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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7757602 | Product de-topper The present invention relates to equipment for assembling food products, and more specifically to an apparatus and method for separating or parting stacked food products during a food production process. The invention, a de-topper, facilitates the desired parting or... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7703390 | Roller grill separating device A roller grill separating device having a clip capable of being attached to a grill roller, a center section, and upper sign clips to hold supplemental signage. The center section stabilizes the device and prevents it from rotating. The center section accommodates a... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7322166 | Apparatus for unwrapping and transporting frangible wafers for ice cream sandwiches and the like The present invention is an apparatus and method for unwrapping a package of frangible articles bearing a wrapping material, the wrapping material having a rear portion and a forward tab, the forward tab adapted to open the wrapping material when pulled, the apparat... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7281468 | Automatic sandwich dispenser and method for automatically dispensing sandwiches In order to dispense fresh sandwiches at any place and at all hours, this invention proposes an automatic sandwich dispenser which comprises a plurality of compartments in which whole fresh ingredients are stored. The dispenser comprises automatic sandwich making me... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7182683 | Casingless food production methods, systems, and associated traveling matable mold shells Systems, methods, and associated devices for casingless production of food products include: (a) providing a series of shells, the shells having sufficient structural rigidity to define an enclosed cavity space of predetermined substantially constant size and shape;... | 02/27/2007 |
| 6874409 | Method and apparatus for making commercial crustless sandwiches and the crustless sandwich made thereby A method of making a crustless sandwich from two slices of bread with outer crusts, the method comprising: placing a first slice of bread on a platen; forming a mass of a first food spread onto the central portion of the first slice of bread in a position spaced inw... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6405643 | Cream depositors A cream depositor assembly has a depositor body in the form of a rotatable cylindrical stencil (11) provided with axially-spaced sets of circumferentially-spaced outlet ports (12). A recirculatory cream supply to the depositor body has a cream feed duct (... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6190714 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing filled wafer blocks Filled wafer blocks are made by feeding preliminary blocks at a lower level to a stacking station and then feeding a wafer sheet coated on an upper side with a spread to that location, gripping them and inverting them as they are laid on the lower block t... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6082250 | Device for treating starch-based products A device for treating massage based products such as wafer materials for consumption or for packaging to cool and moisturize the same. The device has a channel through which the product can be moved in which the product path is flanked by a pair of air ch... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5974958 | Cream depositing apparatus A cream depositing machine including a rotatable stencil drum (2) having first and second stencil ports (3, 4), a device (5) for rotating the drum (2), a first and second cream supply device (12, 13) for supplying first and second cream material separatel... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5931086 | Apparatus for the assembly of sandwich products In one embodiment, the present invention relates to an apparatus for the sequential assembly of a sandwich-type comestible product, such as an ice cream sandwich, and comprises an essentially horizontal conveyor, sequentially placed wafer dispensing assem... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5865106 | Sandwich cookie making machine A sandwich cookie making machine receives cookie halves from an oven. The cookie halves are then aligned by a servo driven aligner. The cookie halves are transferred to a first chain assembly that transports the cookie halves to a depositor where cream is... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5814360 | 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... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5692433 | Apparatus for dosing a pattern of food material The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for dosing a pattern of food material onto an object e.g. a tray or other food material continuously moved. The apparatus comprises a dosing assembly comprising a substantially cylindrical tube element ha... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5657685 | Machine supplying food products in slices and/or doses of semiliquid products on bread, edible crusts of pressed products or trays A device including a bedplate (1) that supports a horizontal frame (3) imparted with alternating movement and having several independently moving rotating horizontal circular blades mounted thereon, wherein the blades (10) simultaneously cut loaves (13) o... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5562183 | Food material conveying mechanism A food material conveyor mechanism for a sandwich fixing apparatus includes a continuously moving conveyor line. A food conveying plate carried along the conveyor line is stopped at predetermined stop positions along the conveyor line so food materials ca... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5546848 | Sandwich preparation apparatus A sandwich preparation apparatus includes a plurality of sandwich production lines disposed parallel to each other. A width of each line is slightly wider than a width of a sandwich prepared in the apparatus. Each sandwich production line includes an auto... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5540943 | Sandwich preparation apparatus A sandwich preparation apparatus includes a food material conveyor having an upstream end region and a downstream finishing end region. The bottom part of a sandwich or burger, including a bun half or slice of bread, has sauces and condiments, and a patty... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5540141 | Linear assembly extrusion ice cream sandwich The present invention relates to an apparatus for the sequential assembly of a sandwich-type comestible product, such as an ice cream sandwich, and comprises an essentially horizontal conveyor, sequentially placed wafer dispensing means and an extrusion a... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5528983 | Apparatus for producing layered products Apparatus for the automated assembly of sandwich items, such as biscuit and sausage sandwiches, consists generally of a frame on which are carried a slicing station, a separation station and an assembly station, all of which are automated. The slicing sta... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5515962 | Ice cream sandwich collator sub-assembly An ice cream sandwich collating apparatus comprising a substantially horizontal accumulator platform; conveying means for conveying the ice cream sandwiches along a first substantially horizontal axis onto the accumulator platform; detecting means for det... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5493957 | Vertical assembly extrusion ice cream sandwich making machine An apparatus for the preparation of comestible-containing sandwich products comprises a sandwich product assembly station and corresponding means for the fabrication and assembly of a sandwich product in the vertical direction. The apparatus includes an e... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5493958 | Sandwich preparation apparatus A sandwich preparation apparatus includes an automatic crown preparation section, an automatic heel preparation section, an automatic patty preparation section, and a manual preparation section. The automatic crown preparation section discharges individua... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5381728 | Apparatus for the preparation of sushi products An apparatus for the production of sushi and sushi products comprises a housing member and a first pair of contiguous cylindrical rotatable drums and a second pair of contiguous cylindrical rotatable drums mounted to the housing member and operably engage... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5365835 | Hamburger fixing apparatus A hamburger fixing apparatus has a food material feeding line conveyor. Various kinds of sandwiches or hamburgers, as indicated on an order display board, are prepared by an automatic feeding mechanism controlled by a computer and an operator in a manner ... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5359925 | Apparatus for producing an edible sandwich An apparatus for producing an edible sandwich having a cavity with uniform thickness of bread surrounding the cavity. Edible filler material is injected into the cavity that has a self-sealing entrance. The apparatus forms the sandwich by first making a k... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5113754 | Apparatus for processing sandwich ingredients An automatic sandwich preparation system in which each sandwich is prepared under the control of a computer with condiments as ordered. Meat patties are packaged in spaced positions along a plastic strip and then frozen. The strips are packed in shipping ... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5113753 | Apparatus for automatic application of condiments to a sandwich An automatic sandwich preparation system in which each sandwich is prepared under the control of a computer with condiments as ordered. Shredded lettuce is delivered by an automatic volume measuring mechanism or by a weight responsive delivery system. Con... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5101716 | Apparatus for assembling biscuit sandwiches An apparatus for the assembly of biscuit and meat sandwiches comprises a feeder station for receiving whole biscuits, a slicer station for slicing the biscuits in half, a separator station for separating the two halves of the biscuit and sending them alon... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5036756 | Food product crimping mechanism A cyclic crimping mechanism for producing coherent plural-layer food products from food assemblies, each food assembly including a bottom patty covered by a top patty (other patties, food slices, or condiments are usually positioned between the top and bo... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4944218 | Vending machine for preparing and delivering hamburgers Automatic operation of a vending machine for preparing and delivering hamburgers can be initiated by a consumer by means of a payment system. The vending machine comprises, in the direction of feed of a conveyor which terminates at a station for the deliv... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4796522 | Adjustable cam actuator A cam actuator in a creme sandwich filling machine having a rotating annular drum containing four rows of pistons for extracting filling material from a hopper and depositing a layer of the material on a base cake. A series of identical cams are mounted o... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4740129 | Slice separating and feeding apparatus and method A device for separating slices of bread from sliced loaves of bread and for transferring the separated slices one by one to a conveyor for further processing. The device incorporates an inclined, intermittently driven infeed conveyor for conveying the sli... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4716821 | Line for assembling stuffed proteinaceous patties A line is provided for assembling a product including proteinaceous patties having a filling therebetween. All components of the line are mechanically synchronized to maintain a consistent pitch throughout the assembling procedure. Included is a patty for... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4714014 | Automatic crimping mechanism for proteinaceous patties An automatic crimping mechanism is provided for knitting together multi-layered proteinaceous patty products while those products are being conveyed along a pathway generally beneath the automatic crimping mechanism. By operation of the crimping mechanism... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4708054 | Creaming apparatus Biscuit creaming apparatus (1) comprises a stencil tube (2) rotatably mounted on a rotatable stencil sleeve (3), the stencil sleeve having spaced-apart outlet ports (5) alignable with discharge orifices (6) in the stencil tube. Alignment can take place wi... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4703688 | Sandwich-filling apparatus A flowable filling is placed in a piece of bread to make a sandwich by first blocking the front end of a tube extending along a longitudinal axis and having a rear end axially behind the front tube end and then filling the tube behind the blocked front en... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4685387 | Machine for making sandwiches A machine for automatically producing a sandwich having a variety of fillers such as sliced meat, sliced cheese, shredded lettuce, and sliced pickles. A plurality of cannisters for storing the fillers are positioned above apertures formed in the base of t... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4647467 | Apparatus and process for coextruding a fat and a dough A flat sheet comprising a layer of fat sandwiched between two layers of dough is produced using a coextrusion die having two slot-like orifices. In order to avoid distortion of the sheet due to the dough leaving the center portion of the outer slot-like o... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4643084 | Cookie machine A machine for making cookies for removably mounted cylinders that spread the dough on a conveyor belt and the dough is automatically formed into cookies. Mechanism for sprinkling material are positioned so that the particulate material falls on the surfac... | 02/17/1987 |
