Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
099352000 | With other treating or handling of material | 47 |
20080271610 | Method and a Product for Heating or Cooling of Foodstuffs - The invention relates to a method and a product for heating or cooling including freezing of food items in a rotating closed pipe serpent. The technology includes a closed non-circular rotating pipe serpent for processing of food items, where the food items are transported in a preparation liquid through the pipe serpent during either heating or cooling. The invention secures a gentle but efficient mixture of the food items that prevents clogging, which secures a homogeneous thermal processing of the individual food items, which again secures a high quality of the final food items. Simultaneously the products used for processing are easy to clean, which results in low costs. The process can be run entirely automatic without the involvement of manual labour, which results in minimal demands for process resources and ensures a high standard of hygiene. Several independent rotating pipe serpent units can be combined so that the food items can run through numerous successive heating- or cooling processes in batches or in a continuous flow. The process is suited for processing of many different types of food items such as meat, shellfish or vegetables whether these are going to be steamed, blanched or boiled in liquids such as water or oil. | 11-06-2008 |
20080282904 | Automatic or Semi-Automatic Turning Method and Device - The present invention provides an automatic or semi-automatic method for turning over and/or stirring the cooking material of a cooking container in an automatic or semi-automatic cooking utensil. The method can comprise the following steps: ( | 11-20-2008 |
20080295705 | MAKING BAKED SPRING ROLLS DEVICE AND METHODS - Spring rolls are baked by a plurality of food grade rollers connected together to form a moving loop. The food grade rollers have an axis for rotating each of the plurality of food grade rollers about the axis which is connected at a center of each of the plurality of food grade rollers. A heating element is mounted along the moving loop and aligned eccentrically from the moving loop proximate two ends of each of the spring rolls to be baked. | 12-04-2008 |
20090090247 | TWO-CHAMBERED AUTOMATIC PASTA-COOKER - The present invention relates to an automatic pasta-cooker comprising a cooking chamber ( | 04-09-2009 |
20090107343 | ELECTRIC OVEN FOR COOKING FOOD - An electric oven comprising a cooking chamber having at least one heating member and at least one support member for supporting food, the cooking chamber being provided with a movable pressing member for pressing the food against the support member to cook the food while kept pressed. | 04-30-2009 |
20090173238 | Cooking Apparatus - A cooking apparatus comprising a top end having a generally concave cooking surface adapted to also act as a base stand; and a bottom end comprising a plurality of posts adapted to also act as a food preparation device holder upon vertically rotating the apparatus. | 07-09-2009 |
20100064902 | DEVICE FOR DILUTING DISCHARGED STEAM AND COOKER WITH THE SAME - A cooker has a cooker main body and a discharged steam cooling unit placed at the top surface of the cooker main body. Inside the discharged steam cooling unit is a duct extending in the front/rear direction. The rear end of the duct is an inlet port connected to an outlet port of the cooker main body. A throat portion is formed in the duct. Air from a blower is blown into the throat portion through a nozzle to generate a suction force at the inlet port by an ejector effect. The duct is branched on the downstream side of the throat portion, and outlet ports are provided at the ends of the branched ducts. Ambient air is sucked in from a gap between the inlet port of the duct and the outlet port of the cooker main body. | 03-18-2010 |
20110056387 | ROLLER GRILL SEPARATING DEVICE - A roller grill separating device having a pair of support brackets, a pair of crossover bars, and one or more separator bar. The separating device sits over a roller grill and can be spaced therefrom. A plurality of the separator bars can be used to create separate sections on the grill to separate uncooked products from cooked products or to separate one flavor from another. The device can include a sign clip that is used for identifying and marketing different types of food products. The pair of support brackets can be replaced by a plurality of clips that fasten onto rollers or by support angled members that rest on the housing of the roller grill. The device is inexpensive to make and is sanitary. | 03-10-2011 |
20110168031 | AUTOMATIC FRYING APPARATUS FOR FOODSTUFFS - An automated apparatus and method for sequentially slicing potatoes into slices, for cooking the slices into chips in a circular oil bath, and for separating the cooked chips from the bath. The apparatus includes a potato slicer, a circular frying trough with oil circulating means and controlled heating means, a rotating and angle changing plurality of circularly arranged paddles for positioning chips in and along the trough during their cooking, a carousel for lifting and separating cooked chips from the trough, and a conveyor belt for delivering the chips from the carousel to a collection point. The method utilizes the apparatus. | 07-14-2011 |
