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7617765 |
Frying device
The replacement of used cooking fat in frying devices which comprise a container for the items which are to be cooked and a cooking device, i.e. a frying drum, requires a considerable amount of...
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7601372 |
Continuous pickle desalting process and apparatus
A continuous method and an apparatus for desalting pickles is provided. The method comprises conveying pickles having a certain salt content along a path; spraying water onto the pickles as they...
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7069841 |
Steam shrimp cooker
A steam cooker for cooking foodstuffs, especially shellfish such as shrimp, in a continuous cooking process in a pure saturated-steam environment at 100° C. and atmospheric pressure. The cooker...
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6981582 |
Systems and methods for compact arrangement of foodstuff in a conveyance system
A system for arranging foodstuff in compact formations is presented. The system contemplates a lateral conveyance apparatus having a transport surface, such as a moving conveyor belt, that is...
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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...
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6865983 |
Frying apparatus
A frying apparatus ( 1 ) for frying a food product comprises a container ( 20 ) and at least one conveying device ( 201, 202, 203, 204 ) and corresponding at least one submerging device ( 301, 302,...
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6807900 |
Automatic machine for cooking food in a liquid
The machine enables food to be automatically cooked in a liquid or to complete its cooking. It comprises a vessel for the cooking liquid, elements for heating the cooking liquid, and elements for...
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6745671 |
Conveyor belt system and oven
A conveyor belt system for transporting products through a bath of liquid, such as heated cooking oil in an oven, comprises a feed belt accommodated in a base frame and a top belt, located above...
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6698379 |
Installation for treating food products by immersion
An installation for coating food products with a layer of coating substance, such as for coating a meat product or a vegetable product with a batter, comprises a container in which the coating...
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6658992 |
Device for removing baked products
The invention relates to a device for removing baked products ( 2 ) from a conveyor ( 1 ), for example so-called tubs, which bear against a mold part ( 13 ) which is preferably adapted to the shape...
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6655263 |
Noodle gelating device
To reduce running costs and equipment costs by bringing entire surfaces of noodle strings carried on a conveyor into contact with steam. High-temperature steam is upwardly supplied from a steam...
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6615707 |
Frameless blancher for food
A frameless food blancher has a steel tank of generally U-shaped, transverse cross sectional shape and also has an open top with opposite sides. The opposite sides each have an upper edge bent...
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6602533 |
Method and apparatus for frying potato chips and related foodstuffs
Apparatus for preparing potato chips. The apparatus has a slicer for the slicing of potatoes, means for conveying sliced potatoes through a heated oil bath and for removal of cooked potato chips...
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6558725 |
Method and apparatus for preparing sliced plantains
The present invention overcomes many of the shortcomings inherent in previous methods and systems addressing the commercial production of fried plantain slices. The improved process comprises a...
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6548092 |
Method and device for handling baked products
The invention relates to a method for separating and delivering, orderly positioned, stiff folded baked products, such as taco shells, from a first conveyor ( 1 ), the baked products on said first...
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6539838 |
Deep-fryer
A deep-fryer having an elongate deep-frying trough and an endless conveyor belt, which is arranged to travel along a carrying run along the bottom of the deep-frying trough from an inlet end to an...
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6528103 |
Method for heat treating a continuous strand of food product and apparatus adapted therefor
The invention relates to a product and process for blanching or cooking food strands wherein the food strand is conveyed through a blanching tank on a conveyor immersed within the tank, wherein the...
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6467398 |
Method and apparatus for making bowl-shaped snack food products
A method and apparatus for making bowl-shaped snack food products, e.g. tortilla chips. The method features placing chip preforms in open bowl-shaped cavities and partially frying the chip preforms...
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6453801 |
Appliance for cooking food articles
A cooking appliance and method for cooking food articles by means of a heated cooking liquid, includes a liquid container for receiving a quantity of the cooking liquid; an electrical heater for...
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6427583 |
Apparatus for automatically frying foodstuff
An apparatus and method for frying food is comprised of a housing provided with a receiving opening in which foodstuff to be fried is inserted. The foodstuff is directed to a perforated frying...
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6412397 |
Apparatus and method for making stackable tortilla chips
An apparatus and method for making uniformly shaped snack food chips which can be stacked for packaging, e.g., in a cylindrical canister or a canister which conforms to the contour or perimeter of...
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RE37706 |
System of cooking or heating food products with microwaves and hot oil
The present invention provides a system for cooking and/or heating a food product rapidly with the use of microwave and hot oil heating, which are applied simultaneously during the entire or...
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6327966 |
Apparatus for boiling eggs
Apparatus for boiling eggs, includes a trough-shaped duct for receiving heated water, and a screw conveyor supported in the duct for rotation about an axis of rotation. The screw conveyor is...
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6305274 |
Fryer for food process lines
A hot oil fryer for continuous frying duty in continuous food process lines has a conveyor belt that has an upper food-carrying upper run and a lower return run. Heat input is provided by...
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6263785 |
Blancher and method of operation
A rotary blancher having a food product receiving chamber sealed substantially everywhere except at its food product inlet and food product outlet to permit operation using solely a non-liquid heat...
