Patents Assigned to Soremartec
  • Patent number: 6513306
    Abstract: The wrapper which surrounds the product is formed from two pieces, for example, of thin aluminium foil. The first piece is shaped to a generally cup-shaped configuration so as to house the product substantially completely also leaving a projecting edge in the region of the mouth portion of the cup-shaped configuration. The second piece, which retains a substantially flat configuration, is applied and welded to the projecting edge. The rim formed as a result of the connection of the two pieces is then subjected to a shaping operation against the product, conferring on the rim a generally case-like configuration. A case-like housing body with a flat base wall which can support the product is thus formed, the case-like housing body being constituted by an integral part of the wrapper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Soremartec S.A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Milano
  • Patent number: 6450343
    Abstract: Packaging is preferably constituted by a box which includes a base part and a lid, preferably of transparent plastics material. Adjacent at least some of the sites provided to house the products, constituted usually by confectionery such as pralines, chocolates and the like, lens formations are arranged which draw attention to the corresponding products, both by creating light-reflecting effects similar to those seen in a jewel, and by making it easier to see the products, even when the packaging is viewed from a very narrow angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Soremartec S.A.
    Inventor: Renato Arnaldi
  • Patent number: 6326041
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of food products is provided which includes the steps of providing a mold, filling the mold with a quantity of molding material in a fluid state, and inserting a plug made of an edible material, such as wafer, into the mold cavity to define a space to be filled by molding material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Soremartec S.A.
    Inventor: Franco Truscello
  • Publication number: 20010005520
    Abstract: The method enables food products to be manufactured which include two half-shells with their respective mouth portions coupled together. The products contain an accessory element occupying an inner volume enclosed in a wrapper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: June 28, 2001
    Applicant: Soremartec S.A.
    Inventor: Maurizio Costantini
  • Patent number: 6231899
    Abstract: A wafer product comprises a wafer shell comprising at least two wafer half-shells coupled together face to face. This shell contains a filling of a substantially hydrated mass which includes a soft toffee core and is covered substantially by a coating which covers the wafer shell on the side opposite the filling. The product also includes at least one praline which comprises a casing of firm material, such as chocolate, enclosing a respective filling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Soremartec S.A.
    Inventor: Renato Rosso
  • Patent number: 6176375
    Abstract: A container has a hollow base and a cap to store a filled food product having an edible shell with a peripheral flange. The base has a top member with an opening, a bottom member and an upstanding wall member that connects the top and bottom members. The opening In the top member and the upstanding wall member are dimensioned such that the shell is capable of being partially contained within and supported by the base while the flange of the shell is vertically spaced above the uppermost part of the base. The cap is connected to the base to enclose the filled food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Soremartec S.A.
    Inventors: Franco Truscello, Giuseppe Terrasi
  • Patent number: 6153243
    Abstract: Wafers that are shaped, for example, as a basin (C) are obtained from an intermediate product (P) in which the aforesaid shaped parts are joined together by a substantially flat base part (A). The shaped parts (C) have a thickness of the order of, for example, 1-1.5 mm compared with the significantly greater thickness, of the order of 2.2-2.5 mm, of the base part (A). In this way it is possible to extract the intermediate product (P) from the cooking mold safely and without the risk of breakage, even when the shaped parts (C) have much thinner walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Soremartec S.A.
    Inventor: Renato Rosso
  • Patent number: 6103279
    Abstract: A food product comprising a wafer shell which encloses a mass of hydrated or substantially hydrated, creamy filling. A core of soft caramel is incorporated in the mass of filling and the wafer shell is preferably covered by a continuous coating layer, for example, based on chocolate, possibly with the addition of chopped nuts or another granular substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Soremartec SA
    Inventor: Pietro Ferrero
  • Patent number: 6025172
    Abstract: The invention relates to the isolation from hazel (Corylus avellana L.) of the FAD2-N gene coding for the .DELTA.12 desaturase enzyme of the microsomal fraction and, in particular, provides the nucleotide sequence and the deduced amino-acid sequence of the gene and provides for the use of the FAD2-N gene as a probe for the isolation of other plant desaturases. The invention also relates to the use of the FAD2-N gene for altering desaturase levels and consequently the fatty-acid composition of the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Soremartec S.A.
