Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
099450100 | EDIBLE LAMINATED PRODUCT MAKING APPARATUS | 33 |
20090064873 | WARM FOOD PRODUCT DISTRIBUTOR - An apparatus for supplying a single-dose portable express portion of a warm food product that can be eaten keeping it in hand, this warm food product having a stiff edible container ( | 03-12-2009 |
20090301316 | KIT FOR HOME PREPARATION OF SUSHI - The sushi maker machine ( | 12-10-2009 |
20100212516 | Apparatus for producing a dough product topped with assorted toppings and a dough product - Apparatus for producing a flat dough product, in particular a pizza, topped with assorted toppings, is provided with a plurality of topping dispensers and at least one movable positioning mechanism, which is provided vertically below a plane spanned by the topping dispensers and to which a dough carrier is associated which may be supported such that it can rotate; the positioning mechanism actuated by an actuating mechanism to position the dough carrier underneath a topping dispenser to allow topping to be dispensed. The topping dispensers are arranged in a matrix configuration, distributed in two mutually perpendicular spatial directions x,y and the positioning mechanism is configured for positioning the dough carrier in the two mutually perpendicular spatial directions x,y corresponding to the matrix configuration. The topping dispensers are actuated passively to dispense topping by rotating the dough carrier and/or by means of the lifting mechanism. | 08-26-2010 |
20100224082 | FOOD DOUGH EXTENDING APPARATUS - An object is to provide a food dough extending apparatus capable of adjusting a vertical position of an extending roller unit in an obliquely vertical direction in accordance with a thickness of food dough. A food dough apparatus includes an inclined transporting unit | 09-09-2010 |
20100242743 | PASTRY PRODUCING APPARATUS AND PASTRY PRODUCING LINE - A pastry producing apparatus ( | 09-30-2010 |
20120024170 | Automated Pizza Assembly System - An apparatus is provided for assembling a pizza, including a pizza sauce spreading station, a cheese spreading station and a pepperoni applying station. A robot including a stationary base and an articulating arm having a gripper attached to the end is operable to grip a pizza pan having pizza dough therein to allow said robot to move the pan throughout the pizza sauce spreading station, and to a rotary dial system including the cheese spreading station and the pepperoni applying station. The robot arm manipulates the pizza pan in the sauce spreading station and the rotary dial system manipulates the pizza pan in the cheese station and the pepperoni applying station to properly distribute the cheese and pepperoni on the pizza. | 02-02-2012 |
20140047984 | AUTOMATIC SPRING-ROLL SHAPING APPARATUS - An automatic spring-roll shaping apparatus converts a spring-roll semiproduct into a spring-roll product, and includes a conveying belt disposed on a machine bed, and a rolling device. The rolling device includes a circular rotating tube rotatable between a shaping position, where the spring-roll semiproduct is rotated in a direction, and a release position, where the spring-roll semiproduct is released from the circular rotating tube so as to be moved by the conveying belt to pass past the circular rotating tube. | 02-20-2014 |
099450200 | Means forming or reshaping plural sheets or webs | 2 |
20080202353 | Cooked rice mold apparatus - Provided is a cooked rice mold apparatus that can mold rolled sushi having a stable shape and has good maintainability. Cam members | 08-28-2008 |
20150075390 | Multi-Stage Rotary Food Product Folder - Exemplary embodiments are directed to a multi-stage rotary food product folder apparatus for forming a folded food product, generally including a drive system, a cam system and a platform system. The drive system includes at least one motor and a shaft. Rotation of at least one cam of the cam system can be driven by the shaft of the drive system. The platform assembly can be secured to a platform. The platform can be rotatably driven by the drive system. The cam system engages the platform assembly to fold the folded food product. | 03-19-2015 |
099450400 | Means assembling preforms into a sandwich | 8 |
20110030566 | INSTALLATION FOR PRODUCING SANDWICH COOKIES AND THE LIKE - The invention relates to a system for the production of sandwich cookies, having a suction belt conveyor ( | 02-10-2011 |