20110297009 | PULL-OUT GUIDE AND BAKING OVEN - A pullout guide for a baking oven, the pullout guide includes a guide rail, a movable rail mounted on the guide rail, the movable rail being movable via roller bodies guided along runways. The runways are located on at least one of the guide rail and the movable rail. The guide rail and the movable rail include a polytetrafluoroethylene-containing coating at least partially on an outer, externally accessible side of the guide rail and the movable rail, and the runways do not include the coating. | 12-08-2011 |
20110315023 | Three Dimensional Cooking Pad - A cooking pad has a three dimensional surface configuration of peaks and valleys for cooking food. The three dimensional surface configuration elevates the food to a level where it cooks efficiently and evenly. The three dimensional surface configuration rapidly moves liquids expelled from the food during cooking away down depressions and prevents splattering of the liquids back onto the food. The cooking pad may be preformed to the three dimensional surface configuration or may assume this three dimensional surface configuration upon exposure to a cooking environment. | 12-29-2011 |
20120031284 | Food Flipping and Turning Apparatus - A cooking apparatus includes a spatula assembly and a cooking container comprising an upper access opening and an inner, cooking surface having a spherical surface portion. The spatula assembly includes a spatula driver and a curved spatula pivotally mounted to the cooking container for moving along the cooking surface and about a pivot axis between first and second positions. The pivot axis passes through the center point of the spherical surface portion. The spatula assembly may be constructed so that at least one of the first and second positions is above the pivot axis. The curved spatula may also include a spatula body having an outer surface and a barrier member extending radially inwardly from the outer surface, the outer surface contacting the cooking surface of the cooking container. | 02-09-2012 |
20120216683 | Cooking container with strainer-basket - Apparatus for cooking foods such as pasta rice including a container which receives a liquid to be heated and a cooking strainer-basket partially submerged in the liquid for cooking within the container, the container and the basket configured to have cooperating selectively engaging support members for alternatively positioning of the basket in the liquid for cooking of the food and repositioning of the basket above the liquid to provide for straining of the food. | 08-30-2012 |
20120234184 | Food Flipping and Turning Spatula - A cooking apparatus includes a spatula assembly and a cooking container comprising an upper access opening and an inner, cooking surface having a spherical surface portion. The spatula assembly includes a spatula driver and a curved spatula pivotally mounted to the cooking container for moving along the cooking surface and about a pivot axis between first and second positions. The pivot axis passes through the center point of the spherical surface portion. The spatula assembly may be constructed so that at least one of the first and second positions is above the pivot axis. The curved spatula may also include a spatula body having an outer surface and a barrier member extending radially inwardly from the outer surface, the outer surface contacting the cooking surface of the cooking container. | 09-20-2012 |
20120247344 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RAPID PRODUCTION OF INJERA BREAD - A dispensing mechanism is described for rapid and efficient production of injera bread. A flour/water batter mix is dispensed from a holding tank through a dispensing slot onto a conveyor belt, for transport to cooking and packaging stages. The holding tank may dispense onto the interior of a rotating drum type pierced with hole patterns through which the batter flows in the proper shape on to the conveyor belt, or the batter may pass through an oscillating plate with a half-moon pattern that forms injera patties on the belt. | 10-04-2012 |
20130025469 | COOKING PAN WITH STRAINER - Described herein is a cooking assembly, generally comprising two major components, these components being a cooking pan and an insert | 01-31-2013 |
20130068112 | PORTABLE ELECTRIC POTATO STRIPS BAKING DEVICE - A portable electric potato strips baking device includes a main body, a heating chamber, a cylindrical portion, a tubular heating portion and a control chamber. The heating chamber is disposed inside the main body and provides the space for the baking of potato strips. The cylindrical portion is disposed inside the heating chamber and can rotate. In use, potato strips are placed inside the cylindrical portion. The tubular heating portion is disposed on the outside of the cylindrical portion and is used to cook the potato strips placed inside the cylindrical portion. A positioning plate may be rotated to adjust the orientation of the tubular heating portion. The control chamber is disposed inside the heating chamber and has a motor, which drives the cylindrical portion and hence allows potato strips to be baked evenly. | 03-21-2013 |
20130068113 | Vertically Depressible Joint and Pressure-Cooker Provided with One Such Joint - Provided is a sealing gasket for a cooking utensil, the utensil
| 03-21-2013 |
20130255509 | ELECTRIC PRESSURE COOKER WITH REMOVABLE FLIP COVER - Disclosed is an electric pressure cooker with a removable flip cover comprising a cooker body ( | 10-03-2013 |
