Patents by Inventor Amanda Clare Hume Stewart

Amanda Clare Hume Stewart has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for making a patterned food product
    Patent number: 7128935
    Abstract: A food product, preferably a food ingredient in the form of dye, pigment or similar colorant in a random pattern in refrigerated yogurt, is produced by supplying the food ingredient through a supply tube (82) extending through an injection tube (80) and into a fill pipe (78) and a fill tube (28). In the preferred form, an elongated tubular member is formed around the fill tube (28) from a strip (20) of flexible material, with top and bottom seals being formed by a forming station (36). In the preferred form, the injection tube (80) extends at an angle to the fill pipe (78) such that the supply tube (82) formed of stainless steel is generally linearly straight. The fill pipe (78) includes seal flanges (78a, 78b) allowing its removal from the food material supply tubing (68) and the fill tube (28) to allow conventional cleaning of the remaining components of the apparatus (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Germick, Scott F. Gillespie, Jennifer M. Maack, Leslie D. Miller, Jonathan P. Paul, Amanda Clare Hume Stewart
  • Food products, especially refrigerated yogurt products, and apparatus and methods for their production
    Publication number: 20030009987
    Abstract: A food product, preferably a food ingredient in the form of dye, pigment or similar colorant in a random pattern in refrigerated yogurt, is produced by supplying the food ingredient through a supply tube (82) extending through an injection tube (80) and into a fill pipe (78) and a fill tube (28). In the preferred form, an elongated tubular member is formed around the fill tube (28) from a strip (20) of flexible material, with top and bottom seals being formed by a forming station (36). In the preferred form, the injection tube (80) extends at an angle to the fill pipe (78) such that the supply tube (82) formed of stainless steel is generally linearly straight. The fill pipe (78) includes seal flanges (78a, 78b) allowing its removal from the food material supply tubing (68) and the fill tube (28) to allow conventional cleaning of the remaining components of the apparatus (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Robert J. Germick, Scott F. Gillespie, Jennifer M. Maack, Leslie D. Miller, Jonathan P. Paul, Amanda Clare Hume Stewart