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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7571676 | Apparatus and method for reducing microorganisms on produce using chlorine dioxide gas This invention provides an apparatus and method for processing produce to reduce microorganisms thereon by treating the produce in a treatment chamber. The treatment chamber comprises a produce receiver disposed in the treatment chamber, a means for providing a gas ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7409904 | Baking oven A baking oven comprises a feeding portion having a feeding aperture for introducing dough pieces, a baking chamber and a discharge portion having a discharge aperture for removing dough pieces. In addition, a circulating air unit is provided which comprises a circul... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7357953 | Method for manufacturing sausages, and container for containing sausages to be processed The invention relates to a method for manufacturing dry sausages by the successive processing steps of: A) manufacturing a half-finished product which is still to be dried and consists of a skin filled with a sausage filling, and B) drying the half-finished product ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7337707 | Thermal conditioning system having continuous conveyor A thermal conditioning system for heating and cooling cylindrical containers is disclosed, including a container heating apparatus and a container cooling apparatus, with the container cooling apparatus positioned generally coaxially below the heating apparatus, and... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7325486 | Food processing apparatus and method A food processing system includes a food processing chamber for processing a food product, such as meat products such as hot dogs, sausages, poultry, fish, and other food items. A high speed serial to parallel loading station delivery system is provided. The food pr... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7275982 | Ozone-based conveyor cleaning system A conveyor cleaning system includes a treating region, a processing region, and a conveyor belt traveling from the treating region to the processing region. A distributor positioned across the treating region deposits a film of ozonated water on the conveyor belt. I... | 10/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7138145 | Method and apparatus for ozination of grain A method for treating grain comprising circulating concentrated ozone through an evenly distributed column of grain to maintain a concentration of between 50 and 100 ppm. ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7018201 | Dual-zone dehydration tunnel A dehydration tunnel for fruits, vegetables, and other products reduces the vulnerability of the products to damage from carmelization and case hardening by dividing a row of product vessels into two segments, passing heated air simultaneously over both segments but... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7001631 | Low temperature sanitization of human pathogens from the surfaces of food and food packaging Almonds are often harvested off the ground from around trees which have been fertilized with manure. Potentially hazardous microbes are transferred from the husk to the shells during the dehusking process. During deshelling, shell dust with attached microbes escapes... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6955255 | Rotary powered snack piece turnover A flipping apparatus for turning over product pieces such as potato crisps having a first conveyor and a second conveyor. A terminal portion of the first conveyor is nested within a concavity defined by an upturned and curved portion of the second conveyor. A channe... | 10/18/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6803065 | Method and apparatus for making smoked food An inlet (11a) and an exit (11b) are formed at opposite ends of a chamber (11), and transporting device (12) is moved into the chamber from the inlet toward the outlet. The transporting device is constituted to transport a p... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6629493 | Pizza crust and process and apparatus for making same Apparatus for preparing parbaked food products, such as pizza crust shells, and dough formulation used therein, and the product produced thereby and/or therefrom. The apparatus operates on a starting material dough including flour, sugar and water, and pr... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6604452 | Food processor with circulation system and method A food processing system circulates a processing medium along a circulation path having first and second segments perpendicular to food product travel along a horizontal conveyor. In another aspect, desired sequencing is provided including reversal of ori... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6595117 | High speed variable size toaster A cooking appliance which is capable of rapidly toasting a food product disposed therein by air impingement and infrared heating to provide a cooked food product having the desired color and crunchiness about its surface. The appliance is particularly ada... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6588327 | Pasteurizer An energy and water saving pasteuriser capable of maintaining a stable temperature distribution pattern even when transfer work are interrupted during the operation, or a tunnel type refrigerator (10) allowing hot work such as bottles and cans filled with... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6572911 | Impingement oven with steam injection and method of baking dough products An oven utilizes a convective heat transfer mechanism for cooking the food products where the oven provides heated gas in the form of columns or streams and which are directed to at least one surface of a food product within the oven. Moisture, in the for... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6543339 | Apparatus for aseptically packaging protein-containing material A protein-containing composition is provided which is produced by the steps of: coagulating a protein-containing material; emulsifying the protein-containing material; continuously heating the protein-containing material to a predetermined temperature and... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6523462 | Aligned food processing system A food processing system for an elongated strand of food product, such as hot dogs or sausage links, provides aligned orientation of conveyor hooks and identical arrival time spacing between adjacent hooks at a reference loading point at a strand producin... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6516710 | Apparatus for preparing Masa flour from dry milled maize The invention relates to an improved process for preparing Masa flour from dry milled maize comprising direct steam treating of the Masa meal, and also relates to a vertical cooking vessel suitable for (but not limited to) carrying out the steam treatment... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6516712 | Steam generator for convection oven and related heat accumulator construction A steam generator is formed by a plurality of similar heat accumulator units stacked vertically. Each heat accumulator unit of the stack has an orientation different than any adjacent heat accumulator unit so that multiple heat accumulator elements of the... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6418834 | Apparatus for treating an item during travel of the item along a treating trough An apparatus for treating items such as for freezing, drying, or baking food items, includes an inclined track or trough with a perforated bottom through which pressurized treating gas flows to raise the item and hold it suspended above the bottom of the ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6382088 | Apparatus for the storage of dough products in a fermentation chamber Dough products are stored in a fermentation chamber on a rack system in which in each of a multiplicity of horizontal planes located one above the other, the palettes carrying the dough products are substantially contiguous and are pushed from rack to rac... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6367374 | Treatment of food products A product-carrying unit side portions extending along two opposite regions for engagement with respective support features of a product treatment chamber. A floor region of the unit extends between the side portions and consists of an array of floor regio... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6354196 | Apparatus for gas treatment of products An apparatus for gas treatment of products rises a housing having top, bottom and side walls; a conveyor belt for transporting the products along a first path in the housing; a tunnel having perforated walls and enclosing the conveyor belt along the first... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6352021 | Apparatus for heating and controlling the process temperature in a tunnel pasteurizer An apparatus for heating and controlling the process temperature in a tunnel pasteurizer, in particular for packaged food products, in which the tunnel, provided with a conveyor able to advance the product, is substantially subdivided into a first pre-hea... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6350482 | Apparatus and method for food microbial intervention and pasteurization An apparatus and method for microbial intervention and pasteurization of food product surfaces. The apparatus comprises a chamber, a steam generator, a controller, a timer, a power source, and a temperature sensor. The temperature sensor, along with the t... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6320165 | Impingement oven airflow devices and methods Embodiments of the present invention can be used in situations in which heat and mass-transfer modified product, such as individual-sized pizzas, are to be prepared in relatively short periods of time, for example in one to five minutes. Through structura... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6299922 | Device and method for puffing granular material An apparatus for puffing granular material, in particular cereals and legumes, has a heating apparatus for preheating the granular material and a puffing reactor for puffing the material. For effective, fast, and uniform heating of the material, it is pro... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6253666 | Turning structure of a baking equipment A baking equipment has an oven to bake an article which was dipped in a resin, a sealing box, and a plurality of heating devices and a turning structure disposed in the sealing box. The turning structure has a pair of transporting devices and a pair of ai... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6220150 | Apparatus for producing a reconstitutable dehydrated food product A method for producing a reconstitutable dehydrated food product and an apparatus for producing such a product are described. The method calls for the use of a stationary vessel that is used as both a hydration device and a pressure cooker. A rotating mem... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6171630 | Method and apparatus for generating and applying steam for food cooking and finishing Food cooking apparatus for melting cheese disposed on a food product. The cheese topped food product, for example a bun half, burger patty and cheese stack, is transferred in and out of a cooking chamber by a trolley. Entry of the trolley to the cooking c... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6145433 | Apparatus having members for preparing an extruded food product and particularly a multi-colored product Apparatus for preparing an extruded food product, particularly a multi-colored food product, includes a mixer for mixing food materials for obtaining a base material mixture which is emulsifiable and includes an emulsifying device for emulsifying the base... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6142066 | Smoked food apparatus An apparatus, and method for cooking and smoking food items and a smoked product produced by the inventive method. The inventive apparatus preferably comprises (a) an oven including a belt-type conveyor, for continuously conveying food items through the o... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6142065 | System for controlling the pasteurization heat treatment, in particular of packaged food products, in tunnel-type pasteurizers The pasteurization heat treatment control system according to the present invention, in the case of irregular operation of the pasteurizer, regulates the heat cycle by monitoring of the temperature of the product in suitable basic subzones of the pasteuri... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6120822 | Apparatus and method of food decontamination by treatment with ozone The present invention provides a system for the decontamination of agricultural products by reacting the toxins and microorganisms, contaminating the product, with ozone. The ozone is generated on site and upon demand, thus eliminating ozone waste associa... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6099882 | Method and apparatus for roasting and smoking skinned food products A system for preparing a skinned food product includes a roasting unit, a smoking chamber, and a conveyor system for transporting the skinned food product through the roasting unit and through the smoking chamber. The roasting unit has a heated zone for a... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6086833 | Process and equipment for sanitizing and packaging food using ozone Systems and processes are described for sanitizing a food product with ozone gas. The ozone gas is generated using a low pressure, low volume ozone gas generator and is delivered to a fluid injector. The fluid injector receives high pressure carrier fluid... | 07/11/2000 |
