Patents Assigned to Sung Ae Ahn
  • Patent number: 5582852
    Abstract: A method of producing granule type chewing gum without the necessity of using a cutting machine and expensive nitrogen gas for cooling the chewing gum material, departing from the shape of a standardized elongated rectangle. According to the method, hard gum base is melted by heating the gum base in a water bath, and the melted gum base is mixed with other chewing gum materials under predetermined mixing rates and temperatures to produce a mixture of chewing gum. The mixture of chewing gum is then granulated by stirring and solidifying the mixture of chewing gum. Granules of the mixture may be coated with various food materials for various colors and tastes of the products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: Sung Ae Ahn
    Inventors: Sung A. Ahn, Myung H. Yoon
  • Patent number: 5439698
    Abstract: The nozzle plate is provided for spraying the candy melt from the first pressure vessel into the second, third, and fourth pressure vessels so as to create maximum contact of the gas and candy melt. Further, the agitation propeller is provided for dispersing again the candy melt sprayed through the nozzle plate. The process according to the present invention comprise spraying the candy melt through the nozzle plate and dispersing again the sprayed candy melt by the agitation propeller. The candy produced has gas content of 4-5 cc/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Assignee: Sung Ae Ahn
    Inventors: Sung Ae Ahn, Young Deug Lee