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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7827929 | Pneumatic seasoning system A pneumatic seasoning system and method utilizing a rotating drum for seasoning, a funnel-fed pneumatic eductor, line splitters, and a plurality of specially-designed swirl-inducing nozzle spools for inducing a broad and even seasoning plume. In a preferred embodime... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7614360 | Breading machine A breading machine has a battering unit for applying a fluent batter to a food product. The battering unit includes a batter reservoir and a battering unit conveyor system for delivering food products from said batter reservoir to a battering unit conveyor discharge... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7322310 | Conical shell grasping and retaining apparatus, method for coating inverted conical shells, and modular and reconfigurable frozen cone confection manufacturing system and method The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for grasping, retaining, inverting, coating and transporting a plurality of frangible conical confection shells. The present invention also relates to a modular and reconfigurable manufacturing system for prod... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7293525 | Method and apparatus for applying glaze or other coatings to food products The present invention relates to methods, apparatuses, and systems for coating food items, such as dough-based products, with sugar-based toppings such as glazes, icings, chocolate coatings, and the like. The present invention, in one embodiment, provides a gentle t... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7286258 | Decorating system for edible products A system for creating a decorative edible item from a selected image. The system includes at least one image source, such as a scanner and/or a library of stored images, a controller unit and a printer. An edible media is inserted into the printer. The user then sel... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7275498 | Flowable solids dispensing apparatus and method of use An apparatus and method for depositing flowable solids onto articles located on a moving conveyor. A flowable solid is placed on a vibrating trough and dispensed to an article on the moving conveyor through a slot in the trough. A third planar surface placed beneath... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270843 | Method and device for coating a product A device and a method used when coating a wafer is described. The fluid coating is provided by an inside coating as well as an edge coating. The fluid chocolate in a container is stirred by displacing a vat up and down. During this displacement, the vat will be brou... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267075 | Modular and reconfigurable frozen cone confection manufacturing system and method The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for grasping, retaining, inverting, coating and transporting a plurality of frangible conical confection shells. The present invention also relates to a modular and reconfigurable manufacturing system for prod... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7231885 | Food coating and compressor apparatus A drum-type coating apparatus for applying breading material to food products is configured to eliminate, in most circumstances, a hard cylindrical drum, to be replaced by a U-hanging belt, the belly of which provides all the operative utility of a cylindrical hard ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7174846 | Method and device for preparing a layer of coating material, and coating device In a method for forming a layer of coating material, a conveyor having a conveying part which is pervious to the coating material is used. This coating material is displaced on the conveying part over a guide plate into a coating zone. At the end of a coating zone, ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7118628 | Method and apparatus for covering areas of damaged protective coating, and a transport system The invention relates first of all to a method for covering areas of damaged protective coating on containers or the like, in which, according to the invention, protective coating material is stamped on to the zone in which the damaged areas occur. The invention als... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114463 | Articles for enhancing the environment of contained animals An enrichment article for animals. The article generally includes a platform that is suspended from the floor of a cage or other containment. The article may be a tray having a flange for suspension from the walls of a container. The platform bottom may have an open... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7078001 | System and method for exposing an object to an electrical discharge A conveyor system for exposing an object to an electrical discharge to increase the surface tension of a surface of the object comprises a guide, a first conveyor, an electrode, and a second conveyor. The first conveyor is configured to convey the object toward the ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7074277 | Rotary sauce dispensing apparatus 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, an apparatus for dispensing a sauce on a receiving surface comprises a rotating table confi... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7055456 | Method and apparatus of coating articles A coating such as liquid milk chocolate is applied to articles such as confectionery bars. The bars are conveyed by conveyor under a curtain of liquid chocolate issuing through an outlet slot in a trough. A layer of air is caused to flow through the outlet slot in t... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7022353 | Continuous coating of gum materials A continuous coating process for chewing gum and bubble gum materials. Small cores or pieces of gum material are introduced into inclined rotating drums in which heated air is circulated and a coating solution is applied (liquid or powder). The coating material is d... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7011038 | Hygienic and ergonomic breading machine A food breading machine includes a lowerable cage carrier grate of two grids between which the cutlet resides. The cage supports a meat, fish or vegetable cutlet thereon, which descends into a first basin having a bath of raw egg fluid. The egg saturated product is ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7005151 | Method and apparatus for coating a product There is described an apparatus (1) that may be used for providing ice lollies (2) with a coating from a dipping container (4). The coating mix (3) comprises almond flakes (16) and fluid chocolate (10) which is inserted in a... | 02/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6903841 | Decorating system for edible items A system for creating a decorative edible item from a selected image. The system includes at least one image source, such as a scanner and/or a library of stored images, a controller unit and a printer. An edible media is inserted into the printer. The user then sel... | 06/07/2005 |
