... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5064666 | Apparatus for forming an interior chocolate layer on an ice-cream cone An apparatus for forming a layer of chocolate on the interior surface of an ice-cream having a cone-shaped mold that is interiorly-cooled by ice-water provided thereto from a bucket, or other source, of ice-water. For forming an interior chocolate coating... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5017390 | Confection and method and apparatus for manufacturing it A texturally contrasted frozen aerated confection comprising ice confection or mousse-like material in combination with an aerated fat-based glaze.... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5000084 | Baking appliance A baking apparatus with a plurality of spaced-apart female molds, and a co-acting top tray provided with and equal plurality of hollow spikes adapted to extend downwardly into the female molds which produce an elongated cavity in a bread roll baked in the... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4717571 | Method for manufacturing a dessert having an ornamental pattern A method of manufacturing solid or semi-solid dessert products, wherein each of liquid materials for base and one or more kinds of sauces contains an assortment of two or more kinds of gelling agents. Each of liquid materials for a base and one or more ki... | 01/05/1988 |
