| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D307865 |
Packaging container |
May 15, 1990 |
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| D307544 |
Packaging container |
May 1, 1990 |
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| D297119 |
Compartmented packaging container |
August 9, 1988 |
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| D297118 |
Compartmented packaging cup |
August 9, 1988 |
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| D297117 |
Compartmented packaging container |
August 9, 1988 |
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| D297116 |
Compartmented packaging container |
August 9, 1988 |
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| D297115 |
Compartmented packaging container |
August 9, 1988 |
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| D293730 |
Guitar-shaped pasta piece |
January 19, 1988 |
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| D293616 |
Saxophone-shaped pasta piece |
January 12, 1988 |
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| D293615 |
Trumpet-shaped pasta piece |
January 12, 1988 |
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| D291865 |
Bottle |
September 15, 1987 |
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| D267076 |
Jar or the like |
November 30, 1982 |
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| 4986056 |
Lane adjusting apparatus for bottle guides |
January 22, 1991 |
| Automatically adjustable lane guide and grid packing systems which provide for automated accommodation of articles of different size in controlling the transport of rows of moving articles. |
| 4979933 |
Reclosable bag |
December 25, 1990 |
| A reclosable bag having an open end with a side margin adjacent the open end, a metal segment in the side margin having ends extending beyond the opening and a sealing tape overlying the metal strip for encapsulation thereof. Apparatus for manufacturing reclosable bags includes a continu |
| 4960605 |
Grated hard Parmesan cheese and method for making same |
October 2, 1990 |
| In accordance with the present invention, Parmesan cheese is grated to provide a particulate Parmesan cheese. The grated Parmesan cheese is dried to a moisture level of from about 19% to about 24% by weight. Either before or after the drying step, disodium phosphate is blended with the |
| 4948003 |
Container and closure with internal tamper indication |
August 14, 1990 |
| Disclosed is a tamper-evident closure for a container having a finish opening and including a cap member hingedly connecting to a base member. The base member is threadingly engaged with the bottle finish, and includes an upwardly extending pour spout. A sealing disk is installed in |
| 4942052 |
Method for producing blocks of cheese curd |
July 17, 1990 |
| Disclosed are method and apparatus for continuously producing blocks of cheese curd from a sheet of cheese curd. The apparatus may include means for producing the sheet of cheese curd but includes inclined surfaces for guiding the sheet into a conditioning tower. The tower receives the s |
| 4936817 |
Reclosable bag |
June 26, 1990 |
| A reclosable bag having an open end with a side margin adjacent the open end, a metal segment in the side margin having ends extending beyond the opening and a sealing tape overlying the metal strip for encapsulation thereof. Apparatus for manufacturing reclosable bags includes a continu |
| 4925380 |
Multicolor confection extrusion system |
May 15, 1990 |
| Apparatus for manufacturing a multicolored aerated confection product utilizing individually adjustable multi-orifice extrusion systems. |
| 4923707 |
Low oil mayonnaise and method of making |
May 8, 1990 |
| In accordance with the invention, a low oil mayonnaise composition is provided. The mayonnaise composition contains an edible oil in an amount of from about 65% to about 72%. The mayonnaise composition further includes low D.E. corn syrup at a level of from about 4% to about 15%. Egg |
| 4916068 |
Bioconversion production of ascorbic acid with L-galactono-1,4-oxidase |
April 10, 1990 |
| Processes for the bioconversion production of L-ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), and to microorganisms (e.g., Candida Norvegensis MF-56, ATCC 20686 and Candida Norvegensis MF-78, ATCC 20732) and bioconversion media which are specifically adapted for such bioconversion. |
| 4898745 |
Method for manufacturing of pasta filata cheese with extended shelf life |
February 6, 1990 |
