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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7842323 | Mat device and method of use A mat device for receiving dough to be rolled out and reducing the mess usually associated with rolling out of the dough includes a sheet including a top surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface is positioned on a support surface. The sheet has a folding lin... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7824722 | Saddle and sheeting head using the same A saddle for a sheeting head includes a pair of semi-circular concave edges configured to seal a pair of rollers. The oppositely facing concave edges each include a tongue that fits in a corresponding groove in the roller and a retracted concave edge adapted to wrap... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7537793 | System for depositing food products on other food products A first edible food product of predetermined length is received by an intermittently movable upper conveyor having an effective length the same as said predetermined length. A lower conveyor continuously transports second edible food products and a sensor senses whe... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7374907 | System and method for automatically processing tissue samples An apparatus and method for producing tissue slides is disclosed. The apparatus includes a holding assembly for manipulating the sample block, a blade assembly for preparing a thin section from the sample block, and a transfer roller mechanism for transferring the t... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7341755 | Method for making breads There has been a need to develop a method for preparing a bread dough using potassium bromate, an excellent bread improver, which provides baked breads free from residual bromate without affecting the flavor and taste of the breads. It has also been desired to devel... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7328652 | Apparatus and system for dispensing dough A dough dispensing apparatus (100) comprises a container (1,1′) for receiving and holding dough and a dough transfer device (3,3′) for receiving dough from the container and for transferring the dough to a depositing station (4,5) at ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7316556 | Apparatus for cutting dough with nested pattern cutters A method is provided for producing individual dough products, comprising the steps of conveying a continuous dough sheet along a travel path, engaging a first die cutter with a first portion of the dough sheet to cut a first portion of the peripheral shape of at lea... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7270051 | Apparatus and method for supplying food dough Apparatus for supplying food dough including a hopper to which a large block of food dough is supplied, a cutting apparatus located at a lower opening port of the hopper to cut the block into small blocks that have substantially the same volume, a dough feeder havin... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7250187 | Methods of incorporating encapsulated chemical leavening agent into dough ingredients, and composition so prepared Described are dough compositions and methods of preparing dough compositions, raw and baked, including preferred methods and compositions wherein chemical leavening agents are encapsulated by a degradable barrier material to control their reaction until a time durin... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243827 | Devices for drawing in a web of material A device for drawing a web of material into a machine, such as a printing press includes a draw-in mechanism that can be advanced along a draw-in path, and to which the web of material can be coupled. The draw-in mechanism can be driven by an electric motor that can... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238017 | Domestic pasta machine This is a domestic rolling machine for homemade pasta with the surface of the rolling rollers formed by anodizing metal to provide a micro-rough surface that considerably increases adherence thus reducing the number of passes for the sheet of pasta to reduce the thi... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7219663 | Kit, apparatus and method for use in cooking over an intense heat source A portable cooking kit, apparatus and method is usable for moderating heat from an intense heat source, such as an outdoor grill or 1. The apparatus includes a food support member, including a perforated panel surrounded by a rim. The food support member rests on to... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217382 | Sheeter gap adjustment and hydraulic operation An improved dough sheeting system and method which allow for improved selection of sheeter gap size and which provide a quick release mechanism to prevent damage to sheeter rollers. Hydraulic actuators, attached to a movable roller, hold the roller in a fixed positi... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7205017 | Apparatus and method for beating and rolling a food dough belt A plurality of rolling rollers move sequentially upstream from downstream or downstream from upstream along the food dough belt, while each rolling roller rotates on its own axis. The moving direction of the rolling roller is changed according to technical requireme... | 04/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7182588 | Device for the continuous production of a strip of dough The invention relates to a device for the continuous production of a strip (6) of dough from a mass (5) of dough, the width of said strip being a multiple of its thickness. The inventive device comprises at least one pair of opposite, interspaced, long... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7147881 | Method for producing a composite dough-based product A method for making a composite dough by preparing a wheat dough by mixing wheat flour, fat and water in a manner effective to form an homogeneous and cohesive gluten structure followed by sheeting the dough into a sheet; separately preparing a non-wheat dough by mi... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7134865 | Device for forming a dough strand Apparatus for forming a dough strand from a preferably large-volume dough mixture (28) has a receptacle (2) for holding this dough mixture, which is provided at the bottom with a discharge opening (4) for the dough. Connected to this discharge o... | 11/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7097870 | Layered cereal bars and their methods of manufacture A layered cereal bar with at least two cereal layers having identifiable RTE cereal pieces and at least one visible filling layer in between the two cereal layers is described. In one embodiment, the cereal bar is a non-cooked cereal bar having a total nutrient leve... