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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7923048 | Segmented pizza crust system Making a pizza crust includes forming a mass of dough into a substantially flattened shape to define an inner crust bordered by an outer crust extending around the inner crust. The outer crust is divided into a plurality of segments without cutting the inner crust b... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7338681 | Process to prepare a premium formulated fried egg The present invention relates to the formulation and process for preparation of a fried egg product which may be frozen for future heating within a microwave or other oven for consumption by an individual. Various ingredients are added and mixed to each of the liqui... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7288279 | Formulated fried egg product The present invention relates to the formulation and process for preparation of a fried egg product which may be frozen for future heating within a microwave or other oven for consumption by an individual. Various ingredients are added and mixed to each of the liqui... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7270531 | Assembly for use in continuously forming one or more lengths of noise attenuating flexible cutting line for use in rotary vegetation trimmers An assembly for use in continuously forming a plurality of lengths of flexible noise attenuating cutting line for use in rotary vegetation trimmers. The assembly includes a breaker plate having a conically shaped inner portion and a planar outer portion. A plurality... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264841 | Savory gluten-free foods The present invention discloses organic, gluten-free savory food products, including gluten-free pre-mixes, gluten-free broths, and gluten-free snack foods, as well as the methods for making them. The present invention provides tasteful alternatives for people sensi... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7241469 | Formulation and process to prepare a pre-formed filing unit The present process relates to a formulation for a food product and preparation of a pre-formed filling unit for the provision of a consumable food product containing eggs, which may be refrigerated and/or frozen for future heating within a microwave oven for consum... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7192541 | Method and apparatus for solid-stranding a flextube unit A solid-stranding method and apparatus for forming optical cables. Solid-stranding combines buffering and stranding operations, as well as performs the stranding operation while the flextubes are still hot so that they adhere together without additional binders. Opt... | 03/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6777013 | Method and device of making dough mixed with cooking oil, fruit and vegetable filling The present invention of a method and device of making dough mixed with cooking oil, fruit and vegetable filling, more especially, a forward operation of making a dough chunk of a green onion crepe, is mainly characterized that it continuously provides a thin dough ... | 08/17/2004 |
| D492467 | Helical food product | 07/06/2004 |
| D492087 | Curly shaped puffed extrudate snack food | 06/29/2004 |
| 6626660 | Apparatus for production of twisted baked goods A fermented or yeast leavened dough is continuously fed to a plurality of nozzles and extruded and twisted into a plurality of continuous twisted dough ropes without substantially increasing the density of the dough. The dough is fed to the nozzles by an ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6607772 | Method and apparatus for producing a braided puff extrudate A process and apparatus for the production of a braid shaped puffed extrudate. A tube or other peripheral containment vessel is placed at the exit end of an extruder die that produces two or more extrudate streams. A circular air stream is then introduced... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 6276919 | Automated pretzel forming machine An automated pretzel forming machine that produces fresh unbaked pretzels with hand formed characteristics by extruding premixed dough onto a folding table. This table is moved by a bi-directional positioning stage, forming the unfolded and untwisted pret... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6207212 | Method and apparatus for conveying bar-like bread dough pieces A method of conveying bar-like bread dough pieces is provided. By it a bar-like bread dough piece being conveyed on the conveying face of a conveyor, with its axis being perpendicular to the direction of the conveyance thereof, is caused to rotate about t... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6171628 | Method for rolling up a sheet of dough To make a piece of bread, such as a croissant, an apparatus is provided to prevent a sheet of dough from being loosely rolled up, to prevent the sheet from being unevenly rolled up, and to firmly roll the sheet up. The apparatus includes a conveyor that f... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6165522 | Processed food and a method for making a processed food product for mass distribution A food product suitable for high volume production is formed of varied layers such as breads or doughs, vegetables, dairy products, meats and various spices and sauces. The product may be mass produced with a minimum of manual labor and includes an edible... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6136360 | Twist-shaped products and method and apparatus for manufacturing the same A method and apparatus for readily mass-producing twist-shaped food products. The method is characterized in that cut V-shaped food materials are formed into twist-shaped products by being passed through a cut-spreading/transport apparatus, a twist-provid... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6039993 | Device and method for forming a strand of dough A method and device for forming a strand of dough from a relatively short dough body by providing a first conveyor belt having a first dough contact face and second conveyor belt having a second dough contact face, keeping the two dough contact faces spac... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6036990 | Device and method for automated knotting of dough strands A method for automated forming of a knot in a strand of dough includes providing a spacer element having an outer surface and an integral channel, and forming around this outer surface a loop from a first part of the strand. A second part of the strand is... