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A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8092850 | Meat treatment apparatus and method An offset barbeque smoker grille has an openable cover shaped as the elongated back portion of a quadruped and the products of combustion are applied to meat on said grille with the cover closed and at least one restrictor is included in said fourth flow path to hol... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7595071 | Fish processing method using smoking liquid into which smoke-dry components are dissolved A fish processing method using a smoking liquid into which a smoke component is dissolved in which a so-called smoke-dry (smoke dry component) is liquefied and the smoking liquid is applied to the fish meat so that the product that is similar to that produced throug... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7428962 | Food transport routing systems, devices, and guides for food processing systems and related methods Commercial production transport systems, mechanisms, and guides for food processing are configured so as to automate food transport. The system can direct food to travel serially over side-by-side predetermined travel lanes using one or more of a pick-up mechanism a... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7357953 | Method for manufacturing sausages, and container for containing sausages to be processed The invention relates to a method for manufacturing dry sausages by the successive processing steps of: A) manufacturing a half-finished product which is still to be dried and consists of a skin filled with a sausage filling, and B) drying the half-finished product ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7175517 | Semi-boneless poultry product The present invention relates to a semi-boneless poultry product and a method of making thereof wherein bones of a poultry carcass are removed and the remaining meat portion of the carcass forms an integral butchered cut that can be stitched closed and trussed, wrap... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165670 | Food transport routing systems, devices, and guides for food processing systems and related methods Commercial production transport systems, mechanisms, and guides for food processing are configured so as to automate food transport. The system can direct food to travel serially over side-by-side predetermined travel lanes using one or more of a pick-up mechanism a... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7094435 | Method for treating meat products with carbon monoxide Carbon monoxide is injected into the interior of the meat product along with other materials to produce a desired carbon monoxide saturation level. The amount of carbon monoxide in the added fluid is controlled to produce a desired carbon monoxide saturation level d... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7044050 | Indoor barbecue system A barbecue system includes a housing including a plurality of monolithically formed side walls sized and shaped for defining a cooking cavity therebetween. The housing further includes a plurality of rigid support legs attached to a bottom one of the side walls. The... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7025020 | Pet chew toy A pet chew toy includes a relatively hard outer shell formed of dried and shaped animal skin. A relatively soft flavored and scented meat product is encapsulated within the outer shell. The meat product promotes aggressive sustained chewing of the toy to exercise th... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7013838 | Bleached expanded pigskin and products Pigskin is processed to provide a bleached, expanded skin used in dog treat or chew products. The raw pigskin is dehaired and then daubed with an alkali mixture of an alkali liquid, alkali enzymes and lime, the mixture having a pH of greater than or equal to 12. The... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7004307 | Food transport routing systems, devices, and guides for food processing systems and related methods Commercial production transport systems, mechanisms, and guides for food processing are configured so as to automate food transport. The system can direct food to travel serially over side-by-side predetermined travel lanes using one or more of a pick-up mechanism a... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6935226 | Disposable barbeque smoking box with integrated soaking device A barbeque smoking box includes a metal container that encloses woodchips. Within the mass of the woodchips is located a frangible liquid container that ruptures when subjected to the heat of a barbeque grill. The liquid then permeates and soaks the woodchips in the... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6899020 | Jerky oven A smoker oven that includes a housing having an internal cavity having a top portion, a mid-portion, and a lower portion. The internal cavity houses a support frame that has at least one generally horizontal support surface for supporting and rotating a jerky rack. ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6886497 | Animal chews A chew product for use by animals is made of skin such as rawhide or pigskin. The skin is infused with chlorophyll or mint or both to freshen a dog's breath and also with sugar to increase palatability. The interior portion of the skin can be perforated, such as by ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6827041 | Bleached expanded pigskin and products Pigskin is processed to provide a bleached, expanded skin used in dog treat or chew products. The raw pigskin is dehaired and then daubed with an alkali mixture of an alkali liquid, alkali enzymes and lime, the mixture having a pH of greater than or equal to 12. The... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6803065 | Method and apparatus for making smoked food An inlet (11a) and an exit (11b) are formed at opposite ends of a chamber (11), and transporting device (12) is moved into the chamber from the inlet toward the outlet. The transporting device is constituted to transport a p... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6793068 | Food transport routing systems, devices, and guides for food processing systems and related methods Commercial production transport systems, mechanisms, and guides for food processing are configured so as to automate food transport. The system can direct food to travel serially over side-by-side predetermined travel lanes using one or more of a pick-up mechanism a... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6777012 | Seafood preservation process The preservation of meat products is accomplished utilizing a combination of smoke, ozone and freezing preservation techniques. Particularly, fish products are sized into portions that are first treated with smoke, followed by treatment with ozone and then optionall... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6713107 | Airflow distribution systems for food processors Gas and/or air distribution systems and methods for distributing thermally and/or otherwise treated gas in a food processor by moving at least one food item over a predetermined travel path in a food processor having a food travel path comprising a moving floor and ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6689407 | Enhanced capacity food processing systems with efficient space utilization Mass production food processing methods, systems, and apparatus with increased capacity over conventional design are configured to direct food to travel serially over side-by-side travel paths so as to travel a plurality of revolutions about a tier or lev... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6644178 | Jerky oven A smoker oven that includes a housing having an internal cavity having a top portion, a mid-portion, and a lower portion. The internal cavity houses a support frame that has at least one generally horizontal support surface for supporting a jerky rack, th... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6572912 | Cooking process A process and apparatus for cooking non-cured food products in which the non-cured food products are heated in an atmosphere comprising less than about 0.5 vppmd of NO2, producing a cooked food product having substantially no pink discoloration... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6331322 | Method for processing marine products A method for processing marine products includes a plurality of steps. First put natural charcoal in a vacuum oven and draw air out of the vacuum oven. Second, heat up the interior of the vacuum oven to let charcoal produce carbon monoxide and water vapor... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6270829 | Carbon monoxide saturated, preserved raw meat A method for preserving meat and the meat processed thereby is disclosed. The method includes the steps of exposing raw meat to an atmosphere consisting essentially of carbon monoxide and maintaining the meat in a sealed container to maintain color and fr... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6214395 | Liquid smoke browning agent solution A liquid smoke browning agent solution having good browning but minimal or no flavor, and a related method for making same. The liquid smoke browning agent solution may be made from commercially existing delignified wood pulp.... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6203834 | Process for smoking food items An apparatus, and method for cooking and smoking food items and a smoked product produced by the inventive method. The inventive apparatus preferably comprises (a) an oven including a belt-type conveyor, for continuously conveying food items through the o... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6194012 | Treatment of meat A method of storing and aging a meat which comprises the steps of containing meat in a controllable environment under a mechanical compression, substantially separating a majority of a surface of the meat from direct contact with a gas present in the cont... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6168815 | Method for continuous production of dry feed for fish and shell fish In a method for production of dry feed for fish or shell fish (Crustacea) based on fresh fish raw material, vegetable carbohydrate products together with other additives are added to give a carbohydrate content in the produced feed of at least 5% during f... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168822 | Method for producing a bone-in ham steak A process for producing a bone-in ham steak made by separating the muscle, fat, and femur bone from a green ham, processing the muscle and fat to form an aggregation of cured muscle, fat, and bone and cooking the aggregate under vacuum. The cooked meat pr... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6080439 | Method of cooking and flavoring meat Within the present invention, a powder or "fines" is created from the targeted wood (i.e. mesquite, peach, hickory, apple). This powder is then sprinkled onto, or rubbed into, the meat (fish, chicken, beet, ostrich, buffalo, etc.) and then the meat is fla... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6060100 | Method of preparing pet chew products A pet chew treat made from the gastro-intestinal organs of a bison wherein the gastro-intestinal organs are cleaned of any fat, cut into strips, arranged on a drying rack, smoked in a smokehouse at preferably about 110° F., and then maintained at a tempe... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6054154 | Method for coating a whole meat muscle product with a powdered mixture Disclosed is a method for applying a powder blend to a whole meat muscle product and the product so produced. A cooked, whole meat muscle product is placed on an electrically grounded support in a coating chamber to expose a surface of the whole meat musc... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5972401 | Process for manufacturing tasteless super-purified smoke for treating seafood to be frozen and thawed Tasteless super-purified smoke is manufactured to treat seafood and meat to preserve the freshness, color, texture, and natural flavor, particularly after the food is frozen and thawed. The smoke is generated by burning an organic smoking material at pref... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5968576 | Apparatus for the fixing of pieces of meat and a method for use of the apparatus An apparatus and method for the fixing of pieces of meat under pressure during a smoking or heating process, comprising a number of perforated elements arranged as layers above one another, and where holding elements are mutually connected by links which ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5952027 | Method for browning precooked, whole muscle meat products A method of producing a crisp surface and imparting a uniform golden-brown color to a precooked whole muscle meat product by coating at least a portion of the surface of a precooked whole muscle meat product with a browning liquid pyrolysis product. The c... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5891498 | Barbecue grill smoker attachment and method of smoking food products The smoking attachment for use with a barbecue grill has a smoker box with a solid bottom plate, left and right side walls, a rear wall, a top, an open front and two doors that close and substantially seal the smoker box. Support brackets on the side wall... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5871795 | Method for modifying pH to improve quality of meat products A pH increasing gas is placed under an operating pressure and in contact with the surface of a meat product to be treated. Keeping the pressurized pH increasing gas in contact with the meat product for an operating period increases the pH of the meat prod... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5783242 | Method for treating foodstuffs A method of treating poultry carcasses to reduce the population of contaminating organisms in preparation for consumption includes treating the poultry carcasses with a disinfectant. Suitable disinfectants include ozone and ozone disssolved in water.... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5762985 | Method of smoking food A method and apparatus for smoking food includes a closed smoking chamber for receiving the food to be smoked, a mixing chamber for receiving air from the smoking chamber with a fan for drawing the air from the smoking chamber and returning it to the mixi... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5711978 | Fresh meat packaging A package for packaging fresh meat in a substantially oxygen-free atmosphere, whereby the packaging provides for a prolonged shelf life of the packaged meat products so that the meat will bloom to a desired red color when the packaging is opened. The pack... | 01/27/1998 |
