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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8117961 | Apparatus for thawing frozen food items An apparatus for thawing frozen food items includes an enclosure having a top wall, a bottom wall, and a side wall extending between the top and bottom walls and defining a thawing chamber. One of the walls includes an access opening to the thawing chamber. A closur... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7870822 | Method and system for recapturing and reusing unreacted antimicrobial solutions in spray applications A system providing for on-site reclamation and re-use of reclaimed antimicrobial solution includes a dispenser, at least one receptacle, piping, and at least one pump. The dispenser sprays antimicrobial solution toward moving raw food products. Unspent antimicrobial... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7765920 | Air-lift dryer for processing high-lactose aqueous fluids An air-lift dryer for processing a high-lactose aqueous fluid (HLAF), such as permeate from ultrafiltration of whey fluid, is provided. The air-lift dryer has an enclosed drying chamber with diverging interior sidewalls that define an intermediate interior space hav... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7441942 | System and method for applying an additive to a material stream The present disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for applying liquid feed additives to a feed composition. In one embodiment, the system has a spray housing defining a spray chamber located adjacent a mix housing carrying a material composition. T... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7350961 | Agitation mixer, pasteurizer, and cleaning device Dissolution of a raw material, fusion of a raw material, or treatment for enhancing the fluidity of a raw material is completed in a short time by an agitation mixer 10 comprising a casing 20 in which a flow channel allowing the passage of fluid is mou... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347007 | Low pressure high capacity dryer for resins and other granular and powdery materials A vacuum dryer and method for drying granular or powdery material including at least one canister for holding said material being movable among a series of locations including material heating and vacuum drying locations, means for moving said canister among said lo... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7322283 | Apparatus in an infuser for a liquid food product The invention relates to an apparatus in an infuser for a liquid food product. The infuser is of the type which includes a pressure vessel (1) with an inlet (2) for the product located in its upper region and an outlet (6) for the product locate... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320280 | Pitting machine comprising a punching head which performs a curvilinear oscillatory movement in synchronization with the translation movement of fruits to be pitted A pitting machine comprises a punching head that performs a curvilinear oscillatory movement in synchronization with the translation movement of fruits to be pitted, in particular for use in industries that process food such as pitted dried or dehydrated plums and w... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7302885 | Apparatus for injecting fluid into meat products A method for injecting fluid into meat products comprises taking a plurality of hollow fluid injection needles having sharpened discharge ends, and connecting the needles to a source of pressurized liquid; penetrating the sharpened ends of the needles into the produ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7284477 | Needleless injection device and method of injecting A needleless injection device and method for injecting a food subject is disclosed in which one or more types of liquid food additive are individually and/or simultaneously delivered to a food subject within a sealed injection chamber or compartment. The needleless ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278433 | Washing a cored lettuce head A produce washer includes a holder to position a single piece of produce and a nozzle disposed at a horizontal distance adjacent to the holder. When the produce is a cored lettuce head, the cored lettuce head is positioned in the holder with the cored portion facing... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7234247 | Low pressure dryer A low pressure dryer for granular or powdery material includes a plurality of canisters rotatable about a common vertical axis serially among material heating, vacuum drying and material inventory discharge positions; pneumatic piston-cylinder means for rotating the... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229066 | Apparatus and method for mixing a gas and a liquid An apparatus and method are provided for mixing a gas and a liquid to produce a gaseous vapor of the liquid that is substantially free of droplets. Gas, e.g., carbon dioxide, is divided into first and second streams. The first stream is combined in an atomization zo... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228791 | Baking oven A baking oven for preparing dough pieces comprises a supply section with an inlet for the supply of dough pieces; a baking chamber and a discharge section with an outlet for the discharge of baked dough pieces. A recirculating-air arrangement comprises a source prod... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7188599 | Sump for cooling package air intake housing of an agricultural machine An apparatus is configured for supplying air to a cooling package for an internal combustion engine that powers an agricultural machine. The apparatus includes an air intake housing defining an air intake opening and a sump. The sump has a wall and a port. A gating ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7172781 | Method and apparatus for evacuating pockets of injected fluid in meat products A method and apparatus for evacuating pockets of injected fluid in meat products involves the structure and use of a machine which has a longitudinal movable conveyor surface on the machine; a fluid injection station on the machine for injecting fluid into a meat pr... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7140292 | Device, system and method for fluid additive injection into a viscous fluid food stream An apparatus, system and method is provided for injecting a fluid additive into a viscous fluid food flow stream. A fluid additive injector device is utilized to inject the fluid additive which has structure to prevent or minimize the amount of fluid additive that c... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7122216 | Vegetable oil extraction methods This invention relates to methods for treating oil bearing vegetable material, especially oilseeds. Methods of the invention provide for the isolation of certain components of oil bearing vegetable material, including isoflavones, vegetable oil, and a phosphatide fr... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7070824 | Apparatus and methods for processing meat Apparatus and methods for slicing and seasoning meat, such as a ham. In one example, the apparatus includes a blade for slicing meat and a sprayer, such as a nozzle, for providing a stream of liquid seasoning in the direction of the blade during slicing, such that t... