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Mountable Printable Placard With Headband
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 |
| 7261545 | Powder preheating Powdered starting material utilized for molding (e.g., rotational molding, injection molding, blow molding), extrusion, and the like can be preheated to reduce the time required to complete the processing of the material. After being preheated to a temperature below... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7207263 | Single mold form fryer with product centering elements A mold form fryer utilizing a top conveyor that transports snack pieces through a constant velocity oil stream without the need of a bottom mating mold or conveyor. Herein, the form fryer is provided with a top conveyor disposed above a fryer oil pan positioned long... | 04/24/2007 |
| 5802961 | Methods and apparatus for particulate heat exchange and transfer Apparatus and methods for transferring particulate product contained in a compatible media and then separating or straining the particulate product from the compatible media. A housing is provided for containing the compatible media at an optimum level an... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5392697 | Convertible gas or electric fired donut system A convertible gas fired or electrically heated donut cooking system is disclosed for automatic cooking of donuts featuring easy conversion from a gas fired embodiment using a low voltage battery operated controlled gas fired tube to an electric unit power... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5193442 | Use of fluid to agitate articles An apparatus for dispensing and agitating objects to be treated in a liquid is described in terms of the use of the apparatus in the processing of potato chips in cooking oil. The apparatus comprises an automated kettle rake (100) for use in the processin... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5073394 | Poultry stock from mechanically deboned meat The invention relates to a method and associated apparatus for production of broth or stock from mechanically deboned meat. The mechanically deboned meat is extruded into a circulating stream of hot water or recycled broth in a closed sanitary tubing syst... | 12/17/1991 |
| 4882984 | Constant temperature fryer assembly A constant temperature fryer assembly having a conveyor for cooking food in oil at a predetermined constant temperature. The fryer is constructed having an external heat exchanger for heating the oil. Oil is removed from the fryer, pumped through the heat... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4867049 | Food product precooking method and apparatus A potato chip production line has an improved precooking apparatus which includes an elongated sluice having a moving stream of heated precooking liquid of a temperature within a desired range of 200 to 300 degrees F. at an upstream end of the sluice, a c... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4744293 | Automatic continuous food frying device An automatic continuous food frying device comprising an oil tank adapted to be filled with a frying oil, a heating means for heating said frying oil, and a means for conveying food in a submerged state in the frying oil, wherein there is provided a pump ... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4658709 | Multitrack apparatus for frying food A double track deep fat food fryer has a cooking vat, a central divider wall dividing the vat into a pair of side-by-side elongate cooking tracks, a dispenser above an upstream end of the vat for dispensing discrete pieces of food product to be fryed, a p... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4594941 | Food cooking machine with control mechanism A multiple mode deep fat food frying machine has a deep fat cooker, a hopper with structure for dropping food into the deep fat, and a multiple mode control for the food dropping structure; the control has a rotary cam with inner apertures and an outer pe... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4422372 | Food extruder A food extruder wherein an extruder plate has perforations between its inside and outside surfaces and is sandwiched between a food chamber and a fluid housing is disclosed. Food enters the chamber and is passed through the perforations in the extruder pl... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4392420 | Recirculating hot oil cooking apparatus A recirculating hot oil cooking apparatus for animal or vegetable product pieces which includes flow direction altering mechanisms in front of and behind the product entry zone of the cooker to substantially eliminate eddy currents and improve movement of... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4224863 | Donut making devices A portable device for making donuts and the like which includes a batter extruder, a cooking scroll into which the extruded batter is received, a heating element underlying the scroll for heating the cooking medium introduced therein for cooking the extru... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4189994 | Method and apparatus for use in frying doughnuts Doughnut frying apparatus has a conveyor extending lengthwise of the hot oil tank and provided with transverse flights with its upper course disposed to carry floating doughnuts from a transverse pickup zone near the infeed or rear end of the tank towards... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4082033 | Automatic doughnut making machine A compact table-top automatic doughnut making machine for use at lunch counters, in-store bakery counters, small bakeries, and the like, where freshly cooked doughnuts are sold in moderately large volume. The machine is particularly adaptable to varying v... | 04/04/1978 |
