Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7137334 | Devices, systems and methods for thawing, heating and/or glazing previously frozen baked goods or dough-based products Devices, systems and methods for thawing, heating and/or glazing previously frozen baked goods and other dough-based products, wherein the products can be thawed in an environment having a selected temperature and elevated humidity; the conveyor is configured to pre... | 11/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6830006 | Method and apparatus for producing particles of a foodstuff An apparatus (1) is used for producing particles of a foodstuff with a fat content of at least 50%, a sugar content of not more than 20% and a water content of not more than 10%. The foodstuff which is present in liquid form can be applied by means of a dosin... | 12/14/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6510809 | Installation for coating products with a pulverulent material The installation includes an endless conveyor belt which allows pulverulent material to pass through and has a top part and a bottom part, an element for forming a layer of pulverulent material on a portion of the top part on which products can be accommo... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6395091 | Process and system for coating a feed composition with a feed additive The present invention is generally directed to various systems and processes for applying feed additives to a solid feed composition. In one embodiment, a solid feed additive is combined with a liquid carrier to form a feed additive suspension. The feed a... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6295947 | Device for coating with breadcrumbs A device for coating food products with granular material, for example breadcrumb material, comprises a rotating conveyor belt which is permeable to the granular material and on which the food products can be held, guide plates which extend beneath at lea... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6056822 | Process and system for coating a feed composition with a feed additive The present invention is generally directed to various systems and processes for applying feed additives to a solid feed composition. In one embodiment, a solid feed additive is combined with a liquid carrier to form a feed additive suspension. The feed a... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6000320 | Food breading apparatus In a food bread apparatus an inlet conveyor provides food components to be breaded in the inlet opening of a breading drum. A recirculating bread mixture conveyor provides the breading mixture to the inlet opening. A takeout conveyor moves the breaded foo... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5951760 | Device for coating with breadcrumbs A device for coating food products with granular material, for example breadcrumb material, comprises a rotating conveyor belt which is permeable to the granular material and on which the food products can be held, guide plates which extend beneath at lea... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5927186 | Food breading apparatus A food breading apparatus for breading food components with a breading mixture includes a breading drum rotatable about its longitudinal axis wherein the longitudinal axis is inclined from horizontal. The drum includes an inlet opening located in an upper... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5902398 | Artificial seed manufacturing apparatus An artificial seed manufacturing apparatus in which enclosures can be inserted into capsules without fail, and the diameter of the capsule can automatically be controlled. This apparatus comprises: an enclosure supply mechanism with a container, a tip, an... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5866193 | Apparatus for encapsulating seed by gel An apparatus for encapsulating seed by gel comprising a seed supplying portion and a processing portion, wherein seed has fallen from a hopper of a seed supplying portion are carried to a plurality of processing nozzles of a processing portion, for encaps... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5855165 | Food breading apparatus A food breading apparatus for breading food components with a breading mixture includes a breading drum rotatable about its longitudinal axis wherein the longitudinal axis is inclined from horizontal. The drum includes an inlet opening located in an upper... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5849347 | Method and apparatus for application of anti-agglomeration particulates onto cut extrudates An improved extrusion processing system (10) for sticky extrudates such as candy products is provided which includes an extruder (12) equipped with a die (16) presenting an outlet face (23) and a knife assembly (19) and a knife hood (18). The system (10) ... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5728218 | Apparatus for covering seeds with gel The gel-covering apparatus has an inexpensive configuration that can supply the gelling agent to the seed covering portions under uniform pressure when performing simultaneously a plurality of same processes of covering the seeds with gelling agent. The g... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5697558 | Working nozzle for gel coating of seeds In a working nozzle for a gel coating apparatus, a nozzle plunger (15) has, in addition to a valve portion (15b), located at its lower end, for opening or shutting the small-diameter portion of a plunger insertion hole (4), a flange (16) which is located ... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5664489 | Food breading apparatus A food breading apparatus for breading food components with a breading mixture includes a breading drum rotatable about its longitudinal axis wherein the longitudinal axis is inclined from horizontal. The drum includes an inlet opening located in an upper... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5660630 | Seedlike substance making apparatus A seedlike substance making apparatus is provided which overcomes the problems experienced with conventional apparatuses that artificial seeds cannot be dispersed uniformly in a gelling agent, and which makes it possible to arbitrarily set the number of e... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5512101 | Seed supplying and coating apparatus In the bottom of a seed vessel containing seeds is provided a throughhole through which a seed supply rod is longitudinally movably passed. The supply rod is connected to an actuator to be movably driven. When the supply rod is moved upwardly, it carries ... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5509963 | Seed supply and coating apparatus In a seed supply mechanism for seed coating/processing apparatus, a seed stirring mechanism is provided. A case within which seeds ape accommodated is provided with an opening into which a seed sucking nozzle is inserted and an air jet nozzle. The air jet... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5421882 | Apparatus for gel-coating seed A gel-coating apparatus for seeds comprising: a nozzle portion for forming and cutting a gel coating film by opening and closing operation of a cutting plunger; a seed storing vessel moving upward and downward; an arm having a rotation shaft at the center... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5284514 | Apparatus for coating food with bread crumbs The invention concerns an apparatus and process for making foods coated in bread crumbs. The apparatus has a crumbing apparatus for converting loaves, of bread into breadcrumbs; a coating location whereto fresh crumbs are delivered from the crumbing appar... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5265525 | Automatic breader/sifter unit The invention is an automatic breader/sifter unit used to facilitate the application of a breading material to a food product. The unit includes a rotatable, horizontally-oriented drum that has an octagonal shape. The sidewalls of the drum include a large... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5226354 | Automatic breader/sifter unit The invention is an automatic breader/sifter unit used to facilitate the application of a breading material to a food product. The unit includes a rotatable, horizontally-oriented drum that has an octagonal shape. The sidewalls of the drum include a large... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5107787 | Apparatus for gel-coating seeds Apparatus for generating seeds includes a seed supply portion having a rotating drum with a small aperture for attracting a seed by vacuum created inside the drum and which is broken at a predetermined rotational position, and a gel-coating portion having... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5081917 | Apparatus for automatically producing confectionery cakes or the like This invention is related to an apparatus for automatically producing confectionery cakes or the like, comprising at least one station for processing or shaping cakes or the like set on an upper plate, drive and guide pulleys rotatably provided underneath... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5031567 | Apparatus for preparing portions of paste-form products Paste-form material is shaped into individual portions by an apparatus wherein a feed pipe provides a continuous supply of paste-form product under pressure to a distributor which is synchronized with a cutting device to produce the individual portions wh... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5020427 | Hand breading apparatus An apparatus for hand breading of food products having a support table, a fry basket rack, a removable flour pan and a removable batter pan. A pivotally mounted sifter basket is translatable over the length of the support table in substantial alignment wi... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4936246 | Apparatus for separating dough balls An apparatus for separating dough balls from reusable breading having a container for holding breading containing dough balls, the container having an aperture in the bottom thereof for selectably discharging the breading having dough balls commingled the... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4862824 | Breader having improved dough ball separation An apparatus for separating dough balls from reusable breading having a container for holding breading containing dough balls, the container having an aperture in the bottom thereof for selectably discharging the breading having dough balls co-mingled the... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4806357 | Apparatus and method for encapsulating seeds and the like A device for encapsulating seeds in a gel. A nozzle with dual vertical, rectilinear, concentric tubes--i.e., an inner tube and an outer tube--is supplied with gel that is fed into the outer tube. The gel goes down the outer tube to an outlet from the inne... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4430930 | Coated food fryer A machine for preparing and cooking corn dogs which are batter coated weiners upon a stick has a fry tank and coating bin mounted on a frame. Food articles are impaled by sticks driven through clasps in holes in a stick clamp. The food articles are dipped... | 02/14/1984 |
| 3986477 | Wire coating apparatus Apparatus for coating wire including a coating composition dispensing means and a feed means extending therefrom and to at least one positive displacement delivery unit associated with at least one wire coating die. The die has an outlet for extruding coa... | 10/19/1976 |
