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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7237694 | Food metering and dispensing device A pump apparatus for an adjustable metering and dispensing pump apparatus for food products including a product piston moving in a product cylinder, the product cylinder being connected to a food hopper and a dispensing nozzle. The pump apparatus also includes a cyl... | 07/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6660092 | Device for applying a coating agent With a device for applying a coating agent onto a cyclically moved substrate, a uniform coating thickness may be achieved, although the rate of advance is not constant. At least one spray valve is provided which is permanently supplied with coating agent ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6627241 | Apparatus and method for processing viscous food products A food product depositor system utilizes a food product depositor device. Preferably, the food product depositor device includes at least one food product depositor module. In an embodiment, the food product depositor module may include mating features an... | 09/30/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6405643 | Cream depositors A cream depositor assembly has a depositor body in the form of a rotatable cylindrical stencil (11) provided with axially-spaced sets of circumferentially-spaced outlet ports (12). A recirculatory cream supply to the depositor body has a cream feed duct (... | 06/18/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6325016 | Pizza sauce flow diverter A food material dispensing apparatus for adding a sauce to a target food is claimed. The dispensing comprises a pump, a supply manifold, and a dispensing manifold. The pump draws a quantity of sauce from a source into the supply manifold and forces the sa... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6267073 | Apparatus for preparing patterned confections An apparatus and process for preparing chocolate coatings having a marbled appearance, and confectionery products having a component provided with a chocolate coating having a marbled appearance thereon.... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6177126 | Process for the production of a material for sealing and healing wounds A process for producing a material for sealing and/or healing wounds fills a liquid composition into a container having two or more plates. At least two of the plates are perforated with one or more flow-through holes. At least one of the perforated plate... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6051070 | Apparatus for applying materials to substrates An apparatus for applying a material to a substrate. A material application station includes a shutter assembly having at least one horizontally extending blade which is rapidly displaceable from a closed configuration in which an outlet path of the shutt... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6007859 | Method of coating a product with a liquid coating in a cooling chamber In cooler used for coating a product such as food with a uniform layer of a liquid coating material, the mass of the product is measured either in the cooling chamber or just before it is introduced into the cooling chamber; the mass of a liquid cryogen w... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5974958 | Cream depositing apparatus A cream depositing machine including a rotatable stencil drum (2) having first and second stencil ports (3, 4), a device (5) for rotating the drum (2), a first and second cream supply device (12, 13) for supplying first and second cream material separatel... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5942278 | Process for the production of a material for sealing and healing wounds A process for the production of a material for sealing and healing wounds comprises the even application of a suspension to a collagen carrier. An elongated container, into which the suspension is filled, is provided with a base frame (1) and a set of two... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5554225 | Device for dispensing thixotropic materials A fluid dispenser for use in consistently depositing relatively thick and lumpy materials onto receiving surfaces which employs a supply path to a plurality of pump/valve combinations and a feedback pressure line to assure an adequate pressure at the poin... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5554221 | Apparatus for dispensing portions of material A system and apparatus for producing seasoned food products where seasoning is performed at individual packaging lines. The product is conveyed from the preparation area to a packaging area in an unseasoned condition. Upon reaching the packaging lines, wh... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5505775 | Cake decorating system A cake decoration system employing an integrated work surface having integral cake positioning guides in a first portion of the surface, a flat bed image scanner in a second portion of the surface, and an operator interface with display and entry keys inc... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5445674 | Device for dispensing thixotropic sauce onto pizza crusts A fluid dispenser for use in consistently depositing relatively thick and lumpy materials onto receiving surfaces which employs a supply path to a plurality of pump/valve combinations and a feedback pressure line to assure an adequate pressure at the poin... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5415534 | Apparatus for production of layered extruded articles An apparatus for production of a layered extruded article has an extrusion nozzle positioned for extruding an extrudable composition in a vertical downward direction. The nozzle has a fixed upper part, a joint member and a lower mobile part having a slot ... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5409533 | Apparatus for providing buttered toast An apparatus which is intended to apply butter from a mass thereof in solid condition to a slice of bread. A housing contains a transfer member connected with the housing by connecting structure which supports the transfer member for sliding motion. A plu... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5407102 | Apparatus for dispensing a quantity of flowable material Viscous flowable material dispensing apparatus for dispensing viscous flowable material such as food material. The apparatus is provided with a supply manifold for receiving and distributing the viscous material with air actuated reciprocating pump connec... