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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7344371 | Rolled coned manufacturing apparatus A concave half (10) having a conical inside and a convex half (20) having a conical outside and being fitted therein are fitted in each other. An openable and closable, loop-shaped supporting means as a toggle-jointed link (30) rotatably support... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7285751 | Automatic electric muffin maker An automatic electric muffin maker for baking muffins and related foodstuffs is disclosed. The present muffin maker comprises a housing assembly enclosing a bottom heating plate having an integrated heating element and a top heating element for browning (i.e. to sco... | 10/23/2007 |
| 6412400 | Baking assembly for preparing a filled waffle A baking assembly for preparing a baked filled waffle is disclosed. The baking assembly comprises an upper plate and a lower plate each of the plates having a baking surface with a plurality of outer pyramids and a plurality of inner pyramids. Each of the... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6397730 | Sandwich and method for the production thereof The invention relates to a sandwich consisting of two toasted slices of bread and an edible filling placed between said slices. According to the invention, the filling is essentially arranged in the inner region of the surfaces of the slices of bread and ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6227103 | Machine for forming cones A machine for making cones from baked wafers utilizes roll-up mechanism in the form of a roll-up mandrel and a roll-up form. A multiplicity of such mechanisms is carried by a chain along an endless path. Each roll-up mechanism can have a frame on which th... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6178878 | Baking oven for producing thin-walled shaped products with baking forms each consisting of two form halves which open and close A baking oven has a multiplicity of baking sheet units stacked one above the other and added to below, after bakable mass has been deposited on a lower most member of the stack, so that the individual molds formed by each upper and lower sheet are closed ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6153243 | Method for manufacturing shaped wafers, an intermediate product and a wafer obtained by this method, and an associated mould Wafers that are shaped, for example, as a basin (C) are obtained from an intermediate product (P) in which the aforesaid shaped parts are joined together by a substantially flat base part (A). The shaped parts (C) have a thickness of the order of, for exa... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6004602 | Method for bonding food particles A method for forming and baking food particles into a unified, shaped product, e.g., shaped like pizza, has heated top and bottom plates, the mating faces of which have recesses and protrusions for molding the desired shaped product. The bottom plate is i... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5860358 | Cone cake baking apparatus A cone cake baking apparatus comprising: a horizontal baking tin having a plurality of circular openings, a vertical first side wall, and a vertical second side wall; and the first and second side walls each having a securing portion.... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5795607 | Process and device for producing rolled wafer cones A process and apparatus for producing rolled wafer cones to be filled with ice-cream and frozen for storage. The process comprises pouring dough of high sugar content on an endless, heated baking surface, forming a strip of dough; baking the strip of doug... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5753292 | Multipartite baking form and method for making edible baked articles A downwardly tapering core forms a guide part for an end portion which can be pushed into the core so as to be flush therewith when the core is introduced into a downwardly tapering cavity in the form member in the production of ice cream cups, cones or t... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5693355 | Composite pastry mold and baked goods production process A baking mold for baking goods includes an upper movable and substantially conical part provided with independently slidable guide part which has a plurality of steam vents providing a free passage for the steam upon displacing the upper part into a lower... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5613426 | Pie maker A pie maker is disclosed for making a pie having a base, a side wall and a cover. The pie maker comprises a mould assembly to define the shape of the pie. The mould assembly comprises cooperating first and second moulds, the first mould defining the shape... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5540140 | Useful improvements in machines and methods for making arepas Machines are disclosed for making arepas from corn flour dough which is then formed into arepas in a cavity situated between abutting, opposing forming members. The cavity, when the forming members are closed with dough occupying the cavity, is of predete... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5533439 | Apparatus for producing flat-bottomed edible containers The present invention relates to an edible container, its production process and its production apparatus, and its object is to easily and reliably form a bottom surface for said edible container that enables it to be set down. This object is achieved by ... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5450785 | Cone cupcake baker A cone cupcake baker comprising a housing having large parallel front and rear walls in a rectangular configuration with long horizontal edges and short vertical edges, the housing having essentially square shaped side panels with horizontal edges and ver... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5352111 | Apparatus for removing a hand held food product from a baking mold An apparatus for producing an edible, hand held food product which may be used as a container for ice cream and other frozen confections in which the apparatus includes, in combination, a baking mold for baking the food product and a vacuum removal plug w... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5336511 | Edible cone and apparatus and method for making same An edible cone having a flexible body of substantially right elliptical cone shape with opposed rounded proximate and remote sides flairing from a vertex portion to and including a mouth portion, with opposed lip segments defining the mouth portion and ha... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5009902 | Conical taco shell A fried and crispy conically shaped taco-shell made from a heart shaped flat tortilla bent along a vertical axis to form a conical shell so as to present an overlapping portion of its edge and almost closed pike. It may optionally be held inside a wet-pro... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4931301 | Process for making variously shaped waffle products, especially having a cone or similar shape, for icecreams and foods A process for producing variously shaped waffle products, especially waffle products having a conical or similar shape for icecream and foods comprises a step of introducing batter between dies and counterdies having a high thermal conductivity, cooking b... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4817513 | Cone baker A baker for food items such as ice cream cones or the like. The baker includes a mold and a core positioned on a stationary frame. The mold and core closely approximate the shape of the food item and include heating elements to cook batter poured into the... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4694741 | Apparatus for making rolled wafer cones In an apparatus for making a rolled wafer cone from a baked flat wafer blank made from a sugar-containing wafer dough, the baked wafer blank is rolled to form a wafer cone in a winding mold while the wafer blank is still in a soft, deformable state after ... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4651634 | Custom cone machine A custom cone machine for the use on or off the place of dispersement for use of edible containers to serve varying types of food, such as dairy products, salads, etc. fresh and of varying ingredients commensurate with the type of food served. The machine... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4372734 | Apparatus for mixing and extruding simulated meat mix for pet food Method for making a room temperature storage stable meat-containing solid pet food having a moisture content within the intermediate moisture range and simulating in appearance and texture marbelized lean red meat in chunk form which is prepared by the co... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4303690 | Process for manufacturing thin-walled, hollow pastry articles A process for manufacturing hollow, thin-walled pastry articles, particularly cone shaped waffles, wherein a kneadable, firm dough body is conveyed to a plurality of baking molds of a cone baking apparatus, each baking mold consisting of a matrix and a pa... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4214517 | Bread cooking device A device for cooking bread articles such as buns, wherein the bun has a cavity formed therein. The buns are cooked about a die having one member which forms a cavity in the interior of the bun and a second member which forms a slot in the bun providing ac... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4047477 | Hot dog bun baking pan A baking pan for the producing of an elongated hot dog receiving recess within a hot dog bun, said baking pan comprising a base having a plurality of dough receiving recesses, a member adapted to overlie said base, said member having a plurality of elonga... | 09/13/1977 |
| 3980009 | Apparatus for preparing an elongated edible product An apparatus for preparing elongated products having a cylindrical shell enclosing a core material. The apparatus comprises a plurality of cylindrical moulds each associated with a core member which is laterally supported in a frame moving in unison with ... | 09/14/1976 |
| 3943840 | Pocket bun baking device A pocket bun baking device including a pan, a female die means, and die supporting means connected to the female die means and to the pan. The female die means includes a plurality of pocket dies and bun divider plates. The die supporting means are rods c... | 03/16/1976 |