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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7332189 | Process and apparatus for forming a wave chip product Thin snack chips having a curved or wave shape are obtained by forming, shaping or curling baked chips into a curved or wave configuration before they become too cold and rigid so as to result in breakage during forming. The essentially flat, malleable baked chips, ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7264836 | Production of triple coextruded baked bar goods A triple coextruded baked good having a bar shape with a desired substantially smaller height than width, is continuously produced with distinct, at least substantially uniform concentric fillings which are visually apparent at opposing cut ends of the baked piece. ... | 09/04/2007 |
| RE39631 | Process for making free-flowing, coated, frozen food A free-flowing, coated, frozen food and a method for making the same are disclosed. Discrete pieces of a free-flowing frozen food are introduced into a coating vessel where they are agitated to expose their surfaces and to maintain their free-flowing state throughou... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7160568 | Method for making a triangularly-shaped, baked dough product Confectionery, such as a tart and pie, is sequentially made. A generally rectangular mold is filled with food dough. The food dough is baked and taken out of the mold. The food dough is cut and divided in a zigzag pattern into generally triangularly-shaped food doug... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7067781 | Single ply paper product, method for manufacturing, and article In an embodiment, the invention is a single ply paper product with a paper substrate having a first surface and a second surface and a web of fibers sufficiently refined to have a Canadian Standard Freeness value of greater than about 100 cm3 according to... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7008658 | Apparatus and method for providing treatment to a continuous supply of food product by impingement An apparatus and method for providing treatment by impingement to a continuous supply of food product includes a treatment zone at an ambient pressure, a fluid delivery zone at an elevated pressure, and a circulation assembly. Impingement plates containing apertures... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6998160 | Five-layered, biaxially-oriented, sealable tubular film for the packaging and wrapping of paste-like foodstuffs meat and meat with bones and use thereof The invention relates to a five-layered, biaxially oriented, shrinkable, sealable tubular film for the packaging and wrapping of paste-like foodstuffs, meat, or meat with bones and to the use thereof. The tubular film of the invention has an inner layer comprised of... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6746701 | Packaged, stacked, opened pocket bread and method thereof A method of preparation and delivery of pocket bread in which the pocket bread is cut immediately after baking, the walls of the pocket bread are separated along the cut line, and individual pieces of pocket bread are nested one inside another to create a stack. Eac... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6607770 | Process for the manufacture of dry baked products The invention relates to a process for manufacturing dry baked products in the form of ready-for-use pieces. In the process of the invention, a baked bread sheet is divided into ready-for-use pieces while the starch of the bread sheet is in elastic state,... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6531156 | Aqueous solven encapsulation method, apparatus and microcapsules The present invention relates to microcapsules comprising a wall and an aqueous core comprising various active agents, and prepared by the interfacial reaction in aqueous medium of Lewis acid and base wall-forming reactants.... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6468572 | Method for filling a nugget transported on a conveyor A system for filling nuggets transported along a conveyor utilizes a platform that is positioned above the conveyor in a generally parallel fashion. The platform alternatingly moves in either one of a direction substantially similar to the direction of mo... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6399130 | Method of and line for breadcrumb production The invention is concerned with a method of manufacture of bread crumb and with a production line for bread crumb manufacture, the method comprising the steps of preparing and sheeting a dough, disposing the sheeted dough on a conveyor and deforming the s... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6291009 | Method of producing a soy-based dough and products made from the dough A cohesive machineable dough having a high soy content and products made from the dough are shown. The dough has a soy-component, a pre-gelatinized starch component, a liquid component, and optionally other ingredients. Preferably, the soy-component is fr... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6251452 | Apparatus and methods for making multiple, complexly patterned extrudates Apparatus (10) and methods are disclosed where plastic extrudable food product is provided such as by an extruder or pump and is combined with another food product without intermixing to form a complexly patterned food product, such as by a pattern formin... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6242021 | Pretzel stick snack item A small, bite-sized snack food item is disclosed which combines a pretzel stick and a group of cereal rings annularly disposed on the stick, thereby combining the flavor of the pretzel with the flavor of the cereal in a bite-sized unit. The unit can be he... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6235330 | Process for making free-flowing, coated, frozen food A free-flowing, coated, frozen food and a method for making the same are disclosed. Discrete pieces of a free-flowing frozen food are introduced into a coating vessel where they are agitated to expose their surfaces and to maintain their free-flowing stat... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6224920 | Process for the manufacture of dry baked products The invention relates to a process for manufacturing coated or filled, dry baked products that are in the form of a ready-for-use pieces or divisible into ready-for-use pieces. In the process of the invention, a baked bread sheet is patterned for the form... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6210735 | Process for producing quick-boiling or instant cooking pastas and noodles Quick boiling or instant cooking noodles such as udon, soba and hiyamugi or pastas such as spaghetti or macaroni can be produced by a process which includes the steps of heating dry noodles or pastas with either wet or dry heat for a short time to modify ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6177111 | Enchilada style food product and method of making A enchilada style food product and method of making for providing a better tasting and nutritious enchilada style food product. The enchilada style food product and method of making includes flour tortillas, ground beef, yellow onion, potatoes, sweet peas... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6168818 | Method and apparatus for making cheesecake A cheesecake batter is baked in individual cups as it is continuously moved from one end of an oven to the other. Thereafter, it is cooled by being transferred to a cooling table covered with a hood. The cooling table and the hood are arranged in line wit... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6143339 | Method for making a complexly patterned extrudate Disclosed are apparatus (10) for making a complexly patterned extrudate. The apparatus (10) includes a food cooker extruder (12) for providing at least one extrudable food product, at least one food color supply (18), a pattern forming die (20) for mixing... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6042864 | Method and apparatus for cutting bread bowl bakery products A machine and method for cutting plugs in the tops of baked products which serve as bread bowls when the plugs are removed. The products are conveyed in successive rows to a cutting station where they are stopped and centered beneath a row of cutters by a... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5997931 | Process for blanching or cooking pasta Pasta dough is blanched or cooked by forming a pasta dough into a plurality of continuous pasta dough strands and simultaneously directing leading ends of the continuous strands and water at a temperature sufficient to blanch or cook the strands into the ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5900265 | Apparatus and method for inserting a filling into a food product Apparatus and method for inserting fillings into foods such as bagels, donuts, other pastries and confectioneries. A base supports a movable platform onto which a restraining device are mounted for fixing a food to be filled in a fixed position. Coiled tu... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5876772 | Process for the preparation of a food product A process for shaping a wafer comprising the steps of (a) softening the wafer by using infra-red radiation, (b) shaping the softened wafer into a desired form, and (c) cooling the shaped wafer.... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5846585 | Process for increasing the bulk of food having decreased bulk The process for increasing the bulk of a food having a decreased bulk in the present invention comprises applying a means of internal vibration heating such as a microwave oven to a food having a decreased bulk, which has been prepared by subjecting a por... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5843491 | Roti clapper A roti clapper is provided including a pair of clamping members pivotally coupled at the bottom ends thereof. Next provided is a solenoid connected to the clamping members for closing the same upon the actuation thereof. Control circuitry is provided for ... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5827557 | Method for making a complexly patterned extrudate Disclosed are apparatus (10) for making a complexly patterned extrudate. The apparatus (10) includes a food cooker extruder (12) for providing at least one extrudable food product, at least one food color supply (18), a pattern forming die (20) for mixing... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5529797 | Method for continuously producing discrete wrapped baked dough products A plurality of rolls of pliable backing material are fed through guides in which the configuration of the backing material is converted from flat to generally U-shaped strips. Unbaked dough is deposited into the strips as they feed forwardly toward a baki... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5529799 | Apparatus and methods for recouping scrap dough material Apparatus and methods of fabricating half products in the field of puffed snack piece fabrication are disclosed including a rotary cutter (16) having an opposed pair of rollers (18). At least one of the rollers (18) of the rotary cutter (16) has cavities ... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5520942 | Snack food coating using supercritical fluid spray Oil-based or fat-based carriers or solvents are replaced in whole or in part by a supercritical fluid or high pressure gas as a spray medium or carrier for food additives or food enhancers. Reduced fat, low fat, and even no-fat food products may be produc... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5472724 | Process for reducing the staling of bakery goods The present invention relates to a process reducing the staling of fresh bakery products such as bagels, doughnuts, muffins, cakes and the like by quick chilling of the fresh baked product before the product is allowed to cool, preferably by cryogenic chi... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5427809 | Extrusion method for making a couscous food product A shelf-storable new and improved couscous food product satisfying traditional couscous granular mouthfeel is made by extruding a wheat-based doughy mass and cutting the extrudate into particles of uniform couscous size (i.e., between about 0.85 and about... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5374438 | Quick-setting sandwich biscuit cream fillings Quick-setting cream fillings especially suitable for sandwich biscuits contain fats bearing short C2 to C4 acid residues and long, saturated C16 to C22 fatty acid residues. One preferred embodiment contains fats... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5350589 | Pneumatic cereal rope conveying and conditioning method An apparatus for pneumatically conveying a plurality of continuous ropes (20) of cooked cereal dough (20), e.g., from the diehead (24) of a cereal ingredients cooker extruder (22) to a cereal piece forming apparatus. The apparatus (10) includes a pluralit... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5346715 | Breadfood freezing method A freezing process for manufacturing bagels, providing the taste and texture of fresh bagels is disclosed in which the dough is removed from the initial cooking process and immediately subjected to cool water, approximately 64° F. or less. The bagels are... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5346423 | Toy for making simulated french fries A toy for making simulated french fried potatoes includes a base supporting a generally rectangular housing within which a pair of cutter rollers are rotatably supported at the upper end thereof. A crank arm and gear coupling drive mechanism is operativel... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5240731 | Apparatus and methods for recouping scrap dough material Apparatus and methods of fabricating half products in the field of puffed snack piece fabrication are disclosed including a rotary cutter (16) having an opposed pair of rollers (18). At least one of the rollers (18) of the rotary cutter (16) has cavities ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5228267 | Method and apparatus for making frozen dessert cones with attached removable sanitary jackets Frozen dessert cones made from a cooked batter capable of having lower and higher moisture contents, which respectively cause the cone to assume dimensionally contracted and expanded states, are provided with sanitary jackets while in their dimensionally ... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5077074 | Preparation of cookie products involving extrusion heating and wire cutting The present invention relates to the production of cookie products by adding cookie ingredients to a cooker extruder to form a heat treated mass, which is admixed with additional cookie ingredients to form a dough-like cookie mixture. The cookie mixture i... | 12/31/1991 |
