Patents by Inventor Eugenio Bortone

Eugenio Bortone 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).

  • Apparatus and method for improving the dimensional quality of direct-expanded food products having complex shapes
    Publication number: 20030185953
    Abstract: The present invention comprises an improved extruder die assembly and method for using same to improve the quality of dimensional design aspects of extruded, complexly shaped, direct expanded food products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventor: Eugenio Bortone
  • Method and apparatus for producing a braided puff extrudate
    Patent number: 6607772
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for the production of a braid shaped puffed extrudate. A tube or other peripheral containment vessel is placed at the exit end of an extruder die that produces two or more extrudate streams. A circular air stream is then introduced into the peripheral containment vessel downstream of the glass transition point, thereby causing the extrudate streams to braid together within the containment vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Recot, Inc.
    Inventor: Eugenio Bortone
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A BRAIDED PUFF EXTRUDATE
    Publication number: 20030152681
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for the production of a braid shaped puffed extrudate. A tube or other peripheral containment vessel is placed at the exit end of an extruder die that produces two or more extrudate streams. A circular air stream is then introduced into the peripheral containment vessel downstream of the glass transition point, thereby causing the extrudate streams to braid together within the containment vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventor: Eugenio Bortone
  • Flapper assembly for producing a curly puff extrudate
    Publication number: 20030047833
    Abstract: An improved method of applying a controlled pressure to the flapper in a curly puff production apparatus. The present invention uses a pneumatic system to apply a pressure to a flapper. The invention utilizes a rotary actuator that applies a near constant pressure to the flapper. Alternatively, a pair of telescoping tubes connected to the flapper and an air pressure source can apply a near constant pressure to either the proximate end or the distal end of the flapper. Further in the alternative, a linear actuator can be used to provide a near constant pressure to the flapper. As a result of applying a constant pressure to the flapper, the pitch in the curls of the curly puff extrudate can be more predictably controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Eugenio Bortone, Edward Leon Ouellette
  • Method and apparatus for producing a curly puff extrudate
    Publication number: 20030049348
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for the production of a spiral or coil shaped puffed extrudate. A tube or other peripheral containment vessel is placed at the exit end of an extruder die. A force or resistance is then applied on the extrudate downstream of the glass transition point, thereby causing the extrudate to back up and coil in the containment vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventor: Eugenio Bortone
  • Jalapeno-shaped snack food
    Patent number: D457286
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Recot, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugenio Bortone, Timothy Allen Johnson, Nicola Jane Stagg
  • Curly-shaped puffed extrudate snack food
    Patent number: D458434
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Recot, Inc.
    Inventor: Eugenio Bortone