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5403396 | Tempering and coating plant for different masses, in particular for white and non-white chocolate A tempering and coating plant for different masses has at least one, preferably two subassemblies (3 or 8 respectively), consisting of a tempering machine (4 or 9 respectively) and a coating machine (5 or 10 respectively), arranged on the left and the rig... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5365831 | On-site cooking apparatus A pasta cooking apparatus includes a generally rectangular cabinet including an upright cooking tank and a sauce heating chamber with a common wall, with an opening permitting water flow therebetween. The cooking water temperature and the sauce heating wa... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5338170 | Device for charging fillings A device for charging a filling material (6) with respect to pieces of dough (1) transferred on a transfer conveyor (2) comprising detectors (3) mounted on the transfer conveyor, the detectors being adapted to detect transverse shifts of the pieces of dou... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5318629 | Spreading apparatus for spreading a material on continuously moving objects An apparatus is provided for spreading a material on an object. The apparatus includes a continuously moving conveyor for moving the object in a downstream direction, and a dispenser for applying the material to the object. The apparatus also includes a c... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5241899 | On-site cooking apparatus A pasta cooking apparatus includes a generally rectangular cabinet including an upright cooking tank and a sauce heating chamber with a common wall, with an opening permitting water flow therebetween. The cooking water temperature and the sauce heating wa... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5183507 | Particulate material dispensing device A dispensing device for automatically dispensing measured amounts of particulate material which includes supply means for supplying a quantity of the particulate material and a chute for receiving the particulate material from the supply means. A reciproc... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5178677 | Coating apparatus for applying a coating composition to substantially flat baked pieces, particularly cookies or the like In a coating apparatus for applying a coating composition to substantially flat baked pieces, particularly cookies or the like, which apparatus includes a supply container (15) and a metering device (14) succeeding that container, it is proposed to provid... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5171367 | Apparatus for applying sauce to a pizza An apparatus for applying a flowable material, such as a pizza sauce, onto an object, such as a pizza shell, is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a source of the flowable material having a source outlet port and a chamber having an chamber inlet port and... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5121677 | Pizza making and baking machine A pizza making machine for applying selected ingredients to a pizza crust comprising a number of side-by-side dispensing stations, one station for each of a number of topping ingredients, with each station including means for storing and delivering on com... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5078090 | Article powdering apparatus A housing forming an internal powdering chamber in which an article support tray is removably supported. A hopper located on the exterior top of the housing is structured to dispense a metered amount of powder onto a powder distributor and sifting screen ... | 01/07/1992 |
| 4877188 | Distribution for forming a thin liquid layer on a surface A device for distributing a liquid in the form of a thin layer on a surface is housed in a cylinder and is provided with a freely displaceable spring-loaded piston for ejecting and distributing liquid from a chamber formed by the piston and a base plate m... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4793279 | Ice-cream dispenser A conventional apparatus for dispensing ice-cream of the type having a lever-operated vertically-disposed and downwardly-directed dispensing nozzle, is combined with one or more syrup applicators, each having lever-operated dispensing nozzles disposed bel... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4771726 | Apparatus for dispensing flowable materials Apparatus for automatically dispensing a flowable material, especially an edible flowable material, especially an edible flowable material such as a sauce on an object such as pizza dough preparatory to making the end product. The apparatus includes air-p... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4762060 | Apparatus for controlled heating and dispensing of a mixed liquid and solid material An apparatus (10) for heating a liquid and solid material 101 by means of water (100) in a jacket (14) around a reservoir 12 for the material is described. The temperature of the water is regulated by a thermostat (31) and a heater (30). A predetermined l... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4758143 | Manufacture of specialty ice cream products In a machine for manufacturing multi-layered decorative ice cream cake and pie products. The machine frame supports a plurality of ingredient dispensing stations including ice cream dispensing stations. A conveyor simultaneously conveys products between t... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4756271 | Coating die A coating die is adapted to apply a number of materials onto a web from a single coating slot by the use of a movable cam in the die to alternately connect the coating slot to one or the other of a pair of inlet ports and seal the other port. A rotary cam... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4747541 | Dispensing apparatus A dispensing apparatus particularly suited for dispensing oil and oil-flour mixtures in the baking industry includes a hopper for holding a quantity of the liquid to be dispensed and a plurality of positive displacement piston pumps. Separate inlet passag... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4724019 | Method and apparatus for sealing capsules Improved method and apparatus for use in sealing gelatin capsules filled with medicinal ingredients wherein each capsule has a generally cylindrical cap and body arranged with the side wall of the body telescopically within the side wall of the cap to con... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4715315 | Dispenser for particulate material Apparatus for intermittently dispensing either fragile particulate material, such as sesame seeds, or flaky material, such as bran, through openings in a tube to spread material over an array of spaced rows and columns of a food product in a pan. The disp... | 12/29/1987 |