20110162536 | STENCIL ASSEMBLY FOR DEPOSITING FOOD PRODUCT AND RELATED SANDWICHING MACHINE - A stencil assembly for use in depositing filling onto wafers includes a stencil tube defining a lengthwise passage for flow of filling, the stencil tube including an outer surface, and at least two axially spaced apart filling outlets passing through a wall of the tube. A first stencil die is positioned along the stencil tube and has an inner surface facing the outer surface of the tube in a region axially aligned with one filling outlet of the stencil tube, the first stencil die including at least one outlet extending from the inner surface of the first stencil die to an outer surface of the first stencil die. A second stencil die is positioned along the stencil tube and spaced from the first stencil die, the second stencil die having an inner surface facing the outer surface of the tube in a region axially aligned with another filling outlet of the stencil tube, the second stencil die including at least one outlet extending from the inner surface of the second stencil die to an outer surface of the second stencil die. | 07-07-2011 |
20130199381 | Food Dispensing Apparatus - A food dispensing apparatus for preparing a sandwich. The apparatus includes a housing including a bun pocket forming mechanism, a bun transfer member, and a pair of opposing driven rollers. The pocket forming mechanism includes a motor-driven articulating cutting disc which forms a food receiving slit into a bun as the bun transfer mechanism moves the bun into cutting engagement with the cutting disc. The rollers are adapted in size and spacing to receive and squeeze food from an elongated food package opened at a distal end thereof into the food receiving slot of the bun. | 08-08-2013 |
20140116266 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SANDWICH FOOD ITEMS - The present invention relates to apparatuses and processes for the production of sandwich food items that include filler. | 05-01-2014 |
20150053097 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING TOPPINGS - One variation of a method for dispensing toppings onto topping vehicles includes: indexing a first topping vehicle to a first position adjacent a first topping module, the first topping module comprising a first hopper containing a first topping of a first topping type; indexing a second topping vehicle to a second position adjacent a second topping module comprising a second hopper containing a second topping of a second topping type; retracting a first blade of the first topping module; advancing the first blade through the first topping; retracting a first retaining plate to dispense a topping slice from the first topping onto the first topping vehicle according to a first topping order for the first topping vehicle specifying the first topping type, the first retaining plate offset from the first blade opposite the first hopper; advancing the first retaining plate; and indexing the first topping vehicle to the second position. | 02-26-2015 |
20150075391 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING TOPPINGS - One variation of a method for dispensing toppings onto topping vehicles includes: indexing a first topping vehicle to a first position adjacent a first topping module, the first topping module comprising a first hopper containing a first topping of a first topping type; indexing a second topping vehicle to a second position adjacent a second topping module comprising a second hopper containing a second topping of a second topping type; retracting a first blade of the first topping module; advancing the first blade through the first topping; retracting a first retaining plate to dispense a topping slice from the first topping onto the first topping vehicle according to a first topping order for the first topping vehicle specifying the first topping type, the first retaining plate offset from the first blade opposite the first hopper; advancing the first retaining plate; and indexing the first topping vehicle to the second position. | 03-19-2015 |
20150107465 | Sandwich Making Machine and Related Apparatus, Systems, and Methods - Methods, systems, apparatus, etc. for making sandwiches. For instance, some systems comprise flowable-foodstuff bags and sandwich making apparatus. The apparatus comprise trays, presses, and drives. The trays hold bread while the presses press the foodstuff out of the bags. Moreover, the presses hold the bags in fixed relation to the trays. The drives operatively couple to the tray and press and drives the press and tray to spread the foodstuff on the bread. Some apparatus include features that fix/register the relative positions of the bag and tray. Those registration features can be bite-shaped. If desired, the bag and tray can be spaced apart from one another. | 04-23-2015 |
20150135972 | INSTALLATION FOR PRODUCING SANDWICH COOKIES AND THE LIKE - The invention relates to a system for the production of sandwich cookies, having a suction belt conveyor ( | 05-21-2015 |
099450600 | Shell forming means and filling means | 10 |
