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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4989505 | Apparatus for forming casingless sausage and the like An apparatus is provided for processing batter materials, such as food batter, including sausage batter for wieners and the like, without incorporating the use of any casing for the batter. The apparatus forms a blank having a proteinaceous skin made by c... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4984514 | Extruder apparatus for producing an at least partially baked product having a cookie-like crumb structure including a post extrusion microwave device An extruder operating to continuously mix, at least partially bake and extrude a preselected formulation of ingredients to provide an at least partially baked output product which, upon final baking, exhibits a cookie-like crumb structure with structural ... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4979435 | Apparatus for automatically processing, cooking and selling noodles The present invention relates to an apparatus for automatically processing, cooking and selling noodles, which is applied to so-called boiled and cooked noodles, such as "wheat vermicelli", "buckwheats" and "Chinese-style vermicelli". The apparatus compri... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4979438 | Apparatus for grinding and precooking grain An apparatus for grinding and precooking grain includes a housing that contains grinding disks, a hopper for input of the grain, a worm screw, and an output tube for the flour, wherein the housing defines a hermetic chamber inside which the vapor produced... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4979434 | Extruder apparatus for producing an at least partially baked product having a cookie-like crumb structure An extruder operating to continuously mix, at least partially bake and extrude a preselected formulation of ingredients to provide an at least partially baked output produce which, upon final baking, exhibits a cookie-like crumb structure with structural ... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4973240 | Multiple die pastry crust press and crust pan handling arrangement A hydraulic press for simultaneously forming a plurality of pastry crusts under pressure in individual pans. The pans are loaded into a carrier tray, each pan is filled with a pre-portioned quantity of dough and the tray is placed between the upper and lo... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4961697 | Dough piece bending device A device for bending an elongated dough product includes a first endless conveyor for conveying the products along a conveyance path. The first conveyor includes a plurality of spaced apart passages. The device further includes a second endless conveyor w... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4960043 | Extruder and continuous mixer arrangement for producing an at least partially baked product having a cookie-like crumb structure An extruder and continuous mixing apparatus operating to continuously mix, at least partially bake and extrude a preselected formulation of ingredients to provide an at least partially baked output product which, upon final baking, exhibits a cookie-like ... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4958556 | Filled cracker making apparatus Baked goods and in particular hard biscuits and crackers which are hollow and which are adapted to contain a filling are inverted subsequent to baking so that the biscuit or cracker can have a filling inserted therein from the side of the biscuit or crack... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4957042 | Extruder and continuous mixer arrangement for producing an at least partially baked product having a cookie-like crumb structure including a post-extrusion microwave device An extruder and continuous mixing apparatus operating to continuously mix, at least partially bake and extrude a preselected formulation of ingredients to provide an at least partially baked output product which, upon final baking, exhibits a cookie-like ... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4957041 | Extruder apparatus for producing an at least partially baked product having a cookie-like crumb structure including a post-extrusion radio frequency device An extruder operating to continuously mix, at least partially bake and extrude a preselected formulation of ingredients to provide an at least partially baked output product which, upon final baking, exhibits a cookie-like crumb structure with structural ... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4949628 | Extruder and continuous mixer arrangement for producing an at least partially baked product having a cookie-like crumb structure, the extruder including a microwave applicator An extruder and continuous mixing appartatus operating to continuously mix, at least partially bake and extrude a preselected formulation of ingredients to provide an at least partially baked output product which, upon final baking, exhibits a cookie-like... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4945825 | Indexing machine for baking pans Disclosed is a machine for moving bakery pans in a stepwise fashion to enable rows of cups in the pans to be filled with dough packets. The rows of cups are spaced apart a predetermined distance which will vary depending upon the type of bakery product be... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4940866 | An installation for the shaping of a continuous food product while it is hardening A system for shaping a food product which is initially in the liquid state, such as fresh liquid egg white or yolk, while it is hardening, in which the liquid product is fed to a continuously unwinding band of flexible material, such as Teflon-coated pape... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4938126 | Tortilla press apparatus This invention relates to apparatus and methods for producing formed articles such as tortillas. Embodiments include apparatus comprising a non-sticking, heat tolerant, endless conveyor belt moving at desired constant speeds to position tortilla dough bal... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4938127 | Extruder and continuous mixer arrangement for producing an at least partially baked product having a cookie-like crumb structure including a post-extrusion radio frequency device An extruder and continuous mixing apparatus operating to continuously mix, at least partially bake and extrude a preselected formulation of ingredients to provide an at least partially baked output product which, upon final baking, exhibits a cookie-like ... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4936200 | Preparation of individual articles from particulate material An endless conveyor transporting a plurality of juxtaposed shaping plates containing apertures therethrough is positioned such that a lower horizontal run of the shaping plates is positioned above and in alignment with a portion of an upper horizontal run... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4905581 | Doughball press control A doughball processing apparatus having cooperating press plates includes workpiece sensing means for determining the presence or absence of a workpiece on a conveyor belt for delivery to the processing position between the press plates. A control system ... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4905583 | Apparatus and method for rolling croissant dough pieces An apparatus and method for rolling croissant dough pieces are provided. Dough pieces are fed between a pair of rollers with the surface of at least one roller being adhesive to the dough piece and transferred to an endless belt device via a transfer roll... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4899650 | Machine for layering sheets of food material A machine and method for layering sheets of food material has a conveyor belt for conveying a plurality of sheets of flexible food material lying flat and parallel to one another on the conveyor belt and at least one substantially stationary spiral guide ... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4875847 | Twin-screw extruder having respective conical nose screw sections A twin screw extruder which significantly reduces extruder wear through provision of separate, complemental, interfitted frustoconical screw and barrel sections adjacent the outlet end of the extruder barrel which create an even, bearing-type support for ... | 10/24/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4867049 | Food product precooking method and apparatus A potato chip production line has an improved precooking apparatus which includes an elongated sluice having a moving stream of heated precooking liquid of a temperature within a desired range of 200 to 300 degrees F. at an upstream end of the sluice, a c... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4862790 | Egg cooking apparatus An automatic egg product cooking apparatus that fills three-piece molds with a uniform amount of egg material. The molds undergo slow, low temperature cooking and the cooked egg product is thereafter dumped and the mold cleaned. The apparatus and method i... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4862793 | Apparatus for preparing scrambled eggs An apparatus to facilitate producing scrambled eggs on a heated grill surface comprises a frame. At least one egg ring having a lower edge portion is adapted to be disposed in intimate contact with the grill surface for movement therealong and to define w... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4859165 | Extruder for food An extruder for food, having; a rotary cylinder fitted to a tip of an extrusion nozzle for extruding a food material; at least one feed opening formed in the outer periphery of the rotary cylinder, from which a different food material is fed; a stationary... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4854226 | Continuous processing machines for baking buns This invention relates to a continuous processing baking machine, more particularly to a continuous processing machine for baking buns. It includes a conveyer endlessly conveying a plurality of baking molds through a process comprising a feed means for fe... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4838153 | Method and apparatus for forming and baking flat, thin discs of dough A combination pressing and initial baking system is provided for converting balls of dough into thin, flat discs, such as tortillas. A box-like support structure is provided having a portion of its frontal wall open and defining a mounting for a first hea... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4815959 | Apparatus for dispensing dough A housing for receiving a working amount of dough, a shaft mounted on a central axis within the housing, a first wall, curved on a radius from the central axis and having a plurality of apertures formed through it. A feed cylinder mounted on the shaft, th... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4807524 | Method and apparatus for producing a food product This disclosure relates to apparatus and method for the production of fish-paste food products having the appearance of shelled shrimp, crab claws, lobster, abalone, etc. The apparatus comprises a two-piece mold with a mold cavity conforming to the shape ... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4779523 | Apparatus for producing soybean flakes An apparatus for producing soybean flakes by cooking raw soybeans and squashing the cooked soybeans into flakes. Saturated steam from a boiler is passed through a superheater to form superheated steam and this superheated steam is led into a pressure cook... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4776266 | Apparatus for producing cheese straws An apparatus and process for producing cheese straws and the like is disclosed, the apparatus including a mixing and extruding device from which the mixed dough is forced through a die having a plurality of outlets. The dough is received on a conveyor whe... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4762057 | Automatic bread producing machine A controlling apparatus controls a series of processes such as a kneading process, a fermenting process, a breathing process and a baking process of material within a bread baking mold based on the temperature of the bread baking mold detected within the ... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4760775 | Method and apparatus for handling shaped food product An apparatus for handling shaped food products such as a taco shell at the end of a cooking zone of a cooking apparatus includes a guide ramp for controlling the movement and orientation of the shaped and cooked shell as it is discharged from the cooking ... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4754699 | Enchilada shell cooker A food product cooker having a main frame, a cooking oil pan, a plurality of product carriages, and a main drive endless chain for moving the carriages about the main frame to and from the cooking pan. A food product cooker particularly adapted for produc... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4751876 | Method and apparatus for baking thin dough discs A baking oven embodying the method of this invention comprises a plurality of vertically stacked, vertically spaced heated baking plates. Every other one of the baking plates is periodically shifted from a horizontal baking position to an inclined dischar... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4750413 | Apparatus for centering and shaping dough pieces baked products or the like The invention relates to an apparatus for centering and shaping dough pieces baked products or the like which is inserted between two treatment machines in a commercial baking line for the production of bread or similar baked products, for example between... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4741263 | Apparatus and method for producing croissants An apparatus and method for producing croissant dough rolls is provided. Dough pieces are fed between two endless belt devices in which the belts move in opposite directions, and rolled up. Means is provided to adjust the gap between the two belts so as t... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4733608 | Machine for making crepes A machine for manufacturing cooked foodstuffs such as crepes comprises an upwardly directed rotatable concave hot plate (31) which is slightly inclined. A radially disposed pouring tube (38) is arranged above the plate (31) and has holes (78) for dispensi... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4724755 | Apparatus for forming and baking flat, thin discs of dough A combination pressing and baking mechanism is provided for converting balls of dough into thin, flat discs, such as tortillas. The pressing unit comprises a pair of relatively pivotally movable heated pressing plates. The lowermost pressing plate is disp... | 02/16/1988 |
