Match Document Document Title
7600469 Barbecue device  
A barbecue device includes two cooking plates. The first cooking plate has two hinge joints at both rear ends, with each joint including an elliptical cavity, a shoulder on its inner wall, and a...
7578232 Apparatus and method for manufacturing bread  
A method according to this invention is comprised of a forming step to form a sheet from a block of bread dough that is kneaded from the raw materials for bread, a further forming step to form a...
7547206 Dough processing apparatus  
It is an object of the present invention to provide a dough processing apparatus capable of not only stably thinning and shaping dough, such as a pizza dough, and so forth, into a thin sheet-like...
7478590 Folding control apparatus for left and right lateral pieces of slice food  
A folding control apparatus for left and right lateral pieces of slice food is provided, such that when the slice food is moving forward on a transfer belt surface, the slice food is attached and...
7475631 Piston assembly for a food extruder  
A piston assembly for a food extruder having a food reservoir with a chamber and an inner surface, a piston rod and a piston dish. The piston rod slidably extends into the chamber of the food...
7448313 Dual line conveyor system and method  
An apparatus for combining delivery of objects from a first transport conveyor ( 34 ) and a second transport conveyor ( 40 ), comprising a first continuous discharge conveyor ( 36 ), a second...
7444928 Apparatus for producing crackers  
An apparatus for producing crackers is provided. The apparatus includes: a main frame; a drive unit installed at the main frame, and having a drive motor provided with a reducer, and first and...
7337708 Filled edible product, and system and method for production of a filled edible product  
An edible product includes an edible outer cover component in which is located an inner edible component. A system for producing the edible product includes an arrangement for delivering the edible...
7328652 Apparatus and system for dispensing dough  
A dough dispensing apparatus ( 100 ) comprises a container ( 1,1′ ) for receiving and holding dough and a dough transfer device ( 3,3′ ) for receiving dough from the container and for...
7320279 Cutter assembly for extruding shaped food pieces  
A cutter assembly for an extruder includes an elongated extrusion member having an opened feed end. The opened feed end is attachable in fluid communication with a first manifold of the extruder. A...
7306444 Apparatus and method for forming food products by gradual compression  
The present invention is directed to methods and apparatuses for processing food products and utilizes a series of guides for moving platens through several operative zones to press a food product...
7267046 Bread maker  
A bread maker including a main body forming an oven compartment; upper and lower kneading drums spaced from each other in upper and lower parts inside the oven compartment to hold opposite ends of...
7229270 Reciprocating head press  
A press for flattening dough pieces is provided having a floor supported frame, an endless conveyor belt movably carried on the frame and presenting an upper horizontal surface, and at least one...
7217117 Devices for shaping portions of minced meat such as steaks, meatballs etc.  
The invention relates to arrangements comprising combinations of: a mincer providing a stream of minced meat (V); conveying means with an endless band (T) for transporting the stream (V), exiting...
7213508 Molded egg-shaped food product, and method and mold for making same  
A mold for making an egg-shaped food product includes top and bottom mold halves which cooperate when joined to form an egg-shaped interior mold cavity adapted for receiving a liquid foodstuff. The...
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...
7195551 Casingless food production methods, systems, and associated wrappable coverings  
Systems, methods, and associated devices for casingless production of food products include: (a) moving at least one flexible cover member having a predetermined length with primary surface and...
7140864 Tortilla forming machine  
A tortilla-forming machine for molding dough into a tortilla shell. The forming machine having a base with an upwardly facing forming surface and a push plate with a downwardly facing forming...
7086325 Single sensor press system  
A tortilla press utilizing a single sensor provides improved efficiency and accuracy. The press has a belt driven by a motor and a platen driven by a hydraulic cylinder. The motor is controlled by...
7069845 Equipment for the automatic tray positioning of articles, in particular sausages or other alimentary products  
Equipment for the automatic tray positioning of single cylindrical or spherical pieces. The equipment includes a first conveyor for the feeding of a sequence of single pieces along a first...
7069840 Apparatus and process for pressing and cooking food product logs  
An apparatus and a method for pressing and cooking and/or chilling food product logs. The apparatus and method comprise or use a tower press which has vertically compressible tiers and is...
7063008 Injera manufacturing system  
A manufacturing system for the manufacture of an Ethiopian staple food referred to as Injera and sometimes Enjera, including an apparatus and a method or process. The system includes a depositing...
7008657 Method and apparatus for cooking meat  
A method and apparatus for preparing cooked particulate meat products, such as bacon bits or other bacon seasonings and toppings. The raw meat is ground to a first size in a first grinder, mixing...
7008214 Dumpling maker  
A cooking utensil includes an all-in-one device that incorporates a partially perforated pan, circular in shape, with a permanent and continuous circumferential holder with one or more supports...
6990892 Enhanced food embossing stamper device  
An impression device for food items. More particularly, the present invention is a stamping device designed to create indented or raised images upon a variety of foods for decoration and/or...
6989170 System and method for making casingless sausage  
A method and system for producing a casingless sausage product. An emulsion, such as a meat emulsion, is heated by a first heating element, such as conductive element, such as a heat exchanger or a...
