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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 15/3.1 - For fruit, vegetables, meat or eggs


Subclass of Class 15 - Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning
Definition: Devices disclosed for treating (usually cleaning) fruit,
No. of patents: 13
Last issue date: 04/13/2004


NumberTitleIssue Date
6718590Method and apparatus for cleaning and polishing fruits and vegetables
A method and apparatus for cleaning and polishing products, including fruits and vegetables, in which the product is placed in a specially constructed cleaning bag and oscillated. The rolling motion of the product cleans and polishes the surfaces of the product. The...
04/13/2004
6514349Produce washing system utilizing multiple energy sources
A produce cleaning system (20) and process (10) that employs plural forms of energy in an ionic liquid-based washing system (22, 24, 26) is described. The washing system (22, 24, 26) includes employing solvents and solutes in the wash bath (24) which prom...
02/04/2003
6269509Automated apparatus for cleaning golf balls
An automated apparatus for cleaning golf balls constructed of light weight, portable type material and operable via standard battery power. The apparatus utilizes a housing having a fluid reservoir in the lower portion for holding a cleaning fluid, and a ...
08/07/2001
6224929Comestible cleaning process
A new and improved cleaning method and apparatus facilitates a more thorough cleaning of delicate comestibles such as eggs. The process includes using an open frame basket composed of thermoplastic or thermoset material to help prevent damage to the comes...
05/01/2001
6049938Method and apparatus for cleaning and polishing fruits and vegetables
A method and apparatus for cleaning and polishing products, including fruits and vegetables, in which the product is placed in a specially constructed cleaning bag and oscillated. The rolling motion of the product cleans and polishes the surfaces of the p...
04/18/2000
5833868Portable water recycler
A portable water recycler for cleaning and recycling water used in a produce washing system or another similar system. The portable water recycler is most particularly advantageous in the recycling of water used in a potato washing system. The portable wa...
11/10/1998
5543063Method for recovering produce wash treatment effluent
A method of treating fungible produce at a wash station having a floor, comprising the steps of washing the produce, using a wash nozzle, with liquid containing a chemical treating agent. Effluent from the washing is collected in a storage tank. Liquid in...
08/06/1996
5175906Bean cleaning apparatus
The invention comprises a bean cleaning apparatus comprising a plurality of pairs of elongated inclined rotating parallel rods. One of the rods in each pair has a spiral groove along its length and the other rod has a smooth cylindrical outer surface. The...
01/05/1993
4990351Method for treating fresh fruit to prevent and retard the growth of fungus
A method are disclosed for treating fresh fruit to prevent and retard the growth of fungus. The techniques of the invention include simultaneously scrubbing the fresh fruit while drenching with a falling liquid containing a fungicide. Large volumes of liq...
02/05/1991
4918778Endless rotary band cleaning device, particularly for cleaning a conveyor belt or supporting surfaces of objects
The invention provides an endless rotary band cleaning device comprising an endless cleaning band mounted on three rollers disposed parallel to each other, namely: a drive roller, a guide roller and a secondary roller disposed in the space between the oth...
04/24/1990
4808427Tuber treatment
The present invention relates to the treatment of potato tubers so as to reduce bacterial and other diseases therein and improve the keeping properties thereof. The invention relates to a method comprising the steps of size-grading G potato tubers (55) an...
02/28/1989
4204291Apparatus for removing mold and other detritus from raisins and the like
An apparatus for removing mold and other detritus from raisins and the like having an aqueous bath in which the raisins are immersed; an endless conveyor having an inclined, transversely grooved, planar upper run onto which the raisins are deposited from ...
05/27/1980
4080682Meat cleaning machine
A meat cleaning machine positions and holds a cut of meat to be cleaned on an elongated support and provides a carriage incorporating holding and scraping rolls for movement relative to the cut of meat to be cleaned. A power source is provided on the carr...
03/28/1978
 
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