Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4679497 | Cheese hardening machine for pasta filata cheese A cheese hardening machine for pasta filata cheese, such as mozzarella and the like, comprises an elongated, open-top vat adapted to be filled with water up to a predetermined level, and having a loading end and a delivery end; a tube connecting said load... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4676727 | Machine for dividing mass material into individual pieces This invention relates to means for cutting a mass of material, such as dough or ground meat, into pieces of predetermined shape and of substantially uniform size as the material is fed from a hopper on to a conveyor belt.... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4671172 | Apparatus for mixing food ingredients Apparatus for mixing food ingredients is disclosed including a cabinet for supporting a mixer for the ingredients. A frame is arranged within the cabinet for being raised and lowered relative thereto. The frame supports a plate having a through hole for r... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4665811 | Apparatus for producing thin portions of pasta filata cheese A technique for producing sliced, shredded and/or diced cheese of the pasta filata type. The technique utilizes a plurality of rollers which reduce an extruded strand of cheese to a ribbon of the desired thickness. The rollers are heated and a spray of wa... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4655127 | Apparatus for producing acid and heat coagulated types of cheese Acid and heat coagulated types of cheese such as Ricotta, Mitzithra, and Galotiri as well as cottage cheese are produced from milk and/or whey starting materials, pasteurizing the starting materials followed by cooling and membrane filtration of the start... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4628805 | Apparatus for processing cheese Soft paste cheese is formed by mixing curd forming additives from burettes (12) to milk flowing in a funnel (11) and directing the resulting curd forming milk mixture into a basin-like receptacle (21) in which a mold block (23) made up of an array of vert... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4617861 | Whey treatment apparatus Cheese whey is treated to recover protein, convert the lactose to ethanol and recover the ethanol, and to provide a concentrated yeast with fermentation solubles concentrate. A sequence of treating whey by reverse osmosis, protein precipitation and separa... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4612853 | Cheese kettle A cheese kettle (1) is used for the separation of whey from the cheese mix and the comminuting of the cheese mix into curd particles takes place. The cheese kettle (1) is composed of two side-by-side, substantially cylindrical parts (3), located so that t... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4608006 | Tunnel cheese press with removable external press cylinders A cheese press, for pressing cheese in a plurality of cheese moulds having covers through which pressure is applied to the cheese, has a tunnel with walls defining roof, floor and sides and along which the spaced-apart cheese moulds are moved by conveyor ... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4584934 | Apparatus for producing a homogenous flexible layer of material from blocks of highly consistent material, such as butter or margarine An apparatus for producing a homogeneous flexible layer of material such as butter or margarine, comprising an input portion for guiding blocks of said material into a central portion, in which two rotors 11, 12 are arranged in a horizontal plane, a centr... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4580490 | Apparatus for producing units fit for packing preferably of a cheese product of the type cheese-base An apparatus for producing units fit for packing, preferably of a cheese product of the type cheese-base, is adapted to be connected to a cheese-base production system from which the cheese-base is pressed out in a continuous flow. The apparatus comprises... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4576091 | Apparatus for cheese compacting The compacting apparatus for whole cheeses comprises at least a tank containing cooling water, an inertial table carrying the whole cheeses from one end to the other end of said tank, and a balancing blade receiving the whole cheeses supplied from the tab... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4541329 | Cheese cooking system A cheese cooking apparatus and method that includes a cylindrical cheese cooking tank containing temperature-controlled hot water. Stacked upper and lower cylindrical drums having radially extending paddles forming vertically upper and lower cavities are ... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4539902 | Cheese block former Cheese curd is fed into the top of a hollow perforated column in a tower at a sub-atmospheric pressure so as to form in the column a pillar of curd supported on a guillotine blade which closes off an opening in the bottom of the tower. A former unit below... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4501196 | Process vat cutting and stirring mechanism An apparatus for processing a mixture to produce a product such as cottage cheese. The apparatus comprises a vat for holding the mixture, a paddle for stirring the mixture, a cutting knife for cutting the product, a carriage for supporting the cutting kni... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4493250 | Portable cheese press frame assembly A portable assembly for supporting cheese hoops in an inclined position from the vertical and including means for pressing the hoops so as to press the whey therefrom and permit it to drain downwardly from one hoop to the other to be collected therebelow.... