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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8109207 | Gripping member for a magnetised lid A gripper for a removable lid of a kitchen utensil is provided, which can be fixed to a top of a lid through the action of a magnet on a magnetic component. The gripper comprises a base plate and an operating member that can move relative to the base plate between a... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7210920 | Systems and methods for building an interlocking decorative house A special tabbed pattern is integrated into a series of forms. The forms may be cookie cutters adapted to cut baked dough or other material set to desired density to provide a series of panels corresponding to the cutters. Alternatively, the forms may be molds, e.g,... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7163185 | System, method and article of manufacture for three dimensional bride and groom cake kit A baking system that allows the user to create a three-dimensional cake having the form of a bride and groom, or man and woman. The substantial part of the human forms is accomplished by a molding process using cake, candy or chocolate. Utilizing 2 piece pans; havin... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7140864 | Tortilla forming machine A tortilla-forming machine for molding dough into a tortilla shell. The forming machine having a base with an upwardly facing forming surface and a push plate with a downwardly facing forming surface. The forming machine further including an actuating mechanism with... | 11/28/2006 |
| 6981441 | Fresh brewed ice beverage dispensing system A Method and Integrated system for brewing and dispensing beverages that must be brewed hot but are dispensed cold, such as coffee, tea and the like, is disclosed. The system comprises a dual purpose brewer adapted to both brew a hot concentrate and accept chilled w... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6942885 | Scored savory dough with toppings or fillings A ready-for-use refrigerated or frozen dough that is prepared from flour, a leavening agent, fat; has no greater than 0.5 weight percent sugar or sugar substitute; and preferably includes one or more toppings, fillings, or both. The dough has a surface that includes... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6843167 | System and method for producing par-baked pizza crusts A system for producing par-baked pizza crusts from dough portions includes a pan adapted to support the dough portions. A lid assembly is positioned to contact each dough portion. The dough portions are par-baked in an oven, while the lid assembly contacts the dough... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6684760 | Baking pan with hinged fold down sides A baking pan bottom has a recessed stepped edge all around the periphery and an internal rod around the entire pan to act as a pivot pin hinge on all four sides. The side panels and end panels of the pan are provided with a mating protruding step along a ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6578471 | Apparatus for form-frying snack food product Apparatus and method for cooking snack food pieces features a drum-type fryer which transports individual, die-cut piece preforms through hot oil contained within a cooking tank defined between the periphery of the drum and a housing in which the drum is ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6443054 | Hands free tortilla forming machine A hands free tortilla forming machine for molding dough balls into a tortilla shell. The forming machine includes a forming portion, a linkage mechanism, a vertically extending hinge block, and a foot pedal which can be mounted to a moveable cart. The for... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6412402 | Edge making baking pan A baking pan that has crests (10) which act as additional pan edges for the baked good to bake against and near, thereby providing a baked good that has a substantial increase in its edge linear measure.... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6332768 | Dough press with interchangeable perimeter edge molds A dough press machine for flattening a quantity of dough. The dough press machine comprises a housing having lower and upper platens attached thereto. Releasably attached to the lower platen is a mold which defines a peripheral edge. The mold is sized rel... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6327968 | System and method for producing par-baked pizza crusts A system for producing par-baked pizza crusts includes a pan formed from a unitary sheet of metal. The pan includes a number of recesses stamped into the sheet of metal, each recess being adapted to receive a corresponding dough portion. The pan also incl... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6286708 | Pizza pan A pizza pan receives and bakes a pizza to produce a pizza having a hearth-baked texture and appearance. The pizza pan comprises a base with a plurality of perforations therethrough, the perforations being disposed in first and second perforation regions. ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6242027 | Apparatus for manually portioning pizza dough disks and method of operating the apparatus An apparatus and process for manually portioning pizza dough disks having a calibrated volume and suitable for mechanical final spreading. The apparatus includes a support member fastened to a base plate, a circular lower plate arranged in a substantially... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6205914 | Tortilla forming machine A tortilla forming machine for molding dough into a tortilla shell having a top, a bottom, a peripheral edge, and a thickness. The forming machine includes a first member having a first forming surface, a second member having a second forming surface move... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6156364 | Molded pizza crust The present invention provides a method of forming proofed dough for baked goods in a predetermined shape, as well as an apparatus for practicing the method. The apparatus includes a closed dough handling system that includes a pressurized dough mixer, a ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6067897 | Apparatus for producing a dough disk Method and apparatus for producing a disk of pizza dough ready for filling and baking using centrifugal force. Expanding of pizza dough under the influence of the centrifugal force is known, and the pizzaiolo applies such force by twirling a disk of dough... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6026738 | Self-contained crust factory A self-contained pizza crust factory for creating a docked, formed pizza crust from a raw dough ball and positioning the crust on a crust container. The pizza crust factory includes an infeed conveyor belt that transports the ball of raw dough from an inf... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6026737 | Method and apparatus for molding food particles A simple apparatus for molding and baking food particles into edible unified products comprises a heated stationary ring sandwiched by a heated bottom plate and a heated top plate. Both plates can alternately be brought against, and removed from, the ring... