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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7997189 | Heated compressed air broiler system An oven and broiler for cooking foods using convection and radiant heat, including a housing defining a cooking chamber with an inlet for introducing uncooked foods into the cooking chamber, an outlet for discharging cooked foods and a conveyor for conveying food pr... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7694625 | Apparatus for removing molten mass from confectionaries An apparatus for removing molten mass, especially chocolate mass, from a rear bottom portion of items, especially confectionaries, includes a first and a second conveyor belt for transporting the items in a conveying direction perpendicular to the working width of t... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7490543 | Oven for baking batter goods An oven for baking batter goods, in particular, a wafer oven, has several baking plates assigned to one another in pairs, and at least one heat source for tempering or heating the baking plates. Particularly efficient production of wafers or similar products can be ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7424848 | High speed cooking device and method A cooking device that is capable of rapidly cooking food products such as in toasting bread products or cooking pizza. The cooking device uses air impingement from above and/or below the food product. In some cases an infrared heater is additionally used to impart a... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7404481 | Retaining pins for stacking conveyor for slicing machine A stacking conveyor for receiving slices cut from a food loaf or slab includes a frame, an endless belt conveying surface, a carrier, a plurality of pins, and a motive mechanism. The endless belt conveying surface is supported by the frame. The carrier is arranged b... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7364036 | Module for a perforated flat top belt with hinge gap for better fluid flow A belt module comprising an intermediate section having a top surface. A first plurality of link ends have opposed side walls that provide the first link ends with a first transverse thickness. The transverse thickness is connected to the intermediate section at a f... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7340992 | Dual belt conveyor oven An air impingement conveyor oven including a baking case having an interior space, a food input port, a food output port, and having a longitudinal axis extending from the food input ports to the food output port; an air heating gas burner connected operatively to t... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335859 | Combination toaster/caramelizer oven A combination toaster/caramelizer oven for treating food products comprising: a housing; at least one heating element; a removable platen; and at least one conveyor disposed opposite the platen for conveying the food products through the housing, wherein the platen ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7325483 | Automated belt cooking machine pancakes or the like An automated belt cooking machine (10) for pancakes and the like food products has upper and lower overlapping, thermally conductive belts (12, 14), counter-rotatably mounted to a frame (16) so that, in use, a bottom run (30) of the upper... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7297903 | Faster universal contact toaster A new toaster technology is provided for toasting food items. The toaster includes an inlet for receiving food items, an outlet for discharging the foot items after they are toasted and a toasting chamber located between the inlet and the outlet. In the preferred em... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7285754 | Apparatus and method for a chain motivated toaster with vertically aligned rollers A vertically oriented roller toaster oven with first and second heating zones dispose within its internal portion and positioned between a centrally disposed platen and one or more vertically aligned axially displaced rollers which one motivated via a continuously l... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285755 | Apparatus and method for a chain motivated toaster with vertically aligned rollers A vertically oriented roller oven have an oven housing forming an oven cavity, one or more food product inlet openings, an internal heating portion distinguishably separated by first and second series of centrally disposed vertically aligned and axially displaced ro... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285759 | Baking oven A baking oven is provided with a baking oven housing with a baking chamber. The latter is divided into at least two baking zones each of them being provided with at least one own baking oven supply inlet for the feeding of dough pieces. At least one delivery outlet ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278350 | Belts with integral flights for use in high-temperature food processing equipment and systems including such belts A flexible composite with integral flights is provided and methods for making the same. The composite is made from, for example, silicone rubber, urethane rubber, polytetrafluoroethylene or other polymer. The composites are useful for making conveyor belts for use i... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7264107 | Food object transfer system and method A system for transferring an object between driven conveyors comprising an upper conveyor comprising a discharge end, a first belt for transporting the object, the first belt engaging a first end roller and a gooseneck roller, where the first end roller is disposed ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258881 | Conveyorized oven with moisture laden air impingement and method A conveyor oven having a heating chamber and an oven chamber. A conveyor is disposed in the oven chamber to convey food products between an entry port and an exit port. An air impingement assembly is disposed to provide jets of impingement air toward the food produc... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7225729 | Countertop rotisserie oven with warming unit Enclosed rotisserie with added convenience, including a countertop resting box-like enclosure housing a safety rear mounted heating element and a power rotated dual rod spit assembly. The gear driven spit assembly may be easily inserted and removed straight into and... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225730 | Spit assembly support base A support base for supporting the spit assembly of a rotisserie oven. The support base includes a substantially circular-shaped member having a periphery and an indented portion defined therein. The indented portion has a frustum-conical shape and extends downwardly... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220944 | Modular cooking oven and related methods An improved, modular convection/impingement oven assembly for continuously cooking food. In certain embodiments, the assembly comprises at least one non-recirculating impingement oven unit and at least one additional oven unit, arranged as a series, in any sequence.... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7202447 | Conveyor type oven A conveyor type oven (10) for processing food products (32) and a method of use that includes heating sections and/or zones, each of the heating sections/and or zones being individually temperature controlled. The conveyor type oven (10) compris... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7134543 | Containment apparatus for multi-pass ovens A containment apparatus for a multi-pass oven consisting of guide rails and tapered guide chutes having side rails. A tapered guide chute directs product pieces from one conveyor to the center of a receiving region of an underlying conveyor. Guide rails are placed a... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7107899 | Spiral oven, heat delivery, enclosure and drive A spiral oven for continuous duty in continuous food process lines has an oven compartment enclosing a double-helix arrangement, of which there is a helical run of a food-carrying conveyor in combination with a helical assembly of heat-delivery elements. Accordingly... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7093533 | Brewing apparatus hot water discharge head A brewing apparatus including a housing having a movable lid; a water heater connected to the housing; and a hot water discharge head connected to the lid for delivering hot water from the hot water heater in a downward direction. The hot water discharge head includ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7069841 | Steam shrimp cooker A steam cooker for cooking foodstuffs, especially shellfish such as shrimp, in a continuous cooking process in a pure saturated-steam environment at 100° C. and atmospheric pressure. The cooker comprises a cooking chamber covered by an enclosure movable between a r... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7067769 | Grilling component A vertical grilling component includes two grilling structures separated by a gap. Each grilling structure includes a heating component and a conveyor belt positioned around the heating components. The upper portion of one of the grilling structures is beveled appro... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063008 | Injera manufacturing system A manufacturing system for the manufacture of an Ethiopian staple food referred to as Injera and sometimes Enjera, including an apparatus and a method or process. The system includes a depositing stage, a spreading stage, a flash heating stage, and one or more finis... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059317 | Conveyer oven An object of the present invention is to provide a conveyer oven having a high heat efficiency and excellent cooking performance. Foods F are carried into a heating chamber 10 by a conveyer 60 and conveyed to the upper portion of the heating chamber. W... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7038175 | Method and apparatus for a self-cleaning oven An oven assembly that includes a first oven cavity including a self-cleaning feature, a first pair of opposing walls, and a second pair of opposing walls, wherein the walls are coupled together to define a first volume within the first oven cavity, and a second oven... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7026579 | Food preparation oven having quartz heaters Food is heated in an oven using multiple planar, electrically-heated quartz heaters. A variable speed conveyor controls the time that the food is exposed to the infrared energy. A controllable power supply adjusts heat output from the heaters by controlling the duty... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021203 | Vented countertop rotisserie oven An enclosed rotisserie cooking oven having an enclosure able to rest on a horizontal surface housing a rotisserie spit, and opening to introduce food into the enclosure, a door covering the opening having a first and a second axle rod protruding from the door's peri... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7008657 | Method and apparatus for cooking meat A method and apparatus for preparing cooked particulate meat products, such as bacon bits or other bacon seasonings and toppings. The raw meat is ground to a first size in a first grinder, mixing with dry cure and water to form a raw meat mixture, cooled and stored.... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6967036 | Method for cooking a pizza A cooking apparatus and method is provided which includes a rotatable food support member for supporting a food item thereon. A drive mechanism is connected to the food support member for rotating the food support member. The cooking apparatus further includes upper... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6967310 | Smokeless vent system for a cooking appliance A cooking appliance includes an exhaust system that substantially eliminates potential smoke generating byproducts carried by oven gases. The cooking appliance includes an oven cavity having a top wall including a recessed portion within which is mounted a broil ele... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6948423 | Apparatus for producing confectionery Disclosed is an apparatus for producing confectionery. In the apparatus for producing confectionery, a material injection unit for supplying materials into a confectionary mold includes a hopper, an injector, a hose, and a piston actuator, which are detachably conne... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6936793 | Oven apparatus and method of use thereof A solder reflow oven with horizontal cyclonic convection air flow for enhancing equalized heating of printed circuit boards conveyed therethrough. Air circulation apparatus can include a first air movement fan for urging air to move horizontally laterally from the f... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6933473 | High speed cooking oven having an air impingement heater with an improved orifice configuration An air impingement oven having a conveyor belt assembly for moving food through a heat treatment passage. The air impingement oven has a fan, a supply duct, a plenum and a number of jet fingers being disposed above the conveyor belt assembly. The jet fingers have a ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6919122 | Flexible composites with integral flights for use in high-temperature food processing equipment and methods for producing the same A flexible composite with integral flights is provided and methods for making the same. The composite is made from, for example, silicone rubber, urethane rubber, polytetrafluoroethylene or other polymer. The composites are useful for making articles of manufacture,... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6915734 | Pizza making method and system The invention provides an automated method and apparatus for pizza production which is initiated by individual order placement and uses only fresh ingredients (no ingredients are frozen, pre-prepared or pre-cooked). Each dough portion is individually and mechanicall... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6910410 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing charcoal grilled foods A method and apparatus for manufacturing charcoal grilled foods including a forge conveyer loading and transferring charcoals burning after firing, a temperature sensor detecting the heating power on the forge, a continuous type forge of a charcoal fire consisting o... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6820539 | Charging device for a baking oven for producing baked molded bodies A charging device for a baking oven, in which the baking molds that travel through its baking line are formed by the revolving top and bottom baking plates of the oven, whose baking surfaces, which face each other along the baking line, define the top and bottom sid... | 11/23/2004 |