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4492153 | Knock-down plastic cheese curing container A knock-down cheese curing box is formed of plastic members including an individually constructed bottom tray, individually constructed side panels, and a top cover. The side panels have interfitting tabs and notches by which the side panels are slid into... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4457876 | Machine for producing whipped cream and other aerated food products A cream whipping machine has an electric motor (1), a vane pump (3,9) and a whipping barrel (26) fitted closely together in axial alignment. Air and cream are sucked in to the pump chamber (14) via an intake assembly (16). A pump rotor (3) is fixed to a m... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4456142 | Container A container (10, 55) suitable for the packaging of a block of cheese for maturing, the container comprising an assembly of separately formed wall members (11, 51, 55). The wall members (11, 51, 55) forming the sides of the container each include a planar ... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4448116 | Apparatus for the dry salting of curd for cheese production Apparatus for the dry salting of plastic or pliable curd for cheese production comprises a hopper for the salt, dispensing means at the hopper outlet for sprinkling the salt onto the plastic curd, a comb member disposed downstream of the dispensing means ... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4440073 | Pressing plate for use in cheese making To reduce manual handling of a pressing plate in a cheese-making vat and to facilitate its operation and maintenance, the plate is constituted by a case whose inner surface is covered by a series of rigid filtering panels. These panels are pivotal between... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4420296 | Closure assembly A closure assembly especially adapted for use with the mould of cheese block forming machines, includes structure defining an opening and a closure member mounted to the structure for movement to and from a position in which it closes the opening. Co-oper... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4393759 | Cheese making apparatus A cheese making apparatus comprises a rectangular vat, a pressing plate, a filtering sheet supported on the bottom wall of the vat for displacement in a longitudinal direction, and a transverse partition affixed to an end of the filter sheet adjacent a fi... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4380193 | Device for preparing chocolate A device for treating a mixture for the manufacture of chocolate, said device comprising a cyclic course of a milling vessel and a mixing vessel each having a driving motor for driving the milling members and the mixing members respectively and means conn... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4331069 | Curd making and separating machine A machine for producing curds from milk and separating the curd from the whey, comprising a hollow vat pivotally mounted on a pair of parallel spaced members for rotation about a horizontal axis extending parallel and proximate to one side of a rectangula... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4254698 | Continuous cheese making machine A milk containing liquid is fed at a controlled rate into a tank having rotatable blades defining scoops at an upper portion thereof. In one process, the milk containing liquid precipitates to form ricotta cheese. The precipitation rises in the tank and i... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4111110 | Portable cheese press frame assembly A portable assembly for supporting stacks of cheese hoops in an inclined position from the vertical and including means for pressing the stacked hoops so as to press the whey therefrom and permit it to drain downwardly from one hoop to the other where it ... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4110484 | Flow process for production of imitation cheese Imitation cheese is manufactured by a flow process from a plurality of edible ingredients comprising fat, protein, water, and flavor wherein the cheese product is set by the addition of an acidulant, in lieu of fermentation. The edible ingredients are int... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4108057 | Device for continuous production of cheese material The disclosure relates to a device for the continuous production of cheese material through coagulation of milk, comprising a horizontal trough-shaped container, whose ends extend funnel-shaped toward the flattened face edges, a flexible inner wall coveri... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4044662 | Apparatus for continuous cheese making A milk containing liquid is fed at a controlled rate into a tank having rotatable blades defining scoops at an upper portion thereof. In one process, the milk containing liquid precipitates to form ricotta cheese. The precipitation rises in the tank and i... | 08/30/1977 |
| 3991667 | Apparatus for the manufacture of cheeses A process for the production of cheese which comprises treating milk by ultrafiltration to obtain a liquid product containing at least some of the protein constituents of the milk, subjecting this liquid to a heat treatment to bring it to the coagulation ... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3945310 | Apparatus for the continuous production of curds Apparatus for the continuous production of curds for use in cheese making, wherein renneted or acidified milk or mixture thereof is introduced under pulsation into a conduit whose wall is deformed under the effect of the pulsations and in which the curd i... | 03/23/1976 |