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6010730 | Method and apparatus for winding up a sheet of dough A sheet of dough is wound up by a roller and a pressing device. The roller is located above a conveyor that conveys a sheet of dough. The pressing device is located near the roller. When the roller is winding up the sheet of dough, the pressing device mov... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6004608 | Method for reducing flexible packaging perforations from dried pasta noodles A flexible packaging system containing spiral wound instant pasta noodles along with a system for packing the noodles in flexible envelopes to reduce breakage of the noodles to permit inclusion of noodles longer than the flexible package filling aperture ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5874120 | Method for preparing multistrand twist food pieces In its product aspect, the invention provides ready-to-eat cereals and cereal based snacks fabricated from multiple extrudate strands of cooked cereal dough that have been twisted or braided into ropes immediately after extrusion and severed into pieces. ... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5780091 | Multi layer spiral-shaped, dried pasta/sauce food composition and a method for making the spiral pasta/sauce combination A spiral wound instant pasta solid sauce composite noodle is disclosed which employs selected dusting agents and solid sauce interleaved within the spiral to insure unrolling of the spiral upon subsequent boiling. A method for the preparation of the sauce... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5766663 | Method and apparatus for shaping pretzels A method of producing pretzels which are shaped from straight lengths of dough (S) of essentially circular cross-section which have been cut to length. A length of dough (S) is introduced into a shaping device so that it lies partly on a first surface at ... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5738896 | Spiral shaped, dried pasta food composition and a method for making it A spiral wound instant pasta noodle is disclosed which employs selected dusting agents interleaved within the spiral to insure unrolling of the spiral upon subsequent boiling. A method for the preparation of the noodle is also disclosed along with a syste... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5728418 | Twisted quick cooking pasta Twisted quick cooking pasta having, in transverse section, the shape of a helix having at least one blade attached to an axis, the axis being hollow, the wall thickness of the axis and of the blade or blades being between 0.3 and 1.1 mm, and the degree of... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5702732 | Device for the production of pretzels In addition to a feeding structure for pieces of dough and a removal device, the device for the production of pretzels displays a working platform, a stand with a holding device and two grippers set up on its underside, a structure for measuring the posit... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5674547 | Apparatus and method for forming a strand of dough Apparatus and method for forming a strand of dough from a relatively short dough body. The apparatus comprises two pressure members, respectively provided with facing first and second dough contact surfaces. The apparatus further comprises means for keepi... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5637341 | Method and apparatus for producing braided baked products A method and apparatus for producing a braided baked product from dough by feeding the dough through a die head having at least three relatively-moving die members each formed with an orifice feeding a strip of the dough, moving the die members relative t... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5609903 | Process for forming extruded multi-strand products A process for forming extruded multi-strand products. The process providing a braiding extruder which includes a first rotatable member, a second rotatable member, a rotatable member driving system, and an orifice blocking arrangement. The rotatable membe... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5580599 | Process and devices for mechanically producing pretzels An improved method and device for mechanically producing pretzels. The method and device produces strings of dough having precisely predetermined cross-sectional and longitudinal dimensions. The invention provides a high throughput rate of pretzels and lo... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5556660 | Process for shaping a straight rope of dough into a pretzel The invention pertains to a process for producing the looped form of a pretzel from a straight, stretched rope of dough (1) using a machine so as to lower the production costs in pretzel making. Essentially, the central part (4) of the straight rope of do... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5518749 | High-speed extrudate weaving assembly and methods An assembly (10) is disclosed including a rotor (38) extending into a rotor bore (24) and into a dough chamber (26) of a die housing (16), with the rotor (38) rotating at relatively high speeds in the order of 4,000 RPM. A bushing (62) is provided in the ... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5516538 | Method of adjusting the position of a rolled-up end in croissant dough-piece bending folding apparatus The present invention is related to the method of positioning a rolled-up end of a fusiform croissant dough piece at a predetermined location of the dough piece when it is conveyed by a conveyor. The rolled-up end is sensed by a sensing means while the do... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5494428 | Apparatus and method for the production of pretzels An apparatus for manufacturing pretzels is provided, which increases production and reduces waste. The apparatus includes a stationary platform onto which strands of dough are deposited. Adjacent to the platform is a conveyor belt with projections that pu... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5492706 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing coextruded food products A method for manufacturing coextruded products by coextruding continuous strands of one extrudable material and enveloping sheaths and twisting these sheathed strands about each other for at least part of a full revolution. An apparatus for manufacturing ... | 02/20/1996 |