20140216268 | APPARATUS FOR COOKING AND SMOKING FOOD - A food cooking apparatus is disclosed. The food cooking apparatus comprises a smoker with a smoker cabinet and an oven with an oven cabinet. The oven typically overlies the smoker. Both the smoker and oven have separate independently controlled heating elements. The walls of the cabinets of the smoker and the oven are adapted such that almost all or no gas passes from the underlying smoker to the overlying oven. This is achieved by having a solid wall between the interior of the oven separating it from the interior of the smoker. | 08-07-2014 |
20150373997 | BAKING DEVICE - A baking device for producing baked goods, in particular for producing filled baked goods, includes baking presses that can be swung open and closed, can be moved from a feeding device through the baking chamber of the oven and to a goods removal device on a continuously moving continuous conveyor that circulates in the longitudinal direction of the oven. The baking presses have a lower baking mold and an upper baking mold, each movable between open and closed positions about a baking-press axis. The baking presses are connected to the continuous conveyor by releasable mechanical connections. The baking device also has a baking-press removal station at at least one point of the continuous conveyor, at which baking-press removal station baking presses can be removed and reattached. The removal and redelivery of the baking presses are performed on the continuously moving continuous conveyor. | 12-31-2015 |
099353000 | Changing form or shape | 15 |
20080245240 | Heat isolation structure for baking trays - A heat isolation structure for baking trays mainly includes a base which has an open surface, a heat transfer element located on the open surface to transfer heat energy that has a first surface in contact with food and a second surface on another side opposing the first surface, and a housing space formed between the base and the second surface. The housing space has a heat isolation member to prevent the heat energy from transferring to the base. Thus high temperature heat energy of the heat transfer element is prevented from transferring to the base. Thereby the trays with the base made from plastics that tend to be damaged by burning or melting due to overheat can be maintained intact after adopting the heat isolation member of the invention. | 10-09-2008 |
20090145305 | Two piece food tray - A tray is provided for retaining food stuffs or the like. The tray includes a dish portion and a rim portion. The dish includes a base portion and a sidewall portion surrounding the base portion and extending upwardly therefrom to define a retaining area. The rim includes an inner wall positioned around the perimeter of the dish sidewall. A retaining member engages the dish sidewall to the rim inner wall to removeably secure the dish to the rim. | 06-11-2009 |
20100058934 | Food Melter - A food melter | 03-11-2010 |
20110041706 | CHOCOLATE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS INCLUDING WALKING BEAM CONVEYOR AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A chocolate manufacturing machine includes a chocolate dispenser and a chocolate cooler downstream from the chocolate dispenser. There is also a walking beam conveyor to advance a plurality of chocolate molding trays along a path of travel from the chocolate dispenser toward the chocolate cooler. The walking beam conveyor may comprise a pair of spaced apart tray guide rails to guide the plurality of chocolate molding trays. There may be at least one pair of walking beams adjacent the pair of spaced apart tray guide rails. A drive arrangement may cooperate with the at least one pair of walking beams to advance the plurality of chocolate molding trays along the path of travel. | 02-24-2011 |
20120199014 | Apparatus for Manufacturing Confectionery Products - Apparatus manufactures thin confectionery products with uniform shapes and has first and second drying apparatuses between shape cutting and baking apparatuses for adjusting water content of raw dough pieces. The first drying apparatus has upper and lower levels, the upper level having conveyor belts at plural stages for transporting the dough pieces under hot air atmosphere and the lower level having conveyor belt for cooling, and conveyor belt for maturing the cooled pieces. The second drying apparatus has atmosphere at lower temperature than the first drying apparatus and plural rotary drums each having an inlet and an outlet and being rotatably mounted in the second apparatus. A chute transports the raw dough pieces from uppermost to lowermost ones of the rotary drums. | 08-09-2012 |
20120234185 | APPARATUS FOR STEAMING AND BLENDING FOOD PRODUCTS - An apparatus for steaming and blending food products comprises a container ( | 09-20-2012 |
20130340628 | AUTOMATIC BEAN CURD MAKER - An automatic bean curd maker is provided in the present invention. Soybeans and water are blended and grinded to produce raw bean pulp, and the raw bean pulp is boiled in a steamer to form bean pulp. The bean pulp is mixed and stirred with coagulator to form soy custard in a stirring tank. Specifically, a coagulator dosing device and a coagulator tank are connected circulatedly wherein the coagulator dosing device supplies a predetermined amount of coagulator to the stirring tank. The soy custard in the stirring tank falls into a molding container to be molded and pressed to form bean curd. Thus, bean curd can be produced automatically. | 12-26-2013 |
