Patents Assigned to Chocolate Printing Company
  • Foodstuffs imaging process and apparatus
    Patent number: 6499842
    Abstract: An apparatus for printing an image on a generally non-absorbent surface of a food item selected from the group consisting of chocolate, cheese and the like or a combination thereof includes a computer allowing an operator to create a unique template for the food item. The apparatus further includes software adjusting a scanned image to the created template and a production line controllably operating a process of making the food product that corresponds to the template. Also, the apparatus has a mechanism for treating the surface of the food item so as to directly print the image on its non-absorbent surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Chocolate Printing Company
    Inventors: Leonid M. Kofman, Christopher J. Hill, Sigfried Stiber, Ilya L. Miller, Yuriy D. Chernov
  • Computerized foodstuffs imaging process and apparatus
    Patent number: 6230073
    Abstract: An apparatus for printing an image on a generally non-absorbent surface of a food item selected from the group consisting of chocolate, cheese and the like or a combination thereof includes a computer allowing an operator to create a unique template for the food item. The apparatus further includes software adjusting a scanned image to the created template and a production line controllably operating a process of making the food product that corresponds to the template. Also, the apparatus has a means for treating the surface of the food item so as to directly print the image on its non-absorbent surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Chocolate Printing Company
    Inventors: Leonid M. Kofman, Christopher J. Hill, Sigfried Stiber, Ilya L. Miller, Yuriy D. Chernov
  • Combined CD made from edible material and container therefor
    Patent number: D501696
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Chocolate Printing Company
    Inventor: Leonid Kofman