6968776 Device for heating and emulsifying liquids, in particular drinks  
A device for heating and emulsifying liquids, in particular drinks, which is unusually capable of generating a dense and creamy foam, comprises a steam-emitting member with which a hollow body can...
6948423 Apparatus for producing confectionery  
Disclosed is an apparatus for producing confectionery. In the apparatus for producing confectionery, a material injection unit for supplying materials into a confectionary mold includes a hopper,...
6938539 Apparatus for making chocolate articles on a conveyor web  
An embodiment of the invention includes an apparatus for making edible articles out of a chocolate or chocolate-like mass that is tempered and deposited directly on a conveyor web. The apparatus...
6915734 Pizza making method and system  
The invention provides an automated method and apparatus for pizza production which is initiated by individual order placement and uses only fresh ingredients (no ingredients are frozen,...
6892630 Device for molding spheroidal food products  
A device for molding spheroidal food products including a set of cutting tool elements, and a central opening which is formed from frontal sections of blades defined on front-ends of the set of...
6875458 Single mold form fryer with enhanced product control  
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...
6866878 Method and apparatus for producing co-extruding pasta  
A method and apparatus for producing co-extruded pasta such as stuffed rigatoni and for providing the ability to make a plurality of end crimps with a single die. The method involves distributing...
6845708 Apparatus for pressing edible articles  
An embodiment of the invention includes an apparatus for pressing an edible article. The apparatus includes a holding device including a channel for circulating a cooling liquid and also including...
6845706 Bread maker with bar code scanner  
A bread maker includes upper and lower rollers and a bar code scanner. The upper and lower rollers wind a mixing bag containing bread ingredients to form dough. The bar code scanner reads a bar...
6843167 System and method for producing par-baked pizza crusts  
A system for producing par-baked pizza crusts from dough portions includes a pan adapted to support the dough portions. A lid assembly is positioned to contact each dough portion. The dough...
6838105 Dough product rolling apparatus and method for rolling dough products  
The leading edge of a sheet of dough product impacts an impacting feature and causes the leading edge to roll over onto itself thereby initiating a roll. Engagement enhancement is utilized to...
6834576 Bacon trimmer  
A bacon trimmer for trimming cooked bacon slices into substantially uniform lengths comprises: a housing, a transfer comb mounted on the housing, a device mounted on said housing for transferring...
6827005 Integrated cooking and cutting instrument for fast food Doner Kebab and method therefor  
An automated broiling and cutting device for the production of cooked Doner meat. A rotating unit carries meat containers for holding Doner meat to be cooked. The meat containers rotate about the...
6820539 Charging device for a baking oven for producing baked molded bodies  
A charging device for a baking oven, in which the baking molds that travel through its baking line are formed by the revolving top and bottom baking plates of the oven, whose baking surfaces, which...
6764705 Casingless flowable food production methods, systems, and associated elongated forming tubes  
Systems, methods, and associated devices for casingless production of food products include: (a) providing at least one forming tube having sufficient structural rigidity to be substantially...
6761108 Pressing mold for holding and pressing foodstuff, such as ham pieces, while they are being cooked, and a method of cooking the foodstuff  
A pressing mold for receiving a foodstuff, such as ham pieces, as it is being cooked and pressed in a hermetically sealed wrap, comprises a cover to press the foodstuff being cooked and to allow...
6745672 Transport module for handling softened dough intermediates  
The present invention is directed to an improved apparatus for processing dough intermediates that are less developed, softer or which have enhanced water or moisture levels. More specifically, the...
6740349 Apparatus and method for forming casingless sausages  
An apparatus and method is provided for forming shaped food products from an emulsion or batter. A stuffing tube includes a wall defining a central passage for emulsion, and a treating fluid...
6739242 Multi-purpose cooking appliance of the automatically-opening hinged type  
An appliance comprising a housing consisting of two articulated shells maintained spaced apart by a spring ( 4 ) two hot plates ( 5,6 ) arranged in the housing, locking elements for maintaining the...
6736051 Floating clamshell griddle toaster  
A device for simultaneously and evenly toasting articles of differing contours and dimensions arranged upon a heated griddle. A clamshell plate, positioned in stand-off relationship above said...
6711991 Dough-flattening apparatus for the preparation of thin pizzas  
A flattening roller ( 38 ) is supported on horizontal guides ( 32, 34 ) and rolls alternately in opposite directions along the guides. A tray ( 30 ) is arranged horizontally between the guides, and...
6698338 Domestic machine for making, cutting and shaping pasta  
The machine comprises a pair of risers and a head comprising a plurality of operating roller units with rollers supported on the top and between the risers. According to the invention, the machine...
6694867 Scraper device and scraper system  
A scraper device includes a scraper fixture which is adapted to be placed in a working position adjacent to a surface to be scraped. At least one flex arm is connected at its proximal end to the...
6684758 Process for producing ice creams and machine for implementing such process  
Starting with stiff, flat wafers in laminar form, ready-made, the wafers are laid unitarily on trays ( 3 ) fitted on a conveyor belt ( 2 ), which causes them to pass through a tunnel ( 5 ) wherein...