20100024664 | FOOD PREPARATION DEVICE - The device comprises at least two shells whose inside has a cylinder-shaped part and a movable flexible element designed to turn the food in said shells when the shells are assembled to form a device whose inside is of a generally cylindrical shape. | 02-04-2010 |
20100107900 | Forming Device for Articles of Food - The present invention relates to methods and devices for forming articles of food. The methods and devices are configured for forming exterior portions and interior portions of a food article so as to form a cavity for placement of similar or different articles of food therein. In one exemplary embodiment, the present invention provides a forming device configured for forming an exterior portion of the food article in a first step, an interior portion of the food article in a second step and an interior and exterior portion in a third step. | 05-06-2010 |
20110005406 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SPICE-CONTAINING FILMS IN THE PRODUCTION OF SAUSAGE AND CHEESE, AND SAUSAGE AND CHEESE PRODUCTS PRODUCED THEREWITH - An apparatus for stuffing a pasty food that includes an applicator sleeve arranged between the inlet end and the outlet end of a stuffing tube. At least a portion of the applicator sleeve surrounds the stuffing tube about part or its complete circumference and the applicator sleeve supplies one or more strips coated and/or impregnated with transferable additives to the stuffing tube, with the strips being ultimately applied to the pasty food. The innovation further relates to a foodstuff in a tubular casing (e.g. sausage skin), in which at least one strip is arranged between the foodstuff and the surrounding casing, the strip being coated and/or impregnated with at least one transferable additive. | 01-13-2011 |
20110146504 | SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCING EDIBLE PRODUCT FILLED WITH LIQUID MATERIAL AT CENTER - There is provided a system for continuously producing edible products filled with liquid material at the center, having a high liquid material filling factor without leakage of liquid material. The system for continuously producing edible products filled with liquid material at the center is characterized in that atmospheric air is sucked in extrusion of an edible product rope. | 06-23-2011 |
20120090477 | ENCRUSTING MACHINE - An encrusting machine is revealed. The encrusting machine mainly includes a power source disposed on a power unit of a machine body. A force output end of the power source is disposed with a first drive belt for driving a cut unit and a second drive belt for driving a food receiving unit. A plurality of cutting blades is mounted in a cutting opening on a middle part of a cut-off base of the cut unit. The blades are controlled by the power unit and vertical movement of the cut-off base is also controlled by the power unit. In the food receiving unit, a toggle set on a cam is used to control vertical movement of a catch basin on top of a push set. The structure is simplified so that the machine is with reduced cost, easy assembly, reduced failure rate reduced, convenient maintenance and high practicality. | 04-19-2012 |
20120318150 | Pancake Wrapper - This device is a small kitchen tool to easily put fillings in pancakes or other flat pan dishes and to easily enhance the presentation of the dish in various shaped rolls. | 12-20-2012 |
20150027323 | SUSHI MACHINE - An apparatus ( | 01-29-2015 |
20150128817 | Food Folding Platform And Components Therefor - A folding platform includes a base, first folding flap, lift arm, and lift arm linkage. The first folding flap is rotatably connected with the base and facilitates the folding of a food item placed on the folding platform. The lift arm linkage is rotatably connected with the base and the lift arm to operatively lift the lift arm and allow the lift arm to rotate in a first rotational direction, and includes a spring that engages the lift arm linkage and the lift arm, and biases the lift arm in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction. The lift arm is capable of rotating a first rotational distance, and rotating a second rotational distance greater than the first rotational distance without bending or breaking when the lift arm contacts an obstruction. The lift arm automatically returns to its normal position due to the bias force of the spring. | 05-14-2015 |
20150135973 | FILLED DOUGH PRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Filled dough producing method and apparatus is disclosed for making a food product, such as baozi, a traditional Chinese food, by folding and constricting close a circular dough wrapper around a filling in an apparatus including a pocket assembly made of pliable fabric layer with an upper surface and lower surface, a flexible frusto-conical annular member connected to the lower surface of the pliable fabric layer, and draw strings for making a pouch, wherein the frusto-conical annular member is configured to be alternately inverted from a first rigid position to a second rigid position. | 05-21-2015 |