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5948313 | Mold assembly for making a shell, in particular an edible shell A mold assembly including an outer mold and an associated inner mold, the inner mold being organized to engage in the outer mold, the outer mold having a curved main portion with a central opening and an outer rim extending in a plane, and the inner mold ... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5921171 | Pressing device for molding and cooking products A pressing device comprised of stackable moulds for cooking and shaping hams into an oval cross-section. Each mould comprises transverse sides, longitudinal sides, crosspieces extending between the longitudinal sides, and a plurality of fixed troughs exte... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5829343 | Adjustable baking band A band of terry cloth folded longitudinally and having at least one strip of loop- type fastener affixed to the band on the outer surface of one end and at least one tab of hook- type fastener affixed to the inner surface of the band at the other end. The... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5800844 | Dough press machine A dough press machine for flattening a quantity of dough usable as a crust for a food product such as a pizza pie. The machine has a vertically movable upper platen having a bottom surface and a lower platen having a top surface. The lower platen is movab... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5775208 | Pizza pan system and method A pizza pan system includes a pizza pan including a bottom wall, a side wall circumferentially about the bottom wall such that the bottom wall and side wall cooperate to define an area for containing pizza dough, and a rim circumferentially about the oute... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5765470 | Baking support A baking support that is a flat sheet of metal bent into a particular 3-dimensional shape and having a body portion and a plurality of leg portions. Optionally, the support includes stippling and/or depressions. Optionally, the support includes neck and h... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5680956 | Pizza pan and method A pizza pan receives and bakes a pizza to produce a hearth-baked texture and appearance. The pizza pan comprises a base with a plurality of perforations therethrough, the perforations being disposed in first and second perforation regions. The perforation... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5678475 | Dismountable mold for tarts and similar articles The dismountable mold of the present invention is constituted by a circular base with a predetermined height, the lateral wall of which is provided with a circumferential peripheral groove, and a flexible strip constituting the lateral wall of the mold, s... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5622742 | Method of making stuffed pizzas and/or stuffed sandwiches A baking pan and method of use for baking plural stuffed pizzas and/or plural stuffed sandwiches therein. Each of the pizzas and/or sandwiches includes a dough shell and a stuffing within the shell. The pan basically comprises a base panel and four caviti... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5601012 | Apparatus for baking bread bowls and method of use thereof Systems and methods for baking bread bowls are described. A bread bowl baker includes a concavo-convex body including a wide diameter circumference and a narrow diameter circumference; a first end coextensively joined to the wide diameter circumference, t... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5591470 | Method and apparatus for docking dough A method and device for docking a rimmed crust carried on an intermittently moving conveyor is provided. The device has a vertical reciprocating piston positioned above the rimmed crest, a plate supported by the piston, a plurality of pins protruding down... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5526735 | Rapid cooking unitary pizza pan A unitary pizza pan having a substantially circular bottom, an upwardly raised portion extending outwardly therefrom, a plurality of small apertures formed therethrough and multiple support members which position the bottom of the pan a slight distance ab... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5508049 | Pizza pie with concentric rings of crust A pizza mold for forming pizza dough includes a frame having a peripheral configuration which matches the desired peripheral configuration of the dough, e.g., round, rectangular or square. One surface of the frame includes a plurality of concentric caviti... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5503063 | Pizza crisper The pizza crisper disclosed herein is formed of aluminum sheet metal and comprises a bottom portion and an annular rim which rises above the bottom portion. The bottom portion is perforate and comprises a succession of annular lands separated by annular g... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5501141 | Tortilla warming apparatus An apparatus for warming one or more tortillas or other flat foods is disclosed. A round top pan and a round bottom pan each have a flat, circular base portion defined by an interior and an exterior flat surface. The base portions are surrounded by an int... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5469779 | Automatic pizza dough press device with interchangeable molds The present invention is an automatic pizza dough press device for forming uncooked pizza pie from fresh dough. It includes a main housing frame; a base tray located within the frame and mounted therein to be at least partially slidable therefrom and is a... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5425527 | Apparatus for making edible, hand held containers made of cookie dough An edible, hand held food product that may be used as a container for ice cream and other frozen confections is formed from a shell of baked cookie dough. Unlike traditional wafer ice cream cones, the thickness of the wall of the ice cream cone of the pre... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5417150 | Pizza pie mold and method of use A pizza mold for forming pizza dough includes a frame having a peripheral configuration which matches the desired peripheral configuration of the dough, e.g., round, rectangular or square. One surface of the frame includes a plurality of concentric caviti... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5417149 | Pizza press with interchangeable upper mold A device for forming and par baking a pizza crust from a quantity of pizza dough disposed in a pizza pan. The device comprises a frame having a base portion and an upper housing portion. Releasably attached to the upper housing portion is an upper mold, w... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5404808 | Carrier for hot food A method and apparatus for maintaining a food product at or above a desired serving temperature wherein a volume of dehumidifier material, such as calcium sulfate, is heated to a temperature greater than the predetermined serving temperature of the food p... | 04/11/1995 |
