Patents by Inventor Ann E. Buck

Ann E. Buck has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240000100
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for cutting chewing gum, the method including providing a chewing gum sheet to at least one cutting device; applying oil to said at least one cutting device; and cutting said chewing gum sheet via said at least one cutting device. Further disclosed is a method for cutting chewing gum, the method including providing a chewing gum sheet to at least one cutting device; cutting said chewing gum sheet via said at least one cutting device; and separating chewing gum from said at least one cutting device via a directing of compressed air onto said at least one cutting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Ann E. Buck, Bharat Jani, Miles J. van Niekerk, Bhairavi Modak
  • Patent number: 11800880
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for cutting chewing gum, the method including providing a chewing gum sheet to at least one cutting device; applying oil to said at least one cutting device; and cutting said chewing gum sheet via said at least one cutting device. Further disclosed is a method for cutting chewing gum, the method including providing a chewing gum sheet to at least one cutting device; cutting said chewing gum sheet via said at least one cutting device; and separating chewing gum from said at least one cutting device via a directing of compressed air onto said at least one cutting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Ann E. Buck, Bharat Jani, Miles J. van Niekerk, Bhairavi Modak
  • Patent number: 10334867
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a comestible is provided including providing at least one manufacturing instrument configured to contact the comestible. A releasing agent is atomized and expelled from an expelling device. Application of pressure to the releasing agent is unnecessary to achieve the atomizing. The atomized releasing agent is applied to either a surface of the at least one manufacturing instrument configured to contact the comestible or to a surface of the comestible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Ann E. Buck, Bharat Jani
  • Publication number: 20170215455
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a comestible is provided including providing at least one manufacturing instrument configured to contact the comestible. A releasing agent is atomized and expelled from an expelling device. Application of pressure to the releasing agent is unnecessary to achieve the atomizing. The atomized releasing agent is applied to either a surface of the at least one manufacturing instrument configured to contact the comestible or to a surface of the comestible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Ann E. Buck, Bharat Jani
  • Publication number: 20170164636
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for cooling chewing gum, the system including a cooling housing including a relatively upper cooling environment and a relatively lower cooling environment, a conveying device configured to convey the chewing gum from an entry point to an exit point of the cooling housing, the conveying device at least partially delimiting the relatively upper cooling environment from the relatively lower cooling environment, a first cooling system configured to provide cooling output to the relatively upper cooling environment, and second cooling system configured to provide cooling output to the relatively lower cooling environment, wherein the relatively upper cooling environment and the relatively lower cooling environment are disposed in fluid separation from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Ann E. Buck, Bharat Jani, Miles J. van Niekerk