    Inventors: Maria Dani, Sergio Catello
  • Patent number: 6024995
    Abstract: The product, formed essentially as a praline, comprises a shell which encloses a creamy filing with very low viscosity, possibly enhanced by a nut. The shell which is coated by one or more coating layers, possibly with the addition of a sprinkled substance and decorative element, is constituted by two half-shells, coupled face to face. One of the half-shells is made of a moldable fat-containing substance such as chocolate, whereas the other half-shell is made of wafer. The contribution of the half-shell made of a moldable substance to the weight of the shell is preferably greatly predominant in comparison with the corresponding contribution of the wafer half-shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Soremartec S.A.
    Inventor: Renato Rosso
  • Patent number: 5992619
    Abstract: The packaging comprises two generally hollow half-shells connected to each other in face-to-face relationship along their associated mouth edges. At least one, and preferably both of the aforesaid half-shells are closed by associated sealing sheets the connection of which on the facing surfaces leads to the connection of the two half-shells. Both of the half-shells as well as the sealing sheet or sheets are provided with projections for use in opening the packaging, formed in correspondence with the mouth edges of the half-shells so as to be aligned with and superimposed over each other in the finished packaging. The connection of the sealing sheet or sheets to the associated half-shell also includes the aforesaid tongue parts which are not, however, affected by the connection of the two half-shells to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Soremartec S. A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Milano
  • Patent number: 5931279
    Abstract: The pick-up device comprises a plurality of pick-up members connected together and articulated by means of arms so as to be disposed at the vertices of a polygon. Cam surfaces defined by the sides of slots provided in one or more motion plates allow the geometry, and possibly the length of one or more sides of the polygon to be varied. It is thus possible selectively to vary the geometry of the arrangement of articles held by the device during transfer thereof, possibly also causing the distance between groups of separate pick-up members to be varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Soremartec S.A.
    Inventors: Gianfranco Pedrotto, Roberto Bertalero
  • Patent number: 5862728
    Abstract: The cutting apparatus includes an ultrasound cutting element associated with a drive mechanism which enables the rate of advance of the cutting element through the product being cut to be varied selectively and locally. The preferred application is for cutting layered food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Soremartec S.A.
    Inventor: Bruno Giamello
  • Patent number: 5858428
    Abstract: The product includes a shell which is generally cup-shaped with a rim in the form of an annular flange which projects radially outwardly of the product. This rim avoids the risk of smearing when the product is grasped by keeping contact with it to a minimum while, at the same time, ensuring that the product is held securely in its packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Soremartec S.A.
    Inventors: Franco Truscello, Giuseppe Terrasi
  • Patent number: 5843493
    Abstract: An inverter device is intended to operate on half-moulds which advance in alternate sequence on a conveyor line. The inverter device has inverter sets on both sides of the conveyor line, each of which comprises a fixed unit and a movable unit with respective engagement formations capable of engaging the half-moulds by the effect of a general approaching movement towards the conveyor line. Having achieved engagement of the half-moulds the movable unit is then driven to rotate by means of a mechanism actuated by a cam so as to obtain the desired inverting movement. The same configuration can be utilised equally well for causing book-like mould closure movement of adjacent half-moulds as for causing mould-opening motion of superimposed half-moulds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Soremartec S.A.
    Inventor: Piercarlo Scaliti
  • Patent number: 5819944
    Abstract: The container includes at least one wall element made, for example, in the form of a tape or band, which is movable so as progressively to reduce the containment volume for the product inside the container as the product is removed from the container itself so that uncontrolled movement of product remaining in the container is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Soremartec S.A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Terrasi
  • Patent number: D436860
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Soremartec S.A.
    Inventor: Gian Franco Raso
  • Patent number: D438795
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Soremartec S.A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Terrasi
  • Patent number: D440257
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Soremartec S.A.
    Inventor: Francesco Mucé
  • Patent number: D408275
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: Soremartec S.A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Terrasi