Patents by Inventor Gary Norman Binley
Gary Norman Binley 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).
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Patent number: 10772342Abstract: The present invention is in the field of ice cream shaping, in particular it is relating to a heated tool to imprint a pattern a frozen confectionery product, and especially a heated tool that melts away a channel of an outer coating layer of a frozen confectionery, thereby creating a peelable frozen confectionery product. It is an object of the present invention to provide a shaping tool that is suitable for making cleaner grooves in frozen confectionery products. We have found that a shaping tool that comprises of at least one heated element provides a molten channel in the outer surface of a frozen confection.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2014Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Gary Norman Binley, Zhimin Shao, Lina Sun, Yan Wang
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Publication number: 20160338379Abstract: The present invention is in the field of ice cream shaping, in particular it is relating to a heated tool to imprint a pattern a frozen confectionery product, and especially a heated tool that melts away a channel of an outer coating layer of a frozen confectionery, thereby creating a peelable frozen confectionery product. It is an object of the present invention to provide a shaping tool that is suitable for making cleaner grooves in frozen confectionery products. We have found that a shaping tool that comprises of at least one heated element provides a molten channel in the outer surface of a frozen confection.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2014Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVERInventors: Gary Norman BINLEY, Zhimin SHAO, Lina SUN, Yan WANG
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Patent number: 9392809Abstract: An apparatus for producing frozen confectionery products is provided, the apparatus comprising: means for supplying a frozen confection to the inlets of a nozzle; the nozzle comprising a chamber and an extrusion plate, wherein the extrusion plate defines one or more apertures; the apertures having a width of from 1 to 5 mm and a length of at least 10 mm; means for moving the nozzle in the opposite direction to the direction of extrusion.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2013Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.Inventors: Gary Norman Binley, Zhimin Shao
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Patent number: 9339050Abstract: A process for producing a frozen confectionery product is provided, the process comprising: preparing a mix containing a gelling agent and having a total solids content of from 20 to 45 wt %; filling the mix into a mold and allowing the gelling agent to form a gel in the mold; freezing the gelled mix to form a product having a first form; removing the shaped product from the mold; and deforming the product while it is in the frozen state so that it takes up a second form.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2012Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.Inventors: Gary Norman Binley, Lalita Wathanakul
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Patent number: 9066530Abstract: A process for manufacturing frozen aerated confectionery products is provided, the process comprising; providing two rollers wherein each roller has a multiplicity of open cavities on its surface and wherein the rollers are aligned so that the surfaces touch; providing filling means for filling said cavities with a frozen aerated confection at a temperature higher than the temperature of the rollers; filling two cavities, one on each roller, with a frozen aerated confection having an overrun of between 10% and 130%; allowing the frozen aerated confection to expand outside its cavity; and counter-rotating the rollers so that respective cavities in the two rollers lie opposite one another and the frozen aerated confection in a cavity of the first roller is pressed against the frozen aerated confection in an opposite cavity of the second roller; characterized in that the surfaces of the rollers in which the cavities are located are conical. An apparatus for operating the process is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2009Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventor: Gary Norman Binley
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Publication number: 20150086691Abstract: An apparatus for producing frozen confectionery products is provided, the apparatus comprising: means for supplying a frozen confection to the inlets of a nozzle; the nozzle comprising a chamber and an extrusion plate, wherein the extrusion plate defines one or more apertures; the apertures having a width of from 1 to 5 mm and a length of at least 10 mm; means for moving the nozzle in the opposite direction to the direction of extrusion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVERInventors: Gary Norman Binley, Zhimin Shao
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Publication number: 20140302215Abstract: A process for producing a frozen confectionery product is provided, the process comprising: preparing a mix containing a gelling agent and having a total solids content of from 20 to 45 wt %; filling the mix into a mould and allowing the gelling agent to form a gel in the mould; freezing the gelled mix to form a product having a first form; removing the shaped product from the mould; and deforming the product whilst it is in the frozen state so that it takes up a second form.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2012Publication date: October 9, 2014Inventors: Gary Norman Binley, Lalita Wathanakul
