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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5643626 | Process for producing kettle-style potato chips Potato chips having hardbite texture and flavor characteristics of kettle-fried potato chips are produced in an apparatus comprising a fry kettle with cooking oil circulation and heat transfer means. Production efficiency is greatly increased over convent... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5628240 | Bread making apparatus A bread baking apparatus makes dough by kneading raw ingredients tossed into a bread baking case installed in an oven, and baking after fermentation. The object of this invention is to conveniently provide attractive-appearing bread having a specified exp... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5606904 | System for the semicontinuous production and for the sale for immediate consumption of products such as pizzas, pies and the like The system comprises in combination: a track (11, 111, 9, 113, 13) leading through a number of stations (3, 5, 7); at least one carriage (26) for supporting a tray unit (30) and traveling along said track; a preparation station (3) equipped with means (12... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5605090 | Bread maker A bread maker for baking a bread, having a memory for memorizing appropriate processing time data previously for kneading, rising and baking dough in accordance with a ratio of water to the weight of the ingredients. The data includes plural levels to be ... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5584230 | Bread making apparatus A bread baking apparatus makes dough by kneading raw ingredients tossed into a bread baking case installed in an oven, and baking after fermentation. The object of this invention is to conveniently provide attractive-appearing bread having a specified exp... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5558007 | Apparatus for making thin and continuous wrapping sheets This is an invention of a machine for making a thin and continuous food wrapping sheet from a batter. The machine includes a first rotating drum which has a heating surface. The machine further includes a batter spreading opening located near the first ro... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5555793 | Food vending machine particularly warm food such as toasts, sandwiches, pizzas and brioches Food vending machine particularly for warm food, toasts in the specific case, including multiple per se known stations which are combined so as to obtain a machine which starts from a blister-packaged container inside which a pre-packaged uncooked toast i... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5546848 | Sandwich preparation apparatus A sandwich preparation apparatus includes a plurality of sandwich production lines disposed parallel to each other. A width of each line is slightly wider than a width of a sandwich prepared in the apparatus. Each sandwich production line includes an auto... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5415081 | Bread making apparatus A bread baking apparatus makes dough by kneading raw ingredients tossed into a bread baking case installed in an oven, and baking after fermentation. The object of this invention is to conveniently provide attractive-appearing bread having a specified exp... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5386762 | Robotic chef An automated food preparation system having a continuously rotatable annular segmented cooking area, a food feeding system, and an industrial robot, all of which are controlled by a pre-programmed programmable controller wherein an operator provides input... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5309824 | System for forming, storing, baking and vending fresh baked food products A method and apparatus for mixing and forming dough into plural discrete product units on a carrier and storing the ready to bake product, and a vending method and apparatus for separating the product from the carrier, baking the product and delivering th... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5253564 | Conveyor oven control A control device for a multi-zone conveyor oven constructed according to the present invention comprises a microprocessor-based controller, appropriate control software, a keyboard and display for interaction with a user, means for sensing the conveyor sp... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5213026 | Commodity dehydrating stabilizer An apparatus and system is disclosed for extruding commodities such as rice bran and which includes symmetrically disposed beater bar segments on the extruder rotor that will simultaneously impact symmetrically positioned knives mounted within the extrude... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5205206 | Food production apparatus This invention relates to a food production apparatus which is preferably used in the preparation of foods such as fried potatoes. In the invention, powder obtained by pulverizing and drying potatoes or the like is provided with water and stirred, and the... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5197375 | Conveyor oven control A control device for a multi-zone conveyor oven constructed according to the present invention comprises a microprocessor-based controller, appropriate control software, a keyboard and display for interaction with a user, means for sensing the conveyor sp... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5168795 | Automatic food frying and vending system An automatic food frying and vending system having a refrigerated storage chamber for storing food material to be fried and a frying chamber for frying material in cooking oil are installed in the main body of the automatic food frying and vending system ... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5163356 | Automatic food vending machine An automatic food vending machine comprises: a cooking means for cooking food materials; a first storage means for preserving food materials for a long period; a second storage means for preserving food materials in a condition that they can be instantly ... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5156082 | Automatic rice cooker A rice cooker includes an interlock that prevents the user from sliding the cooking pot out of the cooker without first disengaging internal assemblies that would otherwise be damaged. The rice cooker operates in any of three user selectable modes: a full... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5146840 | Automatic baking apparatus and mixbag therefore An automatic baking apparatus for making food products in piece form from dough-like substances which apparatus has holding means adapted to be fixed to the top and bottom edges of a flexible sealable mixbag (100) containing dry ingredients and water. The... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5144879 | Automatic food dispenser An automatic food dispenser for dispensing hot instant meals, particularly pizza, includes a refrigeration chamber and at least one oven. The frozen instant meals are stored in tubular magazines which are disposed on a circle within a rotatable drum-type ... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5113754 | Apparatus for processing sandwich ingredients An automatic sandwich preparation system in which each sandwich is prepared under the control of a computer with condiments as ordered. Meat patties are packaged in spaced positions along a plastic strip and then frozen. The strips are packed in shipping ... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5113753 | Apparatus for automatic application of condiments to a sandwich An automatic sandwich preparation system in which each sandwich is prepared under the control of a computer with condiments as ordered. Shredded lettuce is delivered by an automatic volume measuring mechanism or by a weight responsive delivery system. Con... | 05/19/1992 |
| 4986173 | Electric bread toaster The invention is directed to a bread toaster with a removable crumb tray, including devices which prevent operation of the bread toaster when the crumb tray is not inserted and, secondly, which ensure that operation of the bread toaster is stopped when th... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4968516 | Method and apparatus for cooking foodstuffs using auxiliary steam An apparatus and method for cooking small quantities of low and normal moisture content foodstuffs in a sealed pressurized container by immersing the foodstuffs in a heated liquid cooking medium and injecting super-saturated steam into the vessel upon the... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4938125 | Liquid dispensing apparatus A dispenser for liquids or granular materials suitable for use in an automatic cooking apparatus. Liquid ingredients are held in a container with a dispensing orifice in the bottom. The orifice is sealed by a valve at the underside of the container, which... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4869164 | Tofu making apparatus A tofu making apparatus according to the present invention is designed for small business or for domestic use. The tofu making apparatus can automatically and consecutively produce uniform tofu in a simplified manner since such important factors for succe... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4748902 | Automatic food cooker and dispenser A hot foot dispenser including structure for storing foodstuffs at below-freezing temperatures, transferring a portion of the foodstuffs from the storage structure to a cooking tank, and delivering the cooked foodstuff portions from the cooking tank after... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4649810 | Automatic cooking apparatus A microcomputer-controlled, integrated cooking apparatus for automatically preparing culinary dishes. The constituent ingredients of a particular dish are loaded into a compartmentalized carousel, which is mounted on the cooking apparatus. The apparatus i... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4401884 | Method of controlling heating in food heating apparatus including infrared detecting system A method of controlling the application of heat in a food heating apparatus comprising a first heating-control mode such that the heat is applied to an object to be heated until an infrared detecting device detects that a surface temperature of the object... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4366182 | Method and installation for roasting and grilling skin-covered meat product, such as poultry and particularly chicken A skin-covered meat product, such as poultry and especially chickens, is roasted and grilled in a cassette-oven installation with a roasting oven, a spray box and a grilling oven. First the skin of the chicken is perforated by injection needles and simult... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4289064 | Automated cooker An automated cooker for sandwiches and the like. The automated cooker includes a pair of heating elements spaced one from the other so as to provide passage therebetween. A motor drives a conveyor which carries a plurality of individual sandwich holders t... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4170932 | Electronic toaster control An electronic control for controlling the degree of toasting of a bread slice in a toaster. The control includes a thermocouple located within the passage of the toaster for the bread slice and responsive to the temperature of the toaster casing, the slic... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4156454 | Oven with refrigerated food storage based on thermal exchange fluid An oven, which maintains food at a low temperature to preserve its properties for subsequent unattended cooking at high oven temperatures, is cooled and heated by a flowing liquid thermal exchange fluid which is cooled and heated by flowing through therma... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4154151 | Toasting-time controller for toaster A toasting-time controller for a toaster, having a setting lever formed integrally with bread supports in the toasting chamber and adapted to turn on a power supply switch when lowered, an energizing control section for setting the setting lever at a lowe... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4044660 | Automatic toaster An automatic toaster for continuously toasting bread slices one at a time, from the bottom of a generally vertical stack of bread slices. The bread toaster includes a housing having a discharge opening at one end and a hopper at the other end for receivin... | 08/30/1977 |
| 3972275 | Method and apparatus for roasting meat Method for roasting meat in a cooking chamber includes the steps of precooking the meat at an ambient temperature within the range of 230° to 270°C, and then finish-cooking the meat at a temperature within the range of 75° to 90°C, the precooking ... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3938498 | Control system for frying apparatus In apparatus for deep fat frying, control circuitry is provided for regulating the temperature of heating elements. During cooking the heating elements are immersed in cooking fluid and are maintained at a selected temperature by an operating thermostat. ... | 02/17/1976 |