| The present invention is directed to a method for making Pasta Filata cheese which has an extended shelf life. Pasta Filata curd is divided into pieces and the pieces are delivered to an auger conveyor. The curd is heated and worked in the auger conveyor while immersed in hot water to a |
| 4898280 |
Reclosable bag |
February 6, 1990 |
| A reclosable bag having an open end with a side margin adjacent the open end, a metal segment in the side margin having ends extending beyond the opening and a sealing tape overlying the metal strip for excapsulation thereof. Apparatus for manufacturing reclosable bags includes a continu |
| 4885183 |
Method for controlling melting properties of process cheese |
December 5, 1989 |
| In accordance with the present invention, the meltability of processed cheese is controlled to provide a desired degree of meltability by incorporating whey proteins in the process cheese mix and processing the process cheese mix under conditions of temperature and time so as to dena |
| 4885179 |
Method of making fibrous protein xanthan gum complexes |
December 5, 1989 |
| Method of preparing a fibrous xanthan gum-protein complex which retains its fibrous texture under prolonged storage conditions. |
| 4880104 |
Lane adjusting apparatus for bottle guides |
November 14, 1989 |
| Automatically adjustable lane guide and grid packing systems which provide for automated accommodation of articles of different size in controlling the transport of rows of moving articles. |
| 4865991 |
Methods for partitioning of organic flavor compounds |
September 12, 1989 |
| Methods for partitioning and analysis of flavor volatile and other organic components in a food or bioculture composition utilizing acetonitrile-water blends which are cooled to provide a phase and component separation. |
| 4865868 |
Meat flavored vegetable oil preparation method and product |
September 12, 1989 |
| A method for treating vegetable oil fatty ester shortening composition to provide a natural meaty flavor is provided. In the method, a natural meat fat is heated to a temperature of at least about 150.degree. F. An inert gas is conducted through the natural meat fat while maintaining the |
| 4803090 |
Process for producing a microwave puffed cheese snack |
February 7, 1989 |
| Process, for producing a dry, crips, puffed natural butterfat containing cheese snack in which cheese snack precursor pieces having a fat content of 17-34% and a moisture content of 20-50% are both baked in a convection oven and subjected to microwave cooking to puff and dry pieces. |
| 4798798 |
Apparatus for monitoring a chemical process |
January 17, 1989 |
| An apparatus for monitoring a chemical process or fermentation having a flow-through vial which includes a container having a specimen sampling opening and an inlet port and an outlet port defining an internal flow path through which liquid specimen is circulated from a chemical process. |
| 4792457 |
Method for manufacturing individually wrapped meat slices |
December 20, 1988 |
| A method is disclosed for continuously manufacturing individually wrapped, single slice, firm bodied meat products formed of a viscous heat settable non-syneresing meat emulsion which contains a heat-settable starch. |
| 4785696 |
High-speed apparatus for forming sheets from a web |
November 22, 1988 |
| A method and apparatus for presenting a serial succession of cut sheet portions to a work station. The sheet portions are cut from a continuous webbing which is processed by a cutting station and a web-breaking station. The cutting station partially severs the web downstream of its l |
| 4785551 |
Method for drying confection pieces |
November 22, 1988 |
| A method of drying a plurality of confection pieces, such as marshmallow bits, having a high volume density and outer surfaces which are adhesive at elevated temperature and moisture levels. A high volume density group of confection pieces at elevated moisture levels is heated while bein |
| 4762726 |
Shelf stable acid food dressings containing fibrous protein complexes |
August 9, 1988 |
| Shelf-stable acidic food dressings having a pH of less than 4.1 comprising an acidic food dressing vehicle and fibrous xanthan gum-protein complexes which retain their firm fibrous texture under prolonged storage conditions. Also disclosed are methods for preparing dressings. |
| 4749008 |
Methods and apparatus for container filling |
June 7, 1988 |
| Methods and apparatus for accurately packaging viscous food products within a predetermined weight range. |
| 4702389 |
Rigid lid system |
October 27, 1987 |
| Rigid lid systems for wide mouthed containers for comestibles such as margarine and the like, which are adapted for stacking in shipping containers without interlayer sheets. |
