Patents by Inventor Amy B. Larson Kolbe

Amy B. Larson Kolbe 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).

  • Apparatus for cutting dough with nested pattern cutters
    Patent number: 7316556
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing individual dough products, comprising the steps of conveying a continuous dough sheet along a travel path, engaging a first die cutter with a first portion of the dough sheet to cut a first portion of the peripheral shape of at least one dough product, then conveying the continuous dough sheet along the travel path and engaging the second die cutter with the first portion of the dough sheet to cut a second portion of the peripheral shape of at least one dough product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: General Mills Marketing, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas C. Maniak, Susan Y. deWerff, Amy B. Larson Kolbe, Sherri A. Slocum
  • Method and apparatus for cutting dough with nested pattern cutters
    Patent number: 6953596
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing individual dough products, comprising the steps of conveying a continuous dough sheet along a travel path, engaging a first die cutter with a first portion of the dough sheet to cut a first portion of the peripheral shape of at least one dough product, then conveying the continuous dough sheet along the travel path and engaging the second die cutter with the first portion of the dough sheet to cut a second portion of the peripheral shape of at least one dough product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas C. Maniak, Susan Y. deWerff, Amy B. Larson Kolbe, Sherri A. Slocum
  • Method and apparatus for cutting dough with nested pattern cutters
    Publication number: 20040050258
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing individual dough products, comprising the steps of conveying a continuous dough sheet along a travel path, engaging a first die cutter with a first portion of the dough sheet to cut a first portion of the peripheral shape of at least one dough product, then conveying the continuous dough sheet along the travel path and engaging the second die cutter with the first portion of the dough sheet to cut a second portion of the peripheral shape of at least one dough product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Douglas C. Maniak, Susan Y. deWerff, Amy B. Larson Kolbe, Sherri A. Slocum
  • Vertically oriented laminated dough product
    Publication number: 20040052907
    Abstract: A laminated dough product baked while the laminated sheets are oriented substantially vertically to allow the sheets to expand substantially horizontally. Such laminated dough pieces may be partially constrained during baking to limit the amount of horizontal expansion in the area of constraint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Douglas C. Maniak, Sherri A. Slocum, Susan Y. deWerff, Janet L. Boyle, Amy B. Larson Kolbe
  • Tender laminated biscuits
    Publication number: 20040052908
    Abstract: A laminated dough product is provided for making tender, laminated biscuits. The dough product has alternating layers of layer dough and fat layers. When the product is baked, it has a BSV of at least about 2 cc/g, and has no observable recoverable compression region in a Compression Profile Evaluation. The laminated dough product is preferably provided in frozen form, to be baked without an intermediate thawing or proofing step. Methods for preparing the unbaked tender laminated biscuits of the present invention are provided, as well as methods for preparing the final baked biscuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: JANET L Boyle, AMY B LARSON KOLBE