20140013962 | DEPOSITION OF MATERIALS FOR EDIBLE SOLID FREEFORM FABRICATION - Technologies are provided herein for processing edible materials using tools associated with a fabrication system. In one aspect, a fabricator includes a control module and a drive assembly controlled by the control module. The fabricator also includes at least one food processing tool head coupled to the drive assembly that can process material for fabricating an edible structure on a build surface. | 01-16-2014 |
20140083305 | Baby Food Processor - The present invention provides a baby food processor capable of cooking and blending or grinding baby food, and during the cooking process of the food, the water vapor generated by the boiled water in the water tank provided on one side of the food processor is guided into the cup holder containing the food to achieve an efficient cooking and to facilitate the pre-blending or grinding thereof afterwards. | 03-27-2014 |
20140261011 | ELASTIC POULTRY BINDER CONSTRUCTION AND METHOD OF USE FOR BINDING POULTRY - A vulcanized latex loop or loops, wrapped by multiple spirally wound, generally non-elastic ribbons may be stretched over the legs and tail of a dressed bird to close the cavity of the bird during cooking. The loop or loops may be stretched to bind a bird in various ways depending upon the size and configuration of the bird. | 09-18-2014 |
20150297027 | Household Appliance for Food Preparation, Comprising a Working Container with a Basket for Steam Cooking - Provided is a household appliance for food preparation, comprising a working container having a bottom receiving a rotary tool that is rotatably driven by a motor and an open upper end via which ingredients can be inserted into the working container, a heating device for heating the contents of the working container, and a steam-cooking basket that lies in the working container, above the rotary tool, wherein said rotary tool can be removed from the working container and wherein said basket comprises a bottom having an opening for the passage of a body that grips the rotary tool when the basket is arranged in the working container. | 10-22-2015 |
20150313414 | Household Food Preparation Appliance Comprising a Working Container with a Device to Heat the Contents of the Working Container - An electrical food preparation appliance includes a working container enclosing a tool rotated by a motor, a device for heating the contents of the working container and a removable lid that covers the working container, the lid having an opening for inserting ingredients into the working container, at least one steam exhaust orifice, and a removable measuring cap accommodated into said opening for inserting ingredients. The measuring cap can occupy at least two stable positions in the opening of the lid and in that the motion of the measuring cap from one stable position to the other makes it possible to vary the passage cross-section of the steam exhaust orifice. | 11-05-2015 |
20150335059 | Juicer Arrangements - An electrically powered juicer has a treatment module arranged to subject the expressed juice to a pasteurization or UHT process in order to prevent the rapid deterioration in quality of the expressed juice that otherwise occurs. The lifetime of the juice expressed by the juicer is considerably extended, allowing juice to be prepared in larger volumes than previously and thus negating the requirement for juicing on demand. The treatment module includes serially arranged heating means and cooling means, operative while the expressed juice is traversing a meandering pathway, and a thermostatically controlled element sited and configured to ensure that the heating operation is automatically repeated in the event that juice exiting the heating operation has not reached a predetermined temperature required for the pasteurization or UHT process. | 11-26-2015 |
20160089804 | Device and Method for Creating Partial Cuts in Food Products - A device for creating partial cuts, such as transverse spiral cuts, into an elongated food product, such as hot dogs, frankfurters, and wieners, the device having an upper housing section with at least one top blade and a lower housing section with at least one bottom blade, wherein closing the top housing on top of the lower housing with the elongated food product inside allows the top blades and the bottom blades to partially cut through the elongated food product creating a helical groove pattern around the outer surface of the elongated food product while leaving an inner core intact. The device may also have guide channels to guide a skewer through the inner core for easy removal of the food product from the housing. The device can also be provided as a kit with skewers, modified tongs, and a heating unit to cook the food product in the housing. | 03-31-2016 |
099354000 | Ring or hollow article (e.g., dough-nut) | 1 |
20100058935 | AUTOMATIC CONTINUOUS DOUGH FRYING UNIT EQUIPPED WITH DOUGH FEEDER FOR MAKING DEEP-FRIED PASTRIES - The present disclosure relates to an automatic continuous dough frying unit for making deep-fried pastries having mechanisms for dispensing, transferring, turning and outputting the dough to be fried. | 03-11-2010 |
099355000 | Subsequent treating or handling | 11 |
20090145306 | System and method for manufacturing and processing a food product - A system and method for manufacturing and processing a food product, such as forming, transporting, and slicing, is disclosed. The food product includes an elongated body having a generally D-shaped cross section. | 06-11-2009 |