| 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 |
| RE38478 | Apparatus for dispensing a quantity of material on a shell A food material dispensing apparatus for adding a topping to a target food is described. The apparatus comprises a first hopper and a first food distributing system. The first hopper is adapted for receiving the food material at an inlet and delivering the good mate... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6672246 | Pizza-topping apparatus A pizza-topping apparatus for dispensing automatically various toppings for pizzas at a pizzeria. The pizza-topping apparatus includes a conveyor assembly. including a housing having side, back, and bottom walls and also having an open top, and also inclu... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6649209 | Method for covering damaged protective layer areas, device for implementing said method and transport system The invention relates first of all to a method for covering areas of damaged protective coating on containers or the like, in which, according to the invention, protective coating material is stamped on to the zone in which the damaged areas occur. The in... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6598519 | Particulate distributor A particulate, such as grated cheese, distributor for breaking up and distibuting clumps of cheese over a defined surface of a tiltable conveyor (30, 31). The distributor includes a housing (10, 11) with a throat axle (22, 23), with a plurality of radial ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6591777 | Apparatus for turning-over a stream of product and coating the product An apparatus for spreading particles, such as seasoning, on both sides of products conveyed in a product stream includes first and second conveyors arranged at different elevations, and a particle dispensing device arranged above a vertical overlap betwee... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6588363 | Seasoning system and method An improved seasoning system 10,11,13 uniformly coats a food product with the desired amount of seasoning, with the seasoning rate preferably being controlled as a function of the product volume signals from the sensors 26, 34, 108 and 110. The seasoning ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6526908 | Fluent material applicator A machine for applying sauce to a pizza crust rapidly and accurately. The crust is placed on a turntable, is centered by stationary platforms having terraced surfaces, and the turntable raises the crust to beneath a plurality of nozzles. The nozzles are m... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6513450 | 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 a... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6505547 | Refrigerated breading and batter table A mobile table for batter dipping and breading food products such as chicken pieces, shrimp, fish pieces and other food products prior to cooking such as by deep frying. The table includes a batter pan and a breading pan oriented adjacent to each other an... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6348105 | Cleanable coating apparatus and method of cleaning the same with hot water A method of cleaning a coating apparatus for coating articles with chocolate masses and the like with hot water includes the steps of: filling water into a tub of the coating apparatus, wherein the coating apparatus includes a driven grating conveyer belt... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6244170 | Food product breading device A food product breading machine having a battering unit supported by a breading unit. A battering unit conveyor system delivers food products to the breading unit. The breading unit has a breading reservoir, a breading station and a breading unit conveyor... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6032610 | Apparatus for dispensing a quantity of material on a shell A food material dispensing apparatus for adding a topping to a target food is described. The apparatus comprises a first hopper and a first food distributing system. The first hopper is adapted for receiving the food material at an inlet and delivering th... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6012412 | Apparatus for coating egg yolks and other articles Apparatuses are disclosed and claimed for coating egg-yolks, natural or artificial, preferably in the form of disks. The apparatuses comprise a vessel for containing a first coating liquid, in which the egg yolk disks are dispensed. A preferably continuou... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6004595 | Refrigerated biscuit dough product with topping and method of manufacture A method for applying and embedding dry toppings to both rolled and biscuit-like dough products and the resulting dough piece of the method. The method includes applying dry toppings on the surface of the dough product in a sheeting line. Then, the roll p... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5997923 | Method for flouring sequential pieces of bakery dough Sequential pieces of bakery dough are floured using a moving belt positioned beneath an elongated flour dispensing mechanism. The belt runs through a stationary guide that transiently forms the belt into a tubular enclosure which embraces the dough pieces... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5951766 | Apparatus for depositing a viscous fluid material Disclosed is an apparatus for depositing a viscous flowable mass to coat or decorate the surface of a product. The apparatus has a linearly moveable manifold assembly with at least one nozzle for depositing the viscous material on the surface of a product... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5865895 | Syrup spray systems especially useful for the production of frozen dessert cones Syrup spray systems for producing frozen dessert cones include a manifold block defining a bore therethrough. At least one nozzle assembly is provided in fluid communication with the bore of the manifold block and having an actuator stem reciprocally mova... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5768984 | Precision fish seasoning machine It is made up of a frame upon which travel trays that carry the fish to be seasoned with a given quantity of high salt content product, the system used to distribute this product consisting of a storage tank out of which falls the product upon a distribut... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5656080 | Electrostatic coating of substrates of medicinal products A method of coating substrates of medicinal products with a dry powder includes the following steps: feeding the medicinal substrates onto a conveying belt (1); supplying the dry powder to a region (5) through which the substrates are to be conveyed; conv... | 08/12/1997 |
