| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 426516000 | Extruding through restricted orifice to give desired final shape | 27 |
| 20080241327 | Extrusion die with extrusion ports having a shaped extrusion outlet - A cutter assembly for an extruder includes an elongated extrusion member having an open feed end. The open feed end is attachable in fluid communication with a manifold of the extruder for supplying a mash thereto. An extrusion die is supported on the elongated extrusion member. The extrusion die includes a plurality of extrusion outlets formed therein. A cutter member cuts extrudate to a desired length as the extrudate exits the die. The cutter member is slidable on the extrusion member in a direction of elongation of the extrusion member. The cutter member is operably connectable at the drivable end to a drive device of the extruder for reciprocatably sliding the cutting surface of the cutter member over and away from the extrusion die. The shape of the extrusion outlets twist the mash as the mash exits the extrusion die in order to form a twisted food product. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080268120 | Method for the Production of Frozen Bars With Variations in Section - The method allows the production of a food bar with an extrusion nozzle ( | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090053376 | Process and Device for Casting Products Intended for Human Consumption - The invention relates to a casting machine for producing a product intended for human consumption from a castable material, in particular a fat material such as chocolate, for example, having a heatable material container for receiving the castable material; at least one nozzle which is in fluid connection with the material container interior, and a pressure source for generating an overpressure in the material container interior. According to the invention, the nozzle has a nozzle orifice or a nozzle constriction, the open cross section or flow cross section of which is flexible. A process according to the invention for producing a product intended for human consumption from a castable material has the following steps: providing a heated castable material in a material container; generating an overpressure in the material container interior, forcing the material through a nozzle in fluid connection with the material container with simultaneous changing of the flow and/or open cross section of the nozzle. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090169695 | Pet Food Composition and Method - The present invention relates to dimensionally stable low carbohydrate pet food products and method for producing such products. The resulting pet food products are capable of inducing desired levels of ketosis in pets which in turn can lead to weigh loss or weight control. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090214737 | FOODSTUFF DISPENSING MACHINE AND DEHYDRATED FOODSTUFF CONTAINER - A stand alone container for housing dehydrated foodstuff and for use in a foodstuff machine has a continuous sidewall with first and second ends forming a storage area. A piston is complementarily positioned within the sidewall proximate the first end and is slidable with respect to the sidewall. The container contains dehydrated foodstuff located in the storage area and a removable cover positioned proximate the second end. The foodstuff machine includes a machine housing having an access opening for receiving the container having dehydrated foodstuff therein. A hydrating and positioning system moves from a loading position when the container is in the access opening to a hydrating position with the container second end above the first end and then to a transfer position where the first end is positioned above the second end. A liquid dispenser is positioned above the container when the container is in the hydrating position. The foodstuff machine has a transfer arm having an operative end for receiving the container and is movable from a first position that supports the container in the transfer position to an extrusion position where the container is located over a cooking station. A piston rod is operatively associated with the piston in the container and moves to force the piston toward the second end of the container to force hydrated foodstuff through the die to form uncooked strips which drop into the cooking station. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090274813 | VACUUM RAISING IN A FLUID PERMEABLE MOULD OF FOODSTUFF - A vacuum raising apparatus for the production of an expanded foodstuff is disclosed, comprising a fluid permeable mould for constraining the foodstuff. The permeability of the mould is substantially uniform throughout so that during vacuum raising fluids from the foodstuff can escape uniformly through the entirety of the mould. The invention also provides a method of vacuum raising a foodstuff comprising constraining an unraised foodstuff within such a mould according to and subjecting the foodstuff within the mould to heat under vacuum. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20100143560 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FROZEN CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTS - A process for producing a frozen confectionery product is provided, the process comprising: extruding a frozen confection from a nozzle; and cutting the extruded frozen confection with an iris cutter; characterised in that the iris cutter is cooled to a temperature below 10° C. An apparatus for operating the process is also provided. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100209580 | PRODUCT SHAPING METHOD AND APPARATUS - This invention provides apparatus and methods for producing cooked material having a desired shape that varies in cross-sectional dimension. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20110250337 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING MULTIPLE FOOD EXTRUDATES - An apparatus ( | 10-13-2011 |