20160174577 | Device to Prepare Turnovers | 06-23-2016 |
099450700 | Means feeding diverse center material | 6 |
20110259209 | FILLING EXTRUDING MACHINE WITH SWITCHABLE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL FEEDER PATHS FOR MAKING THREE-LAYER FILLED FOOD PRODUCTS - A filling extruding machine for making three-layer filled food products is provided. Three independent materials, namely an outer material, an intermediate material, and an inner material, are simultaneously fed by three feeding mechanisms, respectively, and then output and clipped into three-layer filled food products. The filling extruding machine is characterized in that a central guide column, which is connected to a horizontal feeder and a vertical feeder, can have its orientation changed by 180 degrees so as to switch the feeding positions of the outer material and the intermediate material and thereby eliminate the need to change the contents of the feeders. | 10-27-2011 |
20120042788 | SYNCHRONIZED CUTTING AND INJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for producing a co-filled product. A center layer is fed through a center channel of a die face and an outer layer is fed through an outer layer of a die face. The center channel is coupled to a fluid control device which controls the flow of the center layer. The position of the fluid control device is determined by the location of a cutting blade located downstream from the die face. In one embodiment the fluid control device is synchronized to ensure that when the product is cut by the cutting blade the cutting blade does not cut through the center layer. | 02-23-2012 |
20120152130 | DEVICE FOR FORMING STUFFED FOOD WITH A PASTRY CASE BY MULTIPLE FOLDING - The present invention provides a device for performing multiple folding on a pastry case enclosing a stuffing so as to made stuffed foods with pastry cases, such as Chinese spring rolls and Mexican tacos. The device is characterized in that a stuffing feeder, a pastry case front folding plate, a pastry case front pressing stand, a pastry case two-sided folding plate, a pastry case flanging and pressing stand, and a consecutive folding and pressing stand are disposed on a conveyor belt of an apparatus in sequence, for performing the steps of: upon entry of the pastry case onto the conveyor belt, feeding a stuffing automatically and continuously, and then performing single folding, two-sided folding, and secondary bending-pressing, to thereby form stuffed foods with pastry cases by multiple folding. | 06-21-2012 |
20150366222 | FEEDER DEVICE FOR FEEDING A FOOD PRODUCT IN A MACHINE FOR MAKING FILLED PASTA AND MACHINE FOR MAKING FILLED PASTA COMPRISING SUCH A FEEDER DEVICE - A machine for making filled pasta comprises at least one station for preparing a strip of pasta sheet; a station for preparing a filling; a filling operation station, in communication with the station for preparing the strip of pasta sheet and with the station for preparing the filling, in which portions of filling are wrapped in corresponding portions of the strip of pasta sheet to form individual pieces of filled pasta; the station for preparing the filling comprises a feeder device for feeding the filling to the filling operation station; the feeder device comprises: a feed duct comprising an inlet and an outlet for the filling; a piston operating in the feed duct feeding the filling from the inlet to the outlet; an ultrasound generator provided with an ultrasound emitter applied to the feed duct for transmitting at least one vibration to the feed duct. | 12-24-2015 |
20150374002 | SAUSAGE PRODUCTION MACHINE COMPRISING A DEVICE FOR THE COAGULATION OF THE SAUSAGE CASING AND PRODUCTION LINE COMPRISING SAID MACHINE - This invention relates to a machine comprising a supply of gelling agent ( | 12-31-2015 |
099450800 | Puncturing injector | 1 |
20110139016 | Slit-cutting device for hot dogs, sausages and the like - A device that aids in the filling of hot dogs, sausage and the like with fillers such as cheese, mustard and condiments is disclosed. One embodiment discloses a blade having a spiral shape having a cutting edge lying substantially in a plane. The blade is attached to a hollow cylindrical member and the blade is positioned such that it remains interior to and centered within the hollow cylindrical member. The cutting edge cuts a curved incision when a hot dog is forced through the hollow cylindrical member and over the blade. The curved incision expands when filling with filler but springs back into position when released. Other alternative embodiments are presented. | 06-16-2011 |