Patents by Inventor Francesco CUSANI

Francesco CUSANI 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 and method for manufacturing baked waffle cone sheets
    Patent number: 12225909
    Abstract: An apparatus for automatically preparing baked waffle cone sheets, for use in preparing a waffle cone to be filled with