| 20120135122 | EXTRUSION DIE HEAD - An extrusion die head for the extrusion of hollow or centre-filled shapes as well as apparatus comprising the extrusion die head and methods employing the die head. The extrusion die head ( | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120301586 | ANIMAL CHEW FORMED OF INTERWOVEN STRIPS OF EDIBLE RESIN - A woven chew toy for animals is provided including one or more of edible resins, such as rawhide, meat jerky, starch and combinations thereof in strip form interwoven together to provide a planar article. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20130022726 | Methods and Apparatus for Producing Multiple Food Extrudates - An apparatus for forming a single extrudable food stream such as a cooked cereal dough into a plurality of differently colored and/or flavored dough streams is disclosed including an extruder having screw augers for advancing a plastic food mass, a head or manifold for dividing the plastic food mass into a plurality of substreams each in turn in fluid communication with a plurality of sub-divided dough passageways, and a die head having a plurality of die ports. Each subpassage is separately supplied an additive and has disposed therein a multiplicity of in-line static mixer elements to admix the additive into the substreams of the plastic food mass before passage through the die ports. In a preferred form, first and second substreams are intermixed in a non-homogenous manner before reaching the exit ports. The extrudates are severed into individual pieces by a rotary cutter. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130064951 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRODUCTS - A method of extruding products comprises varying the rate of flow of at least one material ( | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130115353 | METHODS FOR EXTRUDING A PRODUCT - Methods for extruding a product are provided. In particular, a method for producing a striped confectionery product is provided. The method includes co-extruding at least two base products to form a co-extruded product stream comprising generally parallel layers of said base products extending laterally across a flow path; dividing the layered co-extruded product stream into at least two separate sub-streams, each sub-stream containing layers of said at least two base products; rotating said sub-streams about each other to re-orientate layers in one of said sub-streams relative to said layers in at least one other of said sub-streams; and recombining said re-oriented sub-streams of co-extruded product to form a single recombined product stream comprising an increased number of generally parallel layers of said base products when compared with said initial co-extruded product stream. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130209641 | Food Cooking Apparatus and Method - A food cooking apparatus comprising: a bottom continuous belt, the bottom continuous belt comprising a plurality of bottom channels on the outer surface of the belt; a top continuous belt, that meshes with the bottom continuous belt along a belt mesh length, the top continuous belt comprising a plurality of top channels on the outer surface of the belt such that at the belt mesh length, each pair of adjacent top and bottom channels form a cooking volume, where the cooking volume has a cooking surface that is configured to generally completely abut the outer surface of a food located in the cooking volume; where the food cooking apparatus is configured to rotate the top continuous belt and bottom continuous belt and the food remains in the cooking volume for such time that the food is suitably cooked when it leaves the bottom continuous belt. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130216674 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRODUCTS - A method of manufacturing products comprising an outer casing of a first material ( | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130251872 | 3-D Continuous Shaping of Edible-Based Extrudates - A chew toy of non-uniform shape may be manufactured from an edible starch composition by introducing said composition to an extruder having a barrel and subjecting the composition to shear and heat to form a melt, and conveying the melt through an adjustable orifice while varying the cross-section dimensions of the orifice to form an extrudate having thickness dimensions that varies along its length. This may be followed by cutting the extrudate to length. The extrudate may also be passed between cooperating cavities and formed to shape. The extrudate may also be guided into predetermined patterns by repositioning the die relative to a molding surface. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20140037811 | APPARATUS FOR FORMING A FOOD PRODUCT - An apparatus for extruding foodstuffs is comprised of a one-piece housing having an inlet configured to be attached to a food processing machine, a distributor portion integrally formed with the inlet, the distributor portion having at least two side walls outwardly angled from the inlet, a die retaining portion configured for housing a die therein and integrally formed with the side walls, and an outlet through which an extruded food product can exit. A die defining at least one passage for forming a food product having a shape defined by the passage is inserted into the housing. A pair of removable retaining members extends through the housing and abuts against the die to retain the die within the housing. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140087047 | CUT EXTRUDATE DISPERSAL HOOD - A product-spreading hood assembly ( | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140242243 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR FILLING A CONFECTIONARY ARTICLE - Disclosed is an apparatus for filling a confectionary article, the apparatus including at least one conduit housed by a conduit housing, the at least one conduit extending from a conduit input to a conduit output, an output end of the conduit housing disposed at a termination of the conduit output of the at least one conduit, a nozzle base removably associated with the output end, the nozzle base including a desirable number of fluid openings that are fluidly communicable with the conduit output, and a desirable number of nozzles that are fluidly communicable with the fluid openings, the nozzles being fluidly communicable with the at least one conduit via the fluid openings. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140272061 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING A FOOD PRODUCT - The invention provides for an apparatus and method for producing food products without the use of an extruder. The apparatus generally comprises a conditioning element and a gear pump. The method generally comprises introducing a starch and/or protein material to the apparatus of the present invention. Advantageously, the apparatus uses less energy and avoids the back flow and scrap material often produced by the use of an extruder. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150086691 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING FROZEN CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTS - An apparatus for producing frozen confectionery products is provided, the apparatus comprising: means for supplying a frozen confection to the inlets of a nozzle; the nozzle comprising a chamber and an extrusion plate, wherein the extrusion plate defines one or more apertures; the apertures having a width of from 1 to 5 mm and a length of at least 10 mm; means for moving the nozzle in the opposite direction to the direction of extrusion. A process for producing frozen confectionery products, the process comprising: supplying a frozen confection to a nozzle, the nozzle comprising a chamber and an extrusion plate, wherein the extrusion plate defines one or more apertures; wherein the apertures have a width of from 1 to 5 mm and a length of at least 10 mm; extruding the frozen confection from the chamber of the nozzle through the apertures of the extrusion plate; and simultaneously moving the nozzle in the opposite direction to the direction of extrusion; and stopping the flow of the frozen confection is also provided. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150366158 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING STRIPS OF SPUN CHEESE - A system, method and device for producing strips of spun cheese from a paste of hot cheese that can form a fibrous texture when drawn. The hot cheese paste is drawn in the form of a strip of spun cheese by means of an arrangement of consecutive driving pulleys, in which tangential velocity of each driving pulley is greater than that of the immediately preceding pulley so as to generate a greater tensile force on the strip of cheese as it passes through the consecutive driving pulleys. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150366220 | A DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING EXTRUDABLE FOOD PRODUCTS | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160000096 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR METERED SHAPING DISPENSING OF MASS BODIES FROM PUMPABLE MASSES - A nozzle configuration for the metered, shaping dispensing of mass bodies from pumpable, viscous or doughy masses includes a mass supply line for supplying the mass through a mass outlet opening into a separating region located outside the mass supply line. A gas nozzle configuration is provided for delivering one or more gas jets directed onto the mass located in the separating region and for the shaping separation of the mass body. An apparatus having at least one nozzle configuration and a method for the metered, shaping dispensing of mass bodies are also provided. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160037802 | EXTRUDER SYSTEM AND METHOD - Apparatus and methods for producing multiple extruded products having different characteristics from the extruded stream of a single main extruder are provided. A satellite extruder assembly is removably attached to a main extruder allowing for the production of a plurality of different extrusion products from a single stream from one main extruder that is divided into multiple streams channeled to a plurality of satellite extruders. Each of the extruders may be operated at different temperature, pressure, moisture and shear conditions. Additional components may be selectively added to one or more of the material streams. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20170231264 | COOKING EXTRUSION HORN | 08-17-2017 |
