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Pizza Pie With Concentric Rings of Crust

A pizza mold for forming a plurality of concentric raised ridges of dough (i.e., crust) on the surface of a pizza pie.

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Class 99/570 - By fluid


Subclass of Class 99 - Foods and beverages: apparatus
Definition: Device wherein the means to sort the food, or foreign matter
No. of patents: 12
Last issue date: 11/07/2006


NumberTitleIssue Date
7131254Mobile apparatus for retrieving and processing bulk harvested nuts and fruits
An apparatus for processing nuts and fruits, and more specifically, to a mobile apparatus that picks-up fruits and nuts, and similar products from the ground and conditions them, in bulk. The mobile apparatus conditions the fruits and nuts by removing debris with a ...
11/07/2006
7048957Method and apparatus for processing vegetables
According to certain embodiments of the invention, there is provided a method and an apparatus relating to an infeed for positioning the green onions in a generally horizontal position on a conveyor and a transition conveyor for transporting the horizontally dispose...
05/23/2006
6902067In-shell nut sorting and debris removal assembly
An in-shell nut sorting and debris removal assembly for removing debris including empty shells and sorting out unacceptable in-shell nuts includes multiple spaced belt sorting assemblies to removed materials having desired size characteristics and send them into a c...
06/07/2005
6634283Skin loosening or removal apparatus
Apparatus for loosening or removing the skin from products such as nut kernels, beans, seeds or the like. Carriers are arranged to receive the products and a liquid jet manifold is adapted to direct jet or jets at the products. In a preferred embodiment, ...
10/21/2003
6284300Skin loosening or removal process
A process and apparatus is disclosed for loosening or removing the skin from products such as nut kernels, beans, seeds or the like. The process comprises subjecting the products to a jet or jets of water at ambient temperature so as to loosen or remove t...
09/04/2001
6076454Apparatus for separating the outer layers or shells from the internal seed of plant matter
An apparatus for separating outer layers or shells from the internal seed of plant matter comprises a plant matter inlet (12), a seed outlet (14) and a generally vertical separating chamber (16) interposed between the inlet and outlet. The separating cham...
06/20/2000
5738894Skin removal process
A process and apparatus for removing the skin from products such as nut kernels, beans, seeds or the like. The process comprises subjecting the products to a jet or jets of water at ambient temperature in a confined area to cause their abrasion against ea...
04/14/1998
5467700Density separation sheller for peanut grade samples
A device for cleaning, shelling, and sizing nuts in a single step which includes a cleaning section, mounted in front of and in communication with a shelling section, which removes debris, small pods and loose shelled kernels using screens, separating air...
11/21/1995
5039534Pea separating apparatus and method of use
An apparatus and method for separating peas based upon differences in density. The apparatus includes a flow trough having a flow manifold. A pump takes water from a reservoir and delivers the water to the flow manifold. A flow nipple having a lip portion...
08/13/1991
4227448Pellet pre-cooler for pellet mill
The pellet mill in a processing system for dehydrated forage crops is disposed in proximal pellet-dispensing relation to a pellet pre-cooler for gentle initial cooling and preliminary firming of hot pellets from the mill prior to their conveyance to the p...
10/14/1980
4082856Process and apparatus for shelling eggs
Hard cooked eggs are fed through a hopper to a conveyor section which has an oscillating and vibratory feed at a frequency and energy level which progressively fractures and shatters the shell of the eggs passing therethrough. The eggs are passed through ...
04/04/1978
3978583Peeling utensil
The invention is an article useful in assisting removal of peels from fruits and vegetables and having a generally elongated handle and a blade having a substantially convex bottom surface attached at one end thereof to a handle. The blade has an open end...
09/07/1976
 
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