20100005974 | Heat treatment vessel - A heat treatment vessel configured to receive at least two stacks of food products, includes a chamber with an inlet opening and a discharge opening separated from the inlet opening. The vessel also includes a movement device configured to engage a stack received through the inlet opening and to transport it toward the discharge opening. | 01-14-2010 |
20100326288 | SELECTOR VALVE FOR SHORTENING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A system for delivering a cooking medium of a cooking apparatus includes a cooking medium tank for storing the cooking medium and a rotary valve including a rotary inlet configured to be in fluid communication with the cooking medium tank. The rotary outlet further includes a plurality of rotary outlets including a first rotary outlet in fluid communication with a first cooking vessel and a second rotary outlet in fluid communication with a second cooking vessel. Moreover, the rotary valve is configured to selectively place the rotary inlet in fluid communication with one of the plurality of rotary outlets. In other embodiments, the system further includes a motor operatively connected to the rotary valve and configured to operate the rotary valve to select one of the plurality of rotary outlets. | 12-30-2010 |
20110214575 | LIFTING MECHANISM OF FRY DEVICE AND FRYING PAN - A lifting mechanism of a fry device and a frying pan has a lifting mechanism connected between a basement and a reflector plate, and a heating pipe is set on the reflector plate. The lifting mechanism includes a slide rail, an inner support bracket, an outer support bracket, a support basement and a joint pin. The slide rail is installed on the basement of the fry device, and the inner support bracket is intercrossed with the outer support bracket. Rotatable axes connected with the slide rail are provided on the base ends of the inner support bracket and the outer support bracket. Moreover, the support basement is installed on the basement of the fry device and is opened with a longitudinal guide slot, and the joint pin is connected with the longitudinal guide slot and through slots of the inner and the outer support brackets slidably. | 09-08-2011 |
20120037010 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCTION OF ELONGATED MEAT PRODUCTS WITHOUT CASINGS | 02-16-2012 |
20120042785 | CONVEYORIZED BAKING OVEN WITH STEAM TUNNEL - A system and method for applying steam to baked products in a conveyorized oven. A steam tunnel sub-enclosure includes exhaust ducts collecting steam at the conveyor's entrance and exit thereof to prevent steam from being released into the rest of the oven where it might interfere with ignition control equipment. | 02-23-2012 |
20130139705 | Pot boss - A cookware apparatus has a body having a side wall and a bottom, and includes a drain connected to the bottom of the cookware. A strainer or perforated member is disposed above the bottom of the cookware for supporting food to be cooked, and for allowing to drain the liquid without disturbing the cooked food so that only the liquid drains and the cooked food is left behind. A manual control device is disposed on one side of the cookware near the top thereof, to control the draining process. | 06-06-2013 |
099356000 | Receptacle filling or closing | 4 |
20090025569 | Cooking impliment shelf and food warming drawer for use with commercial griddles and charbroilers - A cooking implement shelf is disclosed that is attachable to a commercial griddle and is able to support and position cooking implements such as a spatula, grill weights, cooking tongs, a salt shaker, etc, in a location that is readily accessible to a grill cook and does not taking up space on the cooking surface. One aspect of the invention is attachable to a staging feature on top of a barrier that runs along the backsplash of the griddle, while another aspect is directly attachable to the backsplash or to a side splash guard of the griddle. In preferred embodiments, the accessory is made from stainless steel, includes a warming tray and drip pan under the shelf, can be positioned above the cooking surface so as to warm items in the tray without harming them, and is adjustable horizontally and in height from 8″ to 17″ above the cooking surface. | 01-29-2009 |
20090308261 | Cooking appliance - A cooking appliance includes a housing, a heater within the housing, a cooking space within the housing, a fan causing hot air from the heater to enter the cooking space, a receptacle located lower than the cooking space, a passage from the cooking space to the receptacle, and a pan located within the cooking space for receiving food and being movable from a first position in which the hot air cooks the food, to a second position whereupon cooked food in the pan can fall through the passage to the receptacle. | 12-17-2009 |
20120042786 | MACHINE FOR THE EXPRESS PREPARATION OF FINISHED FOODS, SUCH AS PASTA AND THE LIKE - The machine ( | 02-23-2012 |
20130340629 | Device for preparation of gelatin-based products - Systems and methods for preparing and dispensing single serving gelatin-based food products in an efficient and cost-effective way. A gelatin-based product making device includes a container receiving portion configured to removably receive one or more disposable dry ingredients containers that store dry ingredients used to make the gelatin-based products. The device is operative to automatically mix the dry ingredients with a liquid, heat the mixture, and rapidly cool the mixture to form a batch of gelatin-based product. The device includes a dispenser operative to dispense single servings of the gelatin-based product into cups that may be provided to consumers. | 12-26-2013 |