Patents Assigned to Shearer's Foods, LLC
  • Shaped food article manufacturing systems and methods
    Patent number: 9420810
    Abstract: Systems and methods for manufacturing edible food articles having three dimensional shapes from raw ingredients such as moist dough involve shaping preforms in an upside-down orientation over inverted cup-shaped molds. Shaping of the preforms is assisted by gravitational forces and directional forced airflow into relatively complicated three dimensional shapes with simplified equipment and manufacturing steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Shearer's Foods, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy J. Bender, Michael K. Vickery, Michael D. Trowbridge, Jeffrey H. Martin, Woodrow R. Guinnip