Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7827906 | Deep fryer cooking apparatus A deep fryer cooking apparatus includes a base that has an upper end and a lower end. A container c has a bottom wall and a perimeter wall that is attached to and extends upwardly from the bottom wall. The container is positioned on the upper end of the base. A plur... | 11/09/2010 |
| 6862979 | Thermal conditioning system for heating and cooling cylindrical containers A thermal conditioning system for heating and cooling cylindrical containers includes a container heating apparatus with an enclosed heating chamber, transport mechanism for movement of the containers through the heating chamber, a cooling apparatus positioned below... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6588327 | Pasteurizer An energy and water saving pasteuriser capable of maintaining a stable temperature distribution pattern even when transfer work are interrupted during the operation, or a tunnel type refrigerator (10) allowing hot work such as bottles and cans filled with... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6386091 | Continuous processing apparatus A continuous processing apparatus comprises a tubular assembly that has a carrying path of a constant spatial cross sectional area throughout it and a pressure control unit in the carrying path, a retainer that is provided with throttle pieces of an area ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6352021 | Apparatus for heating and controlling the process temperature in a tunnel pasteurizer An apparatus for heating and controlling the process temperature in a tunnel pasteurizer, in particular for packaged food products, in which the tunnel, provided with a conveyor able to advance the product, is substantially subdivided into a first pre-hea... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6319539 | Fibrous food product and method and device for its production A food product comprising continuous aligned bundles of formed fibers extending between faces of the food product is provided. The fibers in this food product are newly formed and fixed during its preparation. This novel food product may be prepared by fo... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6259068 | Food-heating appliance and method of using same A food-heating appliance has a heating unit with a bottom and at least one upstanding sidewall, a heating chamber with an annular lip, and a heating element. A cooking unit is also provided with a bottom and at least one upstanding sidewall, a cooking cha... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6188046 | Food-heating appliance and method of using same A food-heating appliance has a heating unit with a bottom and at least one upstanding sidewall, a heating chamber with an annular lip, and a heating element. A cooking unit is also provided with a bottom and at least one upstanding sidewall, a cooking cha... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6142065 | System for controlling the pasteurization heat treatment, in particular of packaged food products, in tunnel-type pasteurizers The pasteurization heat treatment control system according to the present invention, in the case of irregular operation of the pasteurizer, regulates the heat cycle by monitoring of the temperature of the product in suitable basic subzones of the pasteuri... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6135015 | Industrial apparatus for the aseptic packaging of perishables to extend shelf life without refrigeration A process that kills, or renders organically inactive, one-hundred percent of the bacteria and enzymes, as well as any other non-pathogenic microorganisms present in fresh squeezed citrus and non-citrus fruit juices and fruit juice blends, as well as frui... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6085639 | Cooking facility Foodstuffs are cooked by soaking in a hot liquid followed by a soaking in at least one cold liquid. A tank or a plurality of cooking tanks is provided with a liquid inlet, a heating unit for obtaining hot liquid, a refrigeration unit for obtaining cold li... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6001412 | Method of making vital wheat gluten into layered fibers, apparatus therefor, and novel resulting textured and protein-denatured fiber products A method of and apparatus for transforming the clumped untextured putty-like and high viscoelastic adhesion physical and chemical properties of hydrated vital wheat gluten into a loose layered minimally adhering serated permanently textured fiber strand s... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5685216 | Continuous vessel deflection monitor device The invention provides a rotary processor which uses a linear motion detector to measure the deflection of the rotary processor as the rotary processor is heated. The linear motion detector measures the deflection of the rotary processor to prevent damage... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5685125 | Plant for the industrial production of long-life ready-to-eat, cooked foods A plant is described which includes a continuous heat processing autoclave (1) for cooking and sterilizing food measured into tray-like containers (9). The open containers (9), loaded on to trays (12), are advanced through the autoclave (1) by a conveyor ... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5660100 | Apparatus for the sterilization during filling of preferably liquid foodstuffs into packaging containers The invention relates to an apparatus for the sterilization during the filling of preferably liquid foodstuffs into packaging containers, having a preheating zone (A), a sterilizing zone (B), a drying zone (C), a filling zone (D) and a closure zone (E), i... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5526736 | Apparatus for producing ready-to-eat cooked foods An apparatus plant is described which includes a continuous autoclave (1) for the heat treatment of foods measured into open containers (9) loaded onto trays (12) which are advanced through the autoclave (1) by a stepping conveyer (38). A cooling chamber ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5435714 | Apparatus for the production of three-dimensional food products Three-dimensional food products such as crackers, cookies, puffed snacks, puffable glassy half-products, pet foods, pasta, confections such as chewing gum, and ready-to-eat cereals are produced on a mass production basis by feeding a dough or other food c... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5422130 | Commercially sterile food packaging system A modular system wherein a wide range of fluid and/or particulate food products are filled and sealed into rigid, semi-rigid or flexible containers at commercial sterilizing temperature and under pressure in a non-aseptic method. The machine is pressurize... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5304055 | Apparatus and methods for the production of three-dimensional food products Three-dimensional food products such as crackers, cookies, puffed snacks, puffable glassy half-products, pet foods, pasta, confections such as chewing gum, and ready-to-eat cereals are produced on a mass production basis by feeding a dough or other food c... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5301603 | Sterilizing system A process and system for sterilizing packages of thermally-treatable products having different sterilization processing requirements. These packaged products can be different types of canned soups, for example. At least one of the packaged products is pre... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5280748 | Cook/chill tank An apparatus for uniformly cooking foods which rapidly cools the cooked foods to reduce spoilage. Food packages are placed on trays and the trays are inserted in a transportable rack. The rack is loaded into a cooking tank. A pump continuously circulates ... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5265523 | Heating equipment for cold foodstuffs An apparatus for heating foodstuffs contained in packages of parallelopiped shape which includes a container for a heating medium, a placing table disposed inside the container, and a heater for heating the heating medium. The placing table has rectangula... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5143199 | Hydrostatic cooker infeed A hydrostatic cooker infeed apparatus includes a double cable conveyor transporting horizontally oriented containers to a single cable, stick assembly conveyor. A braking mechanism in conjunction with a counting mechanism limits the number of containers e... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5005471 | Cooking machine A machine for heating, packaged or non-packaged foodstuffs. It comprises a plurality of cooking tanks (1 to 4), a central heater for hot liquid (5), a central chilling plant for cold liquid (6) and an assemblage of liquid distribution pipes and liquid con... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4817512 | Cooking utensil A deep fryer includes two or more sections having separate on and off switches to permit the heating of each section individually. The fluid tight construction of each section prevents the intermixing of the cooking oil so that different types of food can... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4805524 | Process for preparing elaborated food products and installation for carrying out the process This invention relates to a process and installation for preparing elaborated food products and to the food products of the "cooked dish" type obtained thereby, said food products being elaborated from two lines of preparation, namely a first line for pre... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4505192 | Installation for cooking, defrosting and cooling of food products and in particular hams In the cooking process, in particular that of hams, the heat carrying fluid is put in contact with moulds (15) for a relatively short period of time, then removed for a relatively long period of time. This cycle is reproduced a certain number of times unt... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4346650 | Continuous-processing type hot-water sterilizer and food cooker Continuous-processing type sterilizer and cooker for providing packaged foods completely sterilized with a small heat-energy consumption and retaining the color, fragrance, taste, texture and quality similar to unprepared foods by taking the steps of imme... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4202257 | Cooking apparatus A cooking apparatus comprises an apparatus housing divided by a partition plate into upper and lower chambers. An oven chamber is defined in the lower chamber and has a baking heater therein. A vessel having a kneading blade is disposed on the upper chamb... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4169408 | Continuous pressure cooker and cooler with controlled liquid flow Method and apparatus for continuously processing filled containers with liquid heat treatment mediums maintained under superatmospheric pressure by an overriding air pressure. A minimum of liquid is used during processing with the liquid level being maint... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4164590 | Low liquid volume retort method A low liquid volume retort method is provided wherein a tunnel is disposed within and spaced from the side walls and cover of a retort. A plurality of spaced containers are loaded in the tunnel, and a liquid maintained at a temperature different from that... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4082510 | Autoclave An autoclave, to be used as a pressure cooker or a sterilizer, has a cylindrical vessel centered on a horizontal axis with open ends rimmed by radially inwardly projecting shoulders reinforced by rings with axially outwardly converging resilient external ... | 04/04/1978 |
| 3972277 | Defrosting apparatus A defrosting apparatus for frozen food comprises a casing defining a chamber and a tray circulating system to circulate the trays, which are removably mounted thereon, along a fixed path in the casing while each of the trays always retains a horizontal po... | 08/03/1976 |