| 4684533 |
Imitation cheese products |
August 4, 1987 |
| Imitation cheese products are disclosed which consist essentially of from about 0.5 to about 3.0 weight percent kappa carrageenan, from about 1.5 to about 12.0 weight percent gelatin, from about 3 to about 30 weight percent of an edible fat and from about 40 to about 65 weight percent wa |
| 4678673 |
Fermented oilseed product for preparing imitation dairy products |
July 7, 1987 |
| Oilseed products are fermented with a microorganism which produces diacetyl and acetylmethylcarbinol. The microorganism is preferably Lactobacillus caseissprhamnosus ATCC 39595. The fermented oilseed products have a buttery or dairy-like flavor and are useful in preparing imitation dairy |
| 4622775 |
Hydroponic plant collars |
November 18, 1986 |
| Collars, for supporting plants by the base of their stems with the major portion of the root structure extending downward into an aqueous hydroponic medium, have upstanding sidewalls and bottom end structures that support the plant while leaving at least about 75 percent of the botto |
| 4620838 |
Cheese shredder |
November 4, 1986 |
| Apparatus for providing cheese shapes utilize one or more chambers for containing cheese, a ram for forcing the cheese through a perforated area of a die plate at the forward end of each chamber to produce a plurality of extrusions, and a cutter to divide each extrusion into a plurality |
| 4614661 |
Methods and apparatus for sanitary steam injection |
September 30, 1986 |
| A steam injection valve for continuously injecting steam into viscous food products such as relishes, sauces, jams and jellies which are continuously pumped through a steam injection zone. The valve has a sanitary irrotational, interlocking valve stem-valve sleeve construction without |
| 4597971 |
Soft cream cheese product |
July 1, 1986 |
| A soft bodied cream cheese product which is readily spreadable at refrigeration temperatures is prepared by blending a cultured cream cheese dressing mix having substantially unhomogenized milkfat with a firm bodied cream cheese curd having homogenized milkfat. The cream cheese product |
| 4595659 |
Fermentation production of ascorbic acid from L-galactonic substrate |
June 17, 1986 |
| Processes for the fermentation production of L-ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), and to microorganisms (e.g., Candida Norvegensis MF-56, ATCC 20686) and fermentation media which are specifically adapted for such fermentation. |
| 4586317 |
Minutely cross channeled voiding sealing systems |
May 6, 1986 |
| Methods and apparatus for forming seal in a packaging material through containing a plastic combestible such as process cheese, utilizing sealing element having a plurality of small channels in the surface thereof having a directional component laterally of the longitudinal axis of the s |
| 4585738 |
Immobilized enzyme systems |
April 29, 1986 |
| Immobilized enzyme systems which contain a tea polyphenol-enzyme adduct and the methods for preparing and using such immobilized enzyme systems. |
| 4563360 |
Edible xanthan gum-protein fibrous complexes |
January 7, 1986 |
| Methods and compositions are disclosed relating to fibers formed from xanthan gum and various protein sources such as soy protein, egg protein and casein, as well as simulated meat compositions utilizing such fibers. |
| 4559233 |
Edible fibrous serum milk protein/xanthan gum complexes |
December 17, 1985 |
| Methods and compositions relating to dairy whey protein-xanthan gum fibers and simulated meat products are disclosed. |
| 4545508 |
Plastic closure for grated cheese or the like |
October 8, 1985 |
| A container lid such as a lid for a parmesan cheese container or the like, having a plurality of independently operative openings which is formed of a one piece two layer central bulk access and peripheral crescent-shaped broadcast construction, and which provides a substantially airtigh |
| 4540592 |
Multiple screw pasta manufacturing process |
September 10, 1985 |
| Methods for preparing a precooked pasta product utilizing a twin screw extruder and subjecting the pasta component to substantial backmixing at elevated pressure and temperature prior to cooling and extrusion. |
| 4513533 |
Method and apparatus for hydroponic farming |
April 30, 1985 |
| Plants are hydroponically grown on rafts that float on an aqueous nutrient medium. The rafts have arrays of openings that extend from their upper surface to their lower surface for receiving plant-containing collars that dip into the aqueous medium.To provide efficient plant thinning wit |
