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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7322166 | Apparatus for unwrapping and transporting frangible wafers for ice cream sandwiches and the like The present invention is an apparatus and method for unwrapping a package of frangible articles bearing a wrapping material, the wrapping material having a rear portion and a forward tab, the forward tab adapted to open the wrapping material when pulled, the apparat... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319118 | Food-coating composition, process for preparation thereof and use The present invention relates to the use of aqueous copolymer poly(vinyl ester) dispersions which comprise cellulose ethers in an amount up to a maximum of 0.45% by weight in food-coating compositions, and also food-coating compositions which comprise these aqueous ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7132120 | Method and apparatus for producing a continuous food shaped as a bar and a belt conveyor used for its production A method for producing a food shaped as a continuous bar by placing a continuous inner material on a continuous strip of an outer layer material that is transferred on a former belt, comprising the steps of placing food material that includes the inner material plac... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7067167 | Method for making sweet cookie dough having an imprinted surface Rapid, efficient, and systematic processes and apparatuses for making repeatable imprints on multiple, individual sweet dough pieces are provided. An advantage of the process is the ease of making uniform imprints that are aligned with the individual dough pieces as... | 06/27/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7036427 | Rising crust manufacturing apparatus An apparatus for forming a rising crust comprises a dough-manipulating unit adapted to apply a vacuum at the peripheral edge portion of an underlying sheet of dough to hold and lift the peripheral portion. The manipulating unit is inwardly contractible while holding... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7033625 | Labelless, rolled food item and its fabrication A rolled food item (110) is fabricated by rolling a strip of support material (16) and food (14) about its leading end (136) into a roll. Prior to its rolling into the roll, a deposit (144) of water is sprayed onto the food (14 | 04/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6817850 | Method of and apparatus for forming food There is provided a method of and apparatus for forming a food by wrapping an inner material with an outer skin material, and the method of and apparatus for sealing the outer skin material more surely in a state where the inner material is disposed on the outer ski... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6558720 | Method for automatically sizing and positioning filling material upon randomly spaced tortillas advancing upon conveyor A manufacturing apparatus produces defined lengths of meat or other filling materials for taquitos, enchiladas, burritos, and other rolled, wrapped, or folded tortilla foods. This apparatus includes a small, upper, filling conveyor that operates in parall... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6517879 | Method and apparatus for ultrasonic molding The invention provides processes for the preparation of puffed cereal cakes, in particular puffed rice cakes. The processes comprise molding puffed or unpuffed cereal grains under pressure with the application of ultrasound. The ultrasound assists bonding... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6444245 | Method and apparatus to form a toroid filled bagel dough product A method and apparatus of making a toroid filled bagel dough product and the product formed thereby. The product can be produce by a method comprising adding the ingredients into a dough mixer; transferring the dough to a hopper above a sheeting extruder ... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6399125 | Method for pressure baking including a filling encapsulant A baked food product is described including a filling surrounded by a baked layer. An edible encapsulant layer surrounds the filling and is disposed between the filling and the baked layer. The encapsulant layer may be formed of a protein encapsulated sta... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6355288 | Pasta stuffing machine and method A pasta stuffing machine includes a conveyor having mold cups affixed thereto. The mold cups are openable and closeable. A pasta shell is inserted into each mold cup. The conveyor moves the mold cups and pasta shells to a filling station at which a pasta ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6303165 | Method for automatically sizing and positioning filling material upon randomly spaced tortillas advancing upon conveyor A manufacturing apparatus produces defined lengths of meat or other filling materials for taquitos, enchiladas, burritos, and other rolled, wrapped, or folded tortilla foods. This apparatus includes a small, upper, filling conveyor that operates in parall... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6270818 | Animated food, food additive and method An animated food, containing a food animating product and method is disclosed. The animating food product is edible and animates the food by dispersing an outer mass in liquid and revealing an inner mass of the animating food portion that is different in ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6268002 | Method for making grape leaves with meat The present invention pertains to an apparatus for making grape leaves with meat. The apparatus comprises a mechanism for rolling a grape leaf about the meat. Additionally, the apparatus comprises a mechanism for positioning the grape leaf and meat so the... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6242023 | Method of preparing a multifood component A method and an apparatus for the preparation of composite food products is provided wherein the apparatus (10) has a conveyor (12), a pair of spaced-apart primary and secondary apertured rakes (18, 20), a cooling tunnel (22), a cutting device (24) and a ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6200611 | Coated popcorn bars and methods for forming An apparatus (10) for forming popcorn bars utilizing methods according to the preferred teachings of the present invention is disclosed where popcorn popped in an air popper (12) and coated with a molten binder in the form of a caramel syrup in an auger m... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6200617 | Method of making a tacked coiled food product A food item and method of fabrication is disclosed wherein the food item is packaged in a manner promoting marketability. The food item includes a fruit-based strip having a predetermined length defined by a leading end and a trailing end. The strip is ro... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6165520 | Cylindrical food consisting of a plurality of concentric cylindrical layers A hollow cylindrical food product includes a plurality of cylindrical food layers oriented concentrically one within the other and including at least a radially innermost food layer that is cylindrical and a radially outermost cylindrical food layer. Each... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6156352 | Method and means for husbanding marine organisms A method and means for enhancing, encouraging and facilitating the growth of various species of marine life in an aqueous environment uses a nutrient mix derived from chemicals such as calcium carbonate and refined lanolin. When placed upon organic substr... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6068868 | Process for preparing puffed cereal articles The invention provides processes for the preparation of puffed cereal cakes, in particular puffed rice cakes. The processes comprise molding puffed or unpuffed cereal grains under pressure with the application of ultrasound. The ultrasound assists bonding... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6066344 | Mineral powders with enhanced chromium solubility and preparation methods therefor Process methods are described for combining compounds of mineral nutrients into chemically stable powder mixtures that notably preserve chromium in a soluble form conducive to both absorption and bioavailability. The methods include the compounds of miner... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6030651 | Filled pasta rolled in the shape of a coil A pasta is formed from a tube of pasta that is cooked, filled with sauce, sealed on one end, left open on the other end and rolled into the shape of a coil. The pasta is suitable for being eaten while on the move.... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6007858 | Tamale product A tamale roll prepared from a dough comprising from 1 to 15% by weight of wheat gluten in the presence of a humectant such as glycerol and/or maltodextrin, processes for preparing the tamale roll by steaming tamale shape dough followed by freezing or pack... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6004596 | Sealed crustless sandwich A sealed crustless sandwich for providing a convenient sandwich without an outer crust which can be stored for long periods of time without a central filling from leaking outwardly. The sandwich includes a lower bread portion, an upper bread portion, an u... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6001403 | Method and apparatus for producing a cored food in bar shape An apparatus and method for continuously producing a cored food in a bar shape by molding a round outer skin material (2) in a space-saving manner provides a method whereby the outer skin material (2) and an inner material (1) are mounted in this order on... | 12/14/1999 |
| 6001405 | Preparation of shelf-stable filled pastas A process for the production of a pre-cooked, high moisture, shelf-stable or refrigerated, acidified filled pasta comprising a filling within a dough skin which comprises mixing pasta ingredients together to form a pasta dough, forming the dough into a sh... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5912035 | Method and apparatus for forming folded food products Elimination of the problems of a manual burrito folding operation is obtained by a high speed burrito folding machine which eliminates the need for human operators. The machine includes an endless conveyor having an entrance portion, an intermediate porti... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5908647 | Mineral powders with enhanced chromium solubility and preparation methods therefor Process methods are described for combining compounds of mineral nutrients into chemically stable powder mixtures that notably preserve chromium in a soluble form conducive to both absorption and bioavailability. The methods include the compounds of miner... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5871793 | Puffed cereal cakes The invention provides processes for the preparation of puffed cereal cakes, in particular puffed rice cakes. The processes comprise molding puffed or unpuffed cereal grains under pressure with the application of ultrasound. The ultrasound assists bonding... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5814360 | System for producing a filled rolled dough product A conveyor moves a dough sheet along a dough travel path. A filling applicator, located proximate the dough travel path, applies filling to the dough sheet. A cooler is located downstream of the filling applicator along the dough travel path. The cooler c... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5709898 | Process for the manufacture of a food product A process for the manufacture of a food product comprising a wafer filled with a food core, process including the steps of: (i) shaping the food core; (ii) heating at least part of the wafer in order to provide sufficient plastic properties to the wafer t... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5667821 | Method and apparatus for making tamales A method and apparatus for making a food product such as tamales is provided in which a template for forming the shape of the tamale dough is provided together with a forming tool for anchoring down the tamale wrapper and leveling and pressing dough or ma... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5601862 | Process for layering strips of food material A layered food product is prepared with strips of flexible food material wherein one of a plurality of previously formed strips is guided onto a first advancing conveyor belt and transported on the belt, and a second strip is guided onto a second advancin... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5578336 | Confection carrier for vitamins, enzymes, phytochemicals and ailmentary vegetable compositions and method of making A confection includes a soft candy center containing from 5% to 40% by weight water. A first coating is applied to the candy center. A second coating is applied over the first coating. The second coating contains a vitamin, enzyme, phytochemical, or alime... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5508050 | Method for preparing spring roll A method for preparing a spring roll involves putting an ingredient material on a dough sheet of the spring roll, rolling up the dough sheet to wrap the ingredient material, and frying the rolled spring roll. A food material containing a main component se... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5487905 | Process for the production of cannelloni Cannelloni is prepared by, initially, forming and blanching a longitudinally extending pasta strand and then cutting the strand into a plurality of longitudinally-extending strips positioned side-by-side. Each strip is passed in a direction of its longitu... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5445840 | Folding of food pieces Food pieces are folded by depositing a food piece onto a conveyor and onto a rotatable bar which is positioned above the conveyor surface. The bar has a perimeter shape which conforms to a half perimeter shape of the food piece and is initially positioned... | 08/29/1995 |