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Publication number: 20110091622Abstract: A process for manufacturing frozen aerated confectionery products is provided, the process comprising; providing two rollers wherein each roller has a multiplicity of open cavities on its surface and wherein the rollers are aligned so that the surfaces touch; providing filling means for filling said cavities with a frozen aerated confection at a temperature higher than the temperature of the rollers; filling two cavities, one on each roller, with a frozen aerated confection having an overrun of between 10% and 130%; allowing the frozen aerated confection to expand outside its cavity; and counter-rotating the rollers so that respective cavities in the two rollers lie opposite one another and the frozen aerated confection in a cavity of the first roller is pressed against the frozen aerated confection in an opposite cavity of the second roller; characterised in that the surfaces of the rollers in which the cavities are located are conical. An apparatus for operating the process is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventor: Gary Norman Binley
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Publication number: 20090258130Abstract: A process for preparing an ice confection having a total solids content of from 8 to 25 wt % and an overrun of from 10 to 100% is provided, the process comprising the steps of: aerating and partially freezing a mix of ingredients; producing a slurry comprising the aerated, partially frozen mix and frozen particles which have a size of from 0.1 to 1 mm; wherein the amount of frozen particles is from 10 to 70% by weight of the slurry; and further freezing the slurry in a low temperature extruder. An ice confection is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2009Publication date: October 15, 2009Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., d/b/a UNILEVERInventors: Alexander Aldred, Gary Norman Binley, Dorothy Margaret Chamberlain
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Publication number: 20080085342Abstract: An improved method of serving a slushy drink is provided wherein a manufactured slush is filled into a container (I) to occupy at least 70% of the volume of the container and then hardened to produce a frozen product in the container. The frozen product is then transported through a cold chain to a retail outlet. Following warming to a temperature of between ?14 and ?5° C., the frozen product is transformed into the slushy drink, preferably by deforming the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2005Publication date: April 10, 2008Inventors: Gary Norman Binley, Alan Ingram, Daniel Matthew Mayes
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Patent number: 6955829Abstract: A process and apparatus for preparing a frozen ice confection comprising a frozen composition incorporating inclusions in a desired distribution by combining a flow of frozen composition with one or more flows comprising inclusions, in such a way that the flows comprising inclusions are introduced discontinuously at a multiplicity of positions in the cross-section of flow of frozen composition, and extruding the resulting combined flow without first subjecting the combined flow to any active blending step.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2002Date of Patent: October 18, 2005Assignee: Good Humor - Breyers Ice Cream, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Gary Norman Binley, Petrus Martinus Bongers, Tommaso D'Agostino, Wei Wang-Nolan
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Publication number: 20030183090Abstract: Individual portions of a frozen aerated product with particulate inclusions are produced by allowing a portion of frozen aerated product to flow from a source of frozen aerated product through a mixing chamber, introducing a serving of particulate inclusions into said portion of frozen aerated product in the mixing chamber, and dispensing said portion with its particulate inclusions into a containerType: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2003Publication date: October 2, 2003Applicant: Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Gary Norman Binley, Terence Richard Cockings, Wei Wang-Nolan
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Publication number: 20030068409Abstract: A process and apparatus for preparing a frozen ice confection comprising a frozen composition incorporating inclusions in a desired distribution by combining a flow of frozen composition with one or more flows comprising inclusions, in such a way that the flows comprising inclusions are introduced discontinuously at a multiplicity of positions in the cross-section of flow of frozen composition, and extruding the resulting combined flow without first subjecting the combined flow to any active blending step.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventors: Gary Norman Binley, Petrus Martinus Bongers, Tommaso D'Agostino, Wei Wang-Nolan
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Patent number: 5718354Abstract: Reproducible volumes of aerated material, e.g. ice confections, are disposed on a continuous basis by compressing a quantity to a predetermined volume and releasing the pressure before dispensing.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 1996Date of Patent: February 17, 1998Assignee: Good Humor CorporationInventor: Gary Norman Binley