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7074444 | Method for producing a dehydrated whole food product A method of preparing a reconstitutable, dehydrated whole bean product is shown. The method calls for utilizing a combination convection/microwave heating chamber to dry cooked whole beans in such a way as to preserve the integrity of the beans and, thus, significan... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7033627 | Production of enzymes in seeds and their use A method of catalyzing in vitro reactions using seeds containing enhanced amounts of enzymes is disclosed. The method involves adding transgenic, non-wild type seeds, preferably in a ground form, to a reaction mixture, especially a bakery process and allowing the en... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7029716 | Method and system for producing a dehydrated whole food product A method for producing a reconstitutable dehydrated food product, an apparatus for producing such a product, and a product produced thereby are described. The method calls for using a stationary vessel to separately hydrate at least two batches of raw beans with cir... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6955533 | Apparatus and method for extending food dough An apparatus for extending food dough is provided that is compact and has a relatively long conveying path for food dough that extends the food dough. Also, the apparatus can be easily cleaned and maintained. It includes a lower frame (3) having a food-convey... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6929460 | Dough handling apparatus A dough cutting apparatus is disclosed including a plurality of dough cutting members (6), each of which is adapted for cutting a desired shape out of a strip of dough. Each dough cutting member is spaced apart from an adjacent cutting member by a predetermin... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6887503 | Food product which artificially has been given a cell-like structure by coextrusion of several components, and method and apparatus for manufacturing such food product Two or more different materials such as food material are co-extruded through adjacent orifices of an extruder. The flows of the two materials are cut in a direction transverse to the flow to form segments of flow. These segments are interspersed so as to join upstr... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6800313 | Method for supplying food dough An apparatus for supplying food dough forms blocks of food dough that are continuously supplied into a sheet or belt of food dough and then divides it into chunks of food dough that have preset weights. The apparatus for supplying food dough comprises a hoppe... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6743452 | One-dish frozen dinner product having an integral bread ring and apparatus for shipping and preparing same A one-dish frozen dinner product having an integral bread ring is provided. A method for making a one-dish frozen dinner product having an integral bread ring is also provided. The one-dish frozen dinner product preferably includes a receptacle containing the one-di... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6740348 | Press-formed grain snacks and process therefor Grain-rich snacks are produced by forming a pasty mixture comprising grain and a minor proportion of egg white, press-forming the pasty mixture to yield formed snacks, and contacting the formed snacks with superheated steam to set the egg white as binder of the snac... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6610344 | Process for making a shaped snack chip The process for making a shaped snack chip uses various components to form a chip having depth such as a bowl-shaped tortilla chip. The chips are formed by sheeting into an initial flat shape. The chips are then passed along for shaping by a mold and plun... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6579554 | Freezer-to-oven, laminated, unproofed dough and products resulting therefrom A frozen, unproofed laminated dough that can be baked without being thawed or proofed and that provides a desirable specific volume of the baked product. A frozen unproofed laminated dough includes a layer dough and shortening layers that alternate with t... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6565900 | Food product with a fibrous texture obtained from whey proteins Food product obtained by extrusion baking of a mixture of dairy or cheese origin with a fibrous structure characterized in that the fibers form a network of macroscopic fibers whose diameters are in the order of 0.1 mm to 1 mm, ramified into microscopic f... | 05/20/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6482457 | Method for producing a reconstitutable dehydrated food product A method for producing a reconstitutable dehydrated food product and an apparatus for producing such a product are described. The method calls for the use of a stationary vessel that is used as both a hydration device and a pressure cooker. A rotating mem... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6479087 | Cheese depositing method A system and method are provided for forming IQF shreds of mozzarella cheese into a bead form and depositing the bead on the periphery of a pizza crust for forming a pizza with a cheese stuffed rim. The IQF shreds are heated and then extruded to form the ... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6468569 | Frozen uncooked cinnamon roll that can attain the qualities of freshly prepared cinnamon roll when thawed and baked An improved frozen cinnamon roll can be produced using a specific improved recipe and a significantly improved process. The cinnamon roll product can be manufactured and sold in a frozen form to a retail outlet. At the retail outlet, the frozen product ca... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6419965 | Method for preparing leavened dough or leavened puff pastry food products Leavened dough-based food products and leavened puff pastry-based food products are produced without the need for providing by a process which comprises preparing dough by mixing gluten, flour, yeast and water; kneading the dough, cutting the dough into p... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6361609 | Ultrasonic full-width sheeter A sheeter device capable of producing a full-width continuous sheet of masa. A series of ultrasonic horns are placed in close proximity to a sheeter roller, thereby scraping the sheeted dough from the roller. The ultrasonic vibration precludes the buildup... | 03/26/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6355293 | Method for preparing filled dough products A filled dough product having a plurality of segments of filling is recited. Each segment of filling from the plurality of segments of filling is encapsulated by a dough shell. A leading crimp line seals the dough shell over the plurality of segments of f... | 03/12/2002 |
