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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6352020 | Apparatus for producing a vinegared rice rolled in dried laver (Norimaki), or other roll foodstuff There is provided an apparatus for producing a roll foodstuff, which includes a roll maker having improvement in push of three rotating plates, wherein the first and second rotating plates (32) and (33) have cam members (41) and (42) with each curved bott... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6349635 | Apparatus to roll-up laminar sheets of food material in tubular shape An apparatus for rolling up laminar sheets of food material in a tubular shape. The apparatus includes an assembly having a plurality of roll-up rollers located at a terminal zone of a conveyor for the laminar sheet of food material. The rolling-up roller... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6302013 | Filling depositor for ravioli machines A filling depositor for ravioli producing machines particularly with thick or chunky fillings comprises a rotary valve assembly connected to the filling tubes, which are fed by a positive displacement gear pump. The rotary valve assembly includes a rotary... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6283016 | Unwinding machine An unwinding machine (10) with forming cylinders (11, 12, 13) has bearing blocks (26, 27) in which the forming cylinders (11, 12, 13) are supported. The bearing blocks (26, 27) are disposed in recesses (32) of partition walls (25, 25a) of the unwinding ma... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6272979 | Apparatus for supplying food dough An apparatus for supplying food dough is provided. It can be made compact, easily assembled, and easily cleaned. The apparatus includes a hopper (3) for receiving a food dough F, a first cutter (7) for dividing the food dough into dough pieces, a transmit... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6263788 | Food extrusion apparatus An improved food extrusion apparatus includes a main body which has two or more rollers to form a squeezing space therebetween, a funnel located at the top end of the main body above the squeezing space and a conveyor located at the bottom end of the main... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6254916 | Method and device for producing edible wafer rolls Edible wafer rolls are produced by baking an endless plastically deformable wafer strip from a flowable sugar containing wafer dough, directing the wafer strip continuously from the hot endless revolving baking surface onto a continuously rotating mandrel... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6244169 | Automatic apparatus for making rolled sushi The present invention provides an automatic rolled sushi producing apparatus consisting of a vinegared rice supply unit; a vinegared rice supply conveyer arranged below the vinegared rice supply unit; a carrying conveyer arranged at right angle to the vin... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6237473 | Transporting apparatus An apparatus for transporting a dough sheet is provided. It has a centering apparatus for aligning the center of a dough sheet that is being fed with the center of the transporting apparatus. The centering apparatus includes a supporting member to support... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6230613 | Mould and machine for the production of filled pasta, in particular for ravioli and the like This invention relates to a mould and the related machine for the production of filled pasta, in particular for the production of ravioli, tortellini and the like, equipped with a cutting device designed to improve the way in which the filling is enclosed... | 05/15/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6183799 | Extrusion process for laminated candy products The invention relates to a method and apparatus for producing a laminated edible product such as a candy product. This method includes the steps of extruding from the exit port of a coaxial die a thin strip of a first fluid material encased in a layer of ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6170391 | Method and apparatus for preparing a folded food product An apparatus for preparing a folded food product includes a filling machine (128) operable to deposit a filling (30) on a food wrap (20). The apparatus further includes a first folding element (134 and 136) that is configured to fold a first section (22) ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6099885 | Double-sided ravioli apparatus, method and product An improved apparatus and method for improving the integrity of seams of ravioli in commercial production. The improvement includes applying dry steam to the top surface of the bottom layer of pasta dough and to the bottom surface of the top layer of past... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6053097 | Rice tub-shaped sushi ball-forming apparatus A rice tub-shaped sushi ball-forming apparatus comprises a rice tub-shaped container (1) and a sushi ball-forming mechanism A. The sushi ball-forming mechanism A includes a conveying mechanism (13) disposed in a hopper in the rice tub-shaped container (1)... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6003437 | Apparatus for making noodles An apparatus for making noodles includes a casing, a rolling unit mounted on the casing for flattening a mass of dough into a flat piece of dough, a cutting unit mounted on the casing for cutting the flat piece of dough into strands of noodles, a drive un... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5967025 | Apparatus for cutting and shaping a spherical body An apparatus for cutting and shaping spherical products, such as filled dumplings, including a plurality of shutter members, each shutter member having first and second adjacent sliding surfaces and an elongated hole, a connecting member for slidably conn... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5912035 | Method and apparatus for forming folded food products Elimination of the problems of a manual burrito folding operation is obtained by a high speed burrito folding machine which eliminates the need for human operators. The machine includes an endless conveyor having an entrance portion, an intermediate porti... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5893321 | Apparatus for shaping bakery products An apparatus (10) for rolling sheets (S) of dough for bakery products (P) has a simplified structure and optimum efficiency and comprises a pair of shaping rollers (17, 19), arranged transversely with respect to the direction of forward movement (A) of th... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5870948 | Apparatus for making seaweed roll A seaweed roll making apparatus (10) has a base plate (16) fixedly mounted on a base (12), a pair of first and second shafts (18, 20) disposed adjacent to opposite sides of the base plate (16), first and second gears (26a, 26b) fixed to respective ends of... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870947 | Apparatus for supplying paste food sheets at a predetermined interval An apparatus supplies food paste material sheets at a predetermined interval on a surface moving at a predetermined speed. The apparatus includes a horizontally arranged first roller adapted to be rotated to receive a continuous food paste material sheet ... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5862743 | Apportioning device for dough A food dough apportioning device including a housing, a feeder unit (4), a cutting device (8), and a discharge unit (9). The feeder unit has a plurality of support elements which project from a front surface of the housing. The feeder unit and dispensing ... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5843491 | Roti clapper A roti clapper is provided including a pair of clamping members pivotally coupled at the bottom ends thereof. Next provided is a solenoid connected to the clamping members for closing the same upon the actuation thereof. Control circuitry is provided for ... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5832813 | Device for making rolled sushi The present invention provide a device for making rolled sushi to make effectively not only traditional rolled sushi but also the so called "California-style" rolled sushi of which laver and ingredients are rolled with vinegared rice. The device includes ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5756138 | Apparatus and process for rolling-up sheet material A material sheet is conveyed to a hollowed pipe member which is rotatable about its longitudinal axis and which has one or more circumferential openings and which is positioned for, by vacuum suction via the pipe hollow and circumferential openings and by... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5699655 | Food material transferring apparatus A food material transferring apparatus basically includes a heating device, a pushing member, and a tray. Food materials are placed on a tray, and inserted into the heating device. The heating device heats the food material, and the pushing member is driv... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5697290 | Apparatus for intermittently discharging a circular or oval shaped dough sheet An apparatus is provided to manufacture a circular and edible sheet-like dough topping to be deposited on bread dough. In this apparatus the pressure for discharging the dough decreases from the center of the dough topping toward either of its ends, and a... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5687641 | Handling sheet material This invention relates to a method and apparatus for handling stretchable sheet material, to form a stack of leaves of such material. In particular, although not exclusively, the invention concerns the handling of dough sheets in the manufacture of biscui... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5664486 | Bagel forming apparatus A dough forming machine having a stationary frame with a flat top surface, a continuous belt wrapped around said flat plate having a drive drum at one end and a idler drum at a respective other end, the drive drum being driven for rotation by a motor, and... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5664485 | System for producing a filled rolled dough product A conveyor moves a dough sheet along a dough travel path. A filling applicator, located proximate the dough travel path, applies filling to the dough sheet. A cooler is located downstream of the filling applicator along the dough travel path. The cooler c... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5655439 | Apparatus for rolling up stick-like bread The present invention provides an apparatus to stably and continuously roll up bread dough into stick-like bread, such as bread dough or bread dough on which ham or cheese is put. The apparatus includes a drive shaft located parallel to a conveying surfac... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5609094 | Apparatus for winding-up croissant dough pieces An apparatus for winding-up croissant dough pieces is provided. It comprises a conveyor, a pair of pressing boards, and a spacing means having a dough-piece detecting means. By the apparatus a triangular croissant dough piece is fed between the conveyor a... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5606906 | Controller for dough lapper A dough web feeding device is provided which includes a first conveyor, a drive means or motor for that conveyor, a reciprocating shuttle, and a separate drive means or servo motor for the reciprocating shuttle. The speed, amount of rotation, and accelera... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5590589 | Apparatus for producing specialty ravioli configurations An apparatus for producing specialty ravioli configurations such as hoop style ravioli comprises an apparatus similar to that disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,848,218 having a unique die and feed arrangement. The die includes a raised central island in a wall... | 01/07/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5509350 | Machine for layering strips of food material An apparatus for preparation of a layered food product has two conveyor belts, wherein a first conveyor belt is positioned beneath a second conveyor belt, and has a first guide for guiding a plurality of strips of a food material so that one strip is guid... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5460079 | Manifold assembly for feeding dough A manifold assembly for feeding dough through a plurality of dies simultaneously under substantially equal pressure, includes a longitudinally-extending manifold having an inlet end for receiving dough under pressure, an outlet end defining a plurality of... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5460081 | Center-aligning apparatus for croissant dough pieces The present invention provides a center-aligning apparatus for fusiform bread dough pieces such as rolled-up croissant dough pieces. In this invention an upstream conveyor and a downstream conveyor located below and adjacent the upstream conveyor are prov... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5440974 | Croissant dough-piece bending apparatus The present invention provides a croissant dough-piece bending apparatus having a conveyor for conveying rolled-up croissant dough pieces, a dough-piece bending member to push the central portion of the dough piece downstream, and a pair of swingable doug... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5410952 | Apparatus for making a noodle with stuffing A method for making noodle with stuffing comprising steps of flattening a dough to a plurality of dough sheet, passing the dough sheet between a first roller with smooth surface and a second roller with a plurality of parallel grooves to form a dough shee... | 05/02/1995 |
