Patents Assigned to Mars, Incorported
  • METHOD TO PRINT MULTICOLOR IMAGES ON EDIBLE PIECES
    Publication number: 20080022867
    Abstract: Multicolor image, formed from at least two component images, are printed on non-planar surfaces of edible pieces by maintaining registration of the pieces from one printing station to another. The registration is maintained by firmly securing the pieces to the transporting surface by applying a pressure differential, by a combination of a pressure differential with a resilient surface, or by trapping the pieces between a retaining member and a recess portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicants: Ackley Machine Corporation, Mars Incorported
    Inventors: E. ACKLEY, Samuel Louden, James Suttle, Michael Webster, Neil Willcocks, Michael Wozniak
  • Method for printing multicolor images on edible pieces
    Publication number: 20070062404
    Abstract: Multicolor image, formed from at least two component images, are printed on non-planar surfaces of edible pieces by maintaining registration of the pieces from one printing station to another. The registration is maintained by firmly securing the pieces to the transporting surface by applying a pressure differential, by a combination of a pressure differential with a resilient surface, or by trapping the pieces between a retaining member and a recess portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicants: Ackley Machine Corporation, Mars Incorported
    Inventors: E. Ackley, Samuel Louden, James Suttle, Michael Webster, Neil Willcocks, Michael Wozniak
  • Apparatus for printing multicolor images on edible pieces
    Publication number: 20040013778
    Abstract: Multicolor image, formed from at least two component images, are printed on non-planar surfaces of edible pieces by maintaining registration of the pieces from one printing station to another. The registration is maintained by firmly securing the pieces to the transporting surface by applying a pressure differential, by a combination of a pressure differential with a resilient surface, or by trapping the pieces between a retaining member and a recess portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicants: Ackley Machine Corporation, Mars Incorported
    Inventors: E. Michael Ackley, Samuel J. Louden, James M. Suttle, Michael E. Webster, Neil A. Willcocks, Michael S. Wozniak
  • Coin mechanism with cashbox arranged above coin dispensing means
    Patent number: 6165064
    Abstract: A coin mechanism includes a cashbox which is arranged above the coin dispensers of the coin mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Mars, Incorported
    Inventors: Karen Aurelius, Sven Tobben
  • Pet tracker packaging
    Patent number: D1046650
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Mars, Incorported
    Inventors: Russ Ward Smith, Shao En Huang, Borna Dehghani