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6234066 |
Rotary blancher for processing food product
A method and rotary blancher for processing food product using a heat transfer medium and directed flows of a fluid that can comprise a liquid, a gas, a vapor or a combination thereof. The directed...
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6205913 |
Rotary drum blancher for cooking food
A rotary blancher that is substantially sealed during operation to increase food product heating speed and efficiency. The blancher has a sealed housing, a novel substantially sealed food product...
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6152023 |
Fryer system
A fryer system and a frying process have a continuous through feed operation. On an endless conveyor mechanism for the fryer system, there is arranged a plurality of receiving containers, which can...
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6129939 |
Method for making bowl-shaped snack food products
A method for making bowl-shaped snack food products, e.g. tortilla chips. The method features placing chip preforms in open bowl-shaped cavities and partially frying the chip preforms by filling...
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6105485 |
Pressurized rotary blancher
A rotary blancher that is sealed such that it can be positively pressurized during operation to a pressure greater than the ambient pressure outside the blancher to increase food product heating...
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6095035 |
Dual drum food processor
A food processing apparatus is disclosed that has a tank with an inlet end and an outlet end. The apparatus has at least two rotary drums received within an interior chamber of the tank, each...
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6073544 |
Taco centering apparatus
A taco frying apparatus (90) is disclosed which permits the tortilla (12) to be trapped between a mesh (30) and a mold (120) to confine the tortilla and create a taco with a uniform u-shape. The...
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6073540 |
Apparatus for heating or cooling product containers
Apparatus and methods for transferring heat between a heat transfer liquid and a plurality of moving containers of food product. The containers are conveyed by a perforated conveyor at least...
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6067899 |
Breaded products fryer
A fryer for food products such as battered and breaded pieces of meat has a main conveyor with forward and return belt paths inside the fryer pan, the belt return dragging the pan bottom sweeping...
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6062132 |
Cooking apparatus
Apparatus for cooking food comprises a vessel (12) for hot liquid in which the food is to be cooked, and a basket (18) for holding an item of food to be cooked by being immersed in the liquid. The...
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5997925 |
Continuous manufacturing process and apparatus for preparing pre-cooked bacon
A continuous manufacturing process for preparing cooked bacon includes the step of cooking slices of an uncured and unsmoked pork belly with cure ingredients applied on the slices to produce cooked...
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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...
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5799568 |
Apparatus for producing food grade poultry oil and meal
A method and apparatus for producing increased protein chicken meal. Product is loaded into a cooking vat that is 40 feet long by 5 feet wide by 4 feet deep, with a system of moving chain conveyors...
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5795608 |
Process for preparing coating particles used for a fried food
A process for preparing coating particles for a fried food, which has a good taste and soft texture, by mixing raw materials including one of flour, starch, cereal powder, and seasoning, together...
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5752431 |
Blancher with multiple cooling zones
A blancher having multiple cooling zones formed by a tank having multiple compartments for receiving a heating liquid in one compartment and a coolant in at least two other compartments. In a...
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5669288 |
Rotating drum food processor with cleaning spray accessible panels
A blancher or cooler has a drum made up of a plurality of stainless steel perforated panels. The drum is rotatably mounted within a water tank, and has an auger for progressing food products from...
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5666876 |
Cooking apparatus
A cooking apparatus (10) comprising a cooking chamber with a conveyor (52) wholly contained therein wherein food (46) is cooked by sprays (22) of the cooking medium.
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5664482 |
Hydrostatically-sealed atmospheric spiral spray cooker
A low-temperature water-based atmospheric cooker for food products such as fish, meat and poultry is provided, and includes a hydrostatically-sealed cooking chamber having in upper wall and a...
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5664484 |
Frying apparatus and process
A frying apparatus for conveying food on a surface coated with oil heated for frying the food pieces has a tray which extends longitudinally for containing food pieces for frying, and an assembly...
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5632195 |
Food processing apparatus with non-straight lifting and agitating baffles
A food processing apparatus having a tank with an inlet and an outlet, a liquid bath received therein, a rotary auger having a plurality of spaced apart flights for urging food product toward the...
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5615606 |
Conveyor
A conveyor apparatus including dips to turn and tumble items placed on the conveyor. The conveyor apparatus has a conveyor belt configured in a series of dips arranged to insure the turning and...
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5605091 |
Self contained frying machine
A self contained frying machine having a storage area, a mixing chamber for receiving a pre-measured amount of dehydrated food product from the storage area and rehydrating and solidifying the...
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5592869 |
Open throat blancher with support braces
A blancher having a tank and an elongate generally cylindrical and hollow perforate drum rotatably received in the tank with the drum including an inlet end plate with a food product inlet opening...
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5580598 |
Multi-product food cooking system
Dual zone cooking process and apparatus are provided for cooking a wide variety of different snack food products in a continuous manner, the apparatus being arranged in modular form for conversion...
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5493956 |
Tank apparatus with movable rollers
A tank apparatus has at least one set of three rollers suitable for being positioned therein, one roller of each set having a density less than a density of water so that the roller is floatable in...
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