Patents Assigned to Reading Bakery Systems, Inc.
  • Patent number: 10736328
    Abstract: A hydrator includes a dry module with a vertically oriented tube having a central axis, an interior, an upper inlet aperture, a lower outlet, and an inlet section including a dry inlet. A mixing segment includes a vertically oriented tube having an interior wall, a mixing-segment inlet at an upper end, and a mixing-segment outlet at a lower end. The mixing segment is vertically aligned with and sealingly connected to the outlet of the dry module. A rotating hydrator shaft has a liquid channel and a longitudinal axis aligned with the central axis of the dry module. Dry blades are disposed on and rotate with the hydrator shaft in the mixing segment. A hydrator nozzle is disposed on and rotates with the hydrator shaft and has a plurality of outlets in fluid communication with the liquid channel and open to the mixing segment for discharging liquid from the liquid channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Reading Bakery Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jimmy Garfield Warren, Jeffrey L. Hardick
  • Publication number: 20190104742
    Abstract: A hydrator includes a dry module with a vertically oriented tube having a central axis, an interior, an upper inlet aperture, a lower outlet, and an inlet section including a dry inlet. A mixing segment includes a vertically oriented tube having an interior wall, a mixing-segment inlet at an upper end, and a mixing-segment outlet at a lower end. The mixing segment is vertically aligned with and sealingly connected to the outlet of the dry module. A rotating hydrator shaft has a liquid channel and a longitudinal axis aligned with the central axis of the dry module. Dry blades are disposed on and rotate with the hydrator shaft in the mixing segment. A hydrator nozzle is disposed on and rotates with the hydrator shaft and has a plurality of outlets in fluid communication with the liquid channel and open to the mixing segment for discharging liquid from the liquid channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: Reading Bakery Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jimmy Garfield WARREN, Jeffrey L. HARDICK
  • Patent number: 10107504
    Abstract: An oven for baking a food product includes a housing having a ceiling, a floor, first and second opposing side walls, at least one internal heating zone defined by the ceiling, the floor and the first and second opposing side walls, and at least one heating source for providing heat to the at least one internal heating zone. The ceiling is formed of carbon steel. At least a surface of the ceiling facing the at least one internal heating zone is formed as a high emissivity chemical conversion coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Reading Bakery Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph S. Zaleski, Jr., Paul Mitchell, Greg Hill, David Horning
  • Publication number: 20040045449
    Abstract: The present invention is a bakery product produced by compressing stacked sheets of dough into a laminate and baking the laminate. The bakery product includes a first sheet of dough and a second sheet of dough. The first sheet of dough has a first grain direction. The second sheet of dough has a second grain direction. The second sheet of dough is positioned in facing engagement on the first sheet of dough to form a laminate of dough, wherein the first and second grain directions are positioned generally not parallel with respect to each other. The present invention is also directed to the apparatus and method used for producing the above-described bakery product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: Reading Bakery Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: E. Terry Groff, Joseph S. Zaleski, Jeffrey L. Hardick, Vincent G. Pasquini, Mark E. Williamson
  • Patent number: D679066
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Reading Bakery Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph S. Zaleski, Jr., Kenneth J. Zvoncheck, Gary Shollenberger