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 |
| 7305917 | Cheese vat for preparing soft fresh cheese, and cutting frame for a cheese vat A cheese vat for at least preparing curd for soft fresh cheese, comprising at least one cutting frame provided with a cutting wire system, which has a frame which has at least two opposite frame parts between which cutting wire sections extend, which frame parts are... | 12/11/2007 |
| 6955340 | Variable steam injector The invention relates to a variable steam injector of the type which has an injector housing (1) with an inlet (2) for the product which is to be heated and an outlet (3) for the heated product. The injector housing (1) also has an inlet ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6848356 | Blending apparatus for ice cream An improved ice cream blending apparatus has a hopper support system that incorporates a hopper guidance mechanical linkage that supports the linear motion of the hopper and translates non-linear circular motion of the operating handle into the linear motion of the ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6797296 | Food product portioning Disclosed herein is a food product portioning apparatus comprising: a rotary-to-linear movement device; a support device, such as a platform, connected to the rotary-to-linear movement for receiving the food product thereon and moveable to position the food product ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6598516 | Apparatus for production of ice-cream In the production of ice-cream products which are continuously extruded after passage of a flowthrough freezer, it would be ideal if the ice-cream could hereby be brought down to a discharge temperature of -12 to -25 degrees centigrade, as the products co... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6539845 | Apparatus for cutting and stirring curd Apparatus for cutting and stirring curd, comprising a curd vat with a shaft drivable for rotation, which shaft comprises a number of cutting frames extending radially from the shaft and having a number of strip-shaped transverse knives and longitudinal kn... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6418836 | Apparatus for cutting and stirring curd Apparatus for cutting and stirring curd, comprising a curd vat with a shaft drivable for rotation, which shaft comprises a number of cutting frames extending radially from the shaft and having a number of strip-shaped transverse knives and longitudinal kn... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6119589 | Apparatus for obtaining cheese material from milk An apparatus for obtaining cheese material from milk has an elongate trough (11) which is provided at its one end with a filling zone (16) and, at its other end, a discharge zone (19). The trough has an inner wall (12) which is transportable at least subs... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5968575 | Method for injecting a product into a fluid, and an apparatus for carrying out the method In injection of steam, gas, liquid or a powdered or granulate product into a fluid in an injection apparatus having a substantially disc-shaped rotor (53), a product inlet (50) and a central product outlet (57), the injection is carried out in an annular ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5921677 | Food processing agitator device An enclosed food processing device is provided having one or more conveyor belts and vertical agitators positioned above the belt. The agitators have forward and backward prongs that stir the food being processed without causing physical damage to it. The... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5916352 | Complete self-contained multipurpose dairy processor unit for milk derivatives production A complete self-containing multipurpose dairy processor unit in which a liquid is treated including a hot-water or steam generator and a heat exchanger immersible in the liquid to be treated and selectively feedable when immersed in the liquid being treat... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5881639 | Cheese molder/chiller with closed water cycle A molder/chiller for pasta filata cheeses uses segmented water jackets each holding a plurality of mold tubes. The jackets may be separately filled with chilled water for chilling and heated water for releasing the cheese blocks as a wheel rotates made up... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5863579 | Plant and method for coagulting pasteurizing and cooking food A plant and method for coagulating, pasteurizing and cooking food having a liquid or pasty base including a plurality of stations, devices for implementing a processing step on the food in each station, at least one container into which the food to be pro... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5706720 | Air/liquid regulator used in frozen dessert dispensing machines An air/liquid mix regulator is disclosed for use in a frozen confectionary dessert dispensing machine. The mix regulator regulates the amount of liquid and air entering the freezing chamber of the frozen dessert machine. The regulator has a single aerator... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5688542 | Continuous cheese coagulation method A method of forming a continuous ribbon of cheese from precheese is described. A conveyor belt system is used, modified to retain and transport the liquid precheese which, over the course of conveyance, solidifies to form the continuous cheese product dis... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5671662 | Pasteurizer Pasteurizer for food products comprising a tank provided with agitator means connected to actuating means, characterized in that said tank has on the bottom a chamber cavity in which said agitator means are accommodated, said chamber being provided on the... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5669291 | Apparatus for separating whey from a slurry-like material An apparatus for separating whey from a slurry-like material such as bean and dairy products, includes a screen, a jacket mantling the screen with a first space outside the screen and a second space inside the screen, wherein the first space provides a wh... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5630361 | Sanitary wear button The present invention provides a plurality of two piece wear buttons that insert into the blade of a guillotine and protect the surface of the guillotine as it slide in U-shaped channels within a cheese block forming unit. Each wear button comprises a mal... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5628964 | Mastitis detecting device A device for detecting, in the early stages of infection, the presence of mastitis, as well as other impurities, in an individual cow or other milk producing animal, using a filter, preferably made of polyester and being disposable, which filters all milk... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5572925 | Multiple column cheese block former Multiple columns of cheese curd are simultaneously compressed and cut into blocks of cheese by feeding curd into the top perforated tubular linings hanging freely within hollow towers, all towers positioned on a single, enclosed sanitary housing. A negati... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5404802 | Cheese tower A cheese formation tower wherein cheese curds and attendant whey are introduced into the upper portion of a vertical, low friction material lined, tower and the whey is extracted through gravitational, differential pressure/relative vacuum and vibration t... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5327818 | Apparatus for preparing and distributing fermented diary products The apparatus comprises a vat having a lateral wall and a bottom for pasteurizing, maturing and maintaining a product. A cover adjacent to the lateral wall and to the bottom controls the temperature of the product present in the vat. A first heat-exchange... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5249514 | Apparatus for producing pumpable foodstuffs, in particular processed cheese A process for producing pumpable foodstuffs, wherein raw foodstuffs such as raw cheese is pre-comminuted, mixed with further ingredients, thermally treated by steam injection, subsequently cooled and creamed or emulsified and then fed or passed to a furth... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5243900 | Apparatus for transferring bulk cheese A cheese transfer system is adapted for receiving a column of cheese as it is discharged from a continuous cheese making system. The cheese transfer system has an expandable chamber into which the cheese is introduced. The chamber is then compressed to cl... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5241901 | Apparatus for separating mixed substances such as foodstuffs A device is described relating to separating mixed substances of differing flowabilities, in particular for the purpose of processing foodstuffs. The processing takes place in a device by which an elastic presser belt is pressed onto the periphery of a ho... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5198245 | Apparatus for the manufacture of extruded cakes An apparatus for the production of extruded cakes of a paste-form material has an extrusion die nozzle which has combs having toothed profiles pivotally mounted in the lateral and upper portions of the extrusion passage of the extrusion nozzle and to whic... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5178060 | Food processing vat with contoured bottom and mated agitator blade A food processing vat having an outer shell and an inner vessel to contain a food product with a chamber therebetween includes a contoured bottom having a high point and a low point wherein the food product naturally gravitates toward the low point which ... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5175014 | Method and apparatus for collating and consolidating natural cheese blocks Blocks of natural cheese (11) are packed in layers in an open-ended upright container (17), for maturing by depositing each layer of cheese blocks (11) on an elevator (18) within the container (17) and lowering the elevator (18) as successive layers of ch... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5125329 | Apparatus for continuously producing and maturing curds The apparatus is capable of supplying curds continuously, and comprises: a horizontal channel with a tapered bottom, having a feeding auger arranged in the bottom and actuatable by motor means; several cradles with semicircular section, rotatably carried ... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5103720 | Separating apparatus An apparatus for separating of flowable and non-flowable constituents mixed with each other, particularly for the purpose of preparation of foodstuffs, operates with an elastic presser belt which is held pressed against the circumferential surface of a se... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5052290 | Cheese-making tank A cheese-making tank comprising a cylindrical container provided with a first cutting frame with cutting wires forming a netting, said cutting frame being displaceable forwards and backwards along the lower portion of the container from a first position a... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5003869 | Procedure for the metered addition of copper ions in cheese production For the metered addition of copper ions in cheese production in a stainless steel kettle (a) CO2 is introduced into the added water, (b) copper ions are produced electrolytically in the added water by means of electrodes immersed in the added water,... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4976981 | Method for preparing prepressed cheese curd blocks and an assembly for carrying out said method A method for the preparation of prepressed cheese curd blocks (38), where a curd (2) comprising a mixture of curd grains (42) and whey is fed to a conveyor belt (19) and the curd grains (42) are collected and shaped during continuous movement of the belt ... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4976980 | Method for the cyclic preparation of a length of curds and installation for carrying out this method In the cyclic preparation of a length of curds by draining a mixture of whey and curds in an upright column, formed by a permeable casing, the preparation cycle consists of at least three parts: a thickening phase and an extrusion phase from the column an... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4878426 | Refining device Chocolate is refined by so-called conching. This is carried out in a device whereby the mass is spread out in a thin film and exposed to the air. Among other things, the viscosity is reduced as a result. By subjecting the chocolate mass directly prior to ... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4848219 | Tank for cooling mozzarella cheeses A tank for cooling mozzarella cheeses with a closed circuit conveyor belt at the outlet of machines for molding mozzarella cheeses from stretched cheese paste, in which the conveyor belt is formed by transversely spaced longitudinal bars with a connection... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4817515 | Cheese press A cheese press for a plurality of rows of cheese moulds is constituted by a plurality of individual cassette shaped pressing units (30) each adapted to receive a row of moulds or mould batteries and each ceilingwise provided with pressing means (68) for p... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4740088 | Safety and sanitary system improvements for frozen confections blending machines A frozen confections blending machine, especially for blending basic frozen comestibles with flavors of users' choices, whereby each end product may vary, in quick succession, from a previous one. To perform the therefor required change-over procedure, th... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4705470 | Cheese handling apparatus A portable apparatus for handling cheese, including a base and a turntable mounted on the base. The turntable has cutout recesses in the periphery thereof for moving molds in a circular locus. A platform is provided on the base for supporting the molds as... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4682538 | Processing of curd Apparatus for adding salt to a continuous stream of hot glutinous curd in the manufacture of Pasta Filata cheese, comprises an open-ended trough for passage therethrough of the stream of curd, a measuring roller rotatably mounted on a swing frame pivotall... | 07/28/1987 |