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7048960 | High lignan flaxseed product and product by process The present invention includes a high lignan concentrate (3% to 5% or greater) flax seed product, and product by process, which can be produced by 1) supplying a uniformly colored quantity of flax seeds with less than 5 percent visually darker seeds; 2) milling the ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7020984 | Device for feeding a drying gas to a mixing granulator The invention relates to a device for feeding a drying gas to a mixing granulator comprising a mixing chamber and a rotating agitator (3), on which mixer blades (4) are arranged in a radial position with respect to a drive shaft (5). The feeder ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6977046 | Bed adsorption system The invention relates to a method of distributing a liquid in the fluid bed of an up-flow or a down-flow fluid bed reactor. The invention provides efficient distribution and plug flow like fluid flow through the fluid bed where turbulence and/or back-mixing of the f... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6952992 | Batter and breading machine A batter and breading machine including a bedplate with an upper arm including a tank for food agglutinating, and a second area with a strangling to throw the battered or breaded ingredient of the product. The first and second areas have respective endless bands, dr... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6951168 | Vegetable delivery device for vegetable cutting apparatus The present invention discloses a vegetable delivery device for use in trimming roots and tops from bulbs such as onions. The device comprises a frame, a bottom conveyance means and a top conveyance means composed of a chain and gear system with a common synchronize... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6923102 | Washing device A washing installation includes a first washer (3) for washing slices of root vegetable with water, a second washer in the form of a rotating pipe (4) supplied with water at an infeed end for the slices of root vegetable washed during slicing, and a th... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6901846 | Coffee machine A coffee machine (10) comprises a removable brewing unit (18), in which ground coffee powder is compacted in a brewing chamber along a main axis of the brewing unit (18) between a movable lifting bottom and a plunger that can be displaced toward... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6892629 | System for pumping and dispensing sauce Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a rotary sauce dispensing apparatus for applying a sauce on a receiving surface such as a pizza dough. In one embodiment, a system for producing a flow of a sauce to a dispenser comprises a rotating table configur... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6880455 | Method and apparatus for producing a fruit product An apparatus and method for producing a fruit product from a fruit, the fruit including soluble fruit components. The method for producing a fruit product, the fruit product including soluble fruit components, extracts a desired amount of the soluble fruit component... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6871582 | Continuous vertical processor A continuous vertical processor for meat wastes, from animal slaughter for obtaining industrial fats and meat and bone flours for the manufacture of fodders, including a cylindrical structure (1), with 12 sealed separators (12) in the interior thereof,... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6852295 | Apparatus for sterilizing and sprouting grains An apparatus for sterilizing and sprouting grains is constructed to include a container having a water inlet pipe, a water drain pipe, an overflow pipe, and a grains discharge control valve, a top cover covering the container and provided with ultraviolet lamps for ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6840164 | Convertible marinade container/dispenser having a flexibly compressible wall, and method of using same A container for holding and dispensing a marinade includes a container body, a cap, and a nozzle. The container body includes a compressible accordion-pleated wall. The cap attaches to the container body, and may include a removable central disc. The nozzle is provi... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6827007 | Pitting knives having an axial bore and method for decontaminating a drupe A drupe which is infested with a larva of a moth or larvae of other insects, and is contaminated with related excretions, referred to as a “frass”, in a central zone within the drupe, is cleansed with a longitudinally bored pitting knife mounted in the pitting h... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6817282 | Cooker A cooking device includes a cooking chamber having at least one vapor opening through which the vapor from the cooking chamber, when in operation, conveyed by a conveyor, and at least one opening that can absorb external air, particularly with the aid of the conveyo... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6813992 | Baking oven A baking oven comprises a charging section with an inlet for dough pieces to be loaded; a baking chamber; and a discharging section with an outlet for baked dough pieces to be unloaded. Provision is made for a circulating-air arrangement with a source that generates... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6805747 | Apparatus for coating meat A method and apparatus for coating hams is provided. Sugar is uniformly dispensed on an inclined plate that is heated to melt the sugar. The sugar flows into a reservoir from which it is poured onto hams passing below the reservoir on a conveyor. Spices are poured o... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6773738 | Steam cooking apparatus A steam cooking apparatus with a steam generator and several cooking planes in a common cooking chamber in which there are arranged a steam input opening connected to the steam generator and a steam outlet opening whereby a temperature measuring device is associated... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6773739 | Method and apparatus for extrusion of food products including back pressure valve/diverter An extruder system (10, 124) for the processing of feed materials is provided including an extruder (12), adjustable back pressure valve assembly (14) and a superatmospheric post-extrusion product treatment assembly (16, 124). The back pr... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6761109 | Apparatus and method for mixing a gas and a liquid An apparatus and method are provided for mixing a gas and a liquid to produce a gaseous vapor of the liquid that is substantially free of droplets. Gas, e.g., carbon dioxide, is divided into first and second streams. The first stream is combined in an atomization zo... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6740349 | Apparatus and method for forming casingless sausages An apparatus and method is provided for forming shaped food products from an emulsion or batter. A stuffing tube includes a wall defining a central passage for emulsion, and a treating fluid passage positioned within the wall and radially outside of the central pass... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6733812 | Apparatus and method for forming casingless sausages An apparatus and method is disclosed for forming an emulsion or batter into shaped food products without the use of a casing. The apparatus includes a hollow stuffing tube connected to a source of suitable proteinaceous emulsion, and a molding tube mounted about the... | 05/11/2004 |
