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Utility
Cutting of large potatoes
11 May 20
An apparatus for cutting potato slices, the apparatus comprising an annular-shaped cutting head and a central impeller coaxially mounted for rotation within the cutting head for delivering potatoes radially outwardly toward the cutting head, a plurality of knives serially mounted annularly around the cutting head, and a plurality of orientation elements serially and annularly mounted within the impeller to define a plurality of cutting zones located around the impeller, each cutting zone being between adjacent orientation elements, wherein radially inner parts of adjacent orientation elements are separated in circumferential direction to define between adjacent orientation elements a throat for passage therethrough of a potato in a radially outward direction into the respective cutting zone toward the cutting head, wherein the throat has a width of from 70 to 140 mm.
Ahmed Nadim Khan, Neal Lingard
Filed: 27 May 15
Utility
Preservative system for acidic beverages based on sequestrants
27 Apr 20
The present invention provides beverage preservative systems for use in high acid beverage products, and beverage products comprising the beverage preservative systems.
Richard T. Smith
Filed: 20 Dec 16
Utility
Printed user interface
20 Apr 20
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed that, in some aspects, provide for a cost-reduced touch sensitive user interface including a static printed display.
Martin Eduardo Broen, Dominick Salvato, Peter Randall Daly
Filed: 14 Apr 16
Utility
Slicing apparatus and method for making vegetable slices
13 Apr 20
A stationary slicing head assembly for use with a centrifugal slicing machine for cutting vegetables into slices.
Elvira Domingo Varona, Alejandra Ibanez Revilla, Peter Usher
Filed: 12 Dec 17
Utility
Beverage system including a removable piercer
6 Apr 20
Apparatuses related to a beverage system.
Carlos Hernan Marina, Dario Federico Stanziano, Hernán Javier Giorgi, Tomás Águila
Filed: 13 Jun 16
Utility
Snack food container
6 Apr 20
A snack food container having a square base, side walls substantially consisting of four right triangular panels and two isosceles triangular panels, and a flat, two dimensional end seal.
Johannes Bayer, Martin Bernhard Dierl, Eduard Edwards, Niklas Gustafsson, David Lestage, Sunitha Nair, Bich-Van Pham, Stephen Tyner, Patrick Ryan Windley
Filed: 4 Jan 16
Utility
Former assembly with improved center of gravity
30 Mar 20
A novel system and apparatus for bagmaking is disclosed herein.
Ashish Anand, Vibhav Jindal
Filed: 25 May 17
Utility
Container closure with over-cap device
30 Mar 20
An over-cap device for use with containers having caps.
Laura Dellevigne, Martin Antoine Mathelier, Thierry Jean Robert Fabozzi, Shari Lee Morse
Filed: 20 Sep 16
Utility
Quantitative liquid texture measurement apparatus and methods
30 Mar 20
A photo acoustic non-destructive measurement apparatus and method for quantitatively measuring texture of a liquid.
Ou Bai, Wilfred Marcellien Bourg, Jr., Scott Fagan, Enrique Michel-Sanchez, Shahmeer Ali Mirza, Scott G. Richardson, Chen C. Shao
Filed: 16 Sep 18
Utility
Quantitative texture measurement apparatus and method
23 Mar 20
A non-destructive measurement apparatus and method for quantitatively measuring texture of a food snack is disclosed.
Ou Bai, Wilfred Marcellien Bourg, Jr., Scott Fagan, Enrique Michel-Sanchez, Shahmeer Ali Mirza, Scott G. Richardson, Chen C. Shao
Filed: 20 Sep 17
Utility
Glazed baked snack food products and glaze for same
24 Feb 20
A sugar coating or glaze with reducing sugars greater than about 16.5% and a viscosity ranging between 170 and 650 cP is applied onto an uncooked dough product during a continuous process in the production of baked snack foods.
Catalina Maria Velez Argumedo, Sofia Leticia Fernandez Gomez, Beatriz Elena De la Pena Lavalle
Filed: 17 Jun 19
Utility
Potato cultivar FL 2512
17 Feb 20
A potato cultivar designated FL 2512 is disclosed.
Robert W. Hoopes
Filed: 21 Feb 19
Utility
Encapsulation system for protection of probiotics during processing
17 Feb 20
Comestible products, for example beverage products, are disclosed containing encapsulated probiotic bacteria having resistance to subjection to at least thermal and acidic conditions.
Yuan Fang, Breda Kennedy, Teodoro Rivera, Kyoung-Sik Han, Anil Kumar Anal, Harjinder Singh
Filed: 31 Aug 17
Utility
Stabilizing sorbic acid in syrup and finished beverage
20 Jan 20
Sorbic acid or benzoic acid is stabilized in syrup and finished beverages by solubilizing potassium sorbate or sodium benzoate and then adding the solubilized potassium sorbate or sodium or potassium benzoate into a stabilizer solution at pH 2-4.
Naijie Zhang, William Mutilangi
Filed: 30 Jan 13
Utility
Compact vending machine
13 Jan 20
A compact vending machine for dispensing food products is disclosed.
Praveen Nooli, Emad Jafa
Filed: 21 May 18
Utility
Control of bubble size in a carbonated liquid
9 Dec 19
Cans, bottles and/or other containers used to hold a carbonated beverage can include internal features to promote and/or control bubble formation.
Lee M. Nicholson, Peter S. Given, Prasad V. Joshi, Wei Liu, Denise H. Lefebvre, Marcin Jankowiak
Filed: 23 Mar 16
Utility
Rebaudioside analogs
2 Dec 19
William Bonorden, Shawn Erickson, Christophe Galopin, Laura Nattress
Filed: 14 Jul 16
Utility
Refrigerated post-mix dispenser
25 Nov 19
A post-mix beverage dispenser having all components within an insulated housing is provided.
Maher Nachawati, William Segiet, Aaron Stein, Fernando Ubidia
Filed: 6 Aug 18
Utility
Lean vending machine
25 Nov 19
A vending machine includes two horizontal lead screws, a vertical lead screw, first and second motors, a shelf, a delivery cup, and a delivery area.
Emad Jafa, Xuejun Li, Ovidiu Butnaru, Claudiu Iov, Marius Mihaila, Jozsef Sandor, Andrei Smitko
Filed: 15 Dec 16
Utility
Ambient filling system and method
18 Nov 19
Systems and methods for filling a beverage container with a carbonated fluid at ambient temperature while minimizing foam formation are provided.
Enver Bulunmaz
Filed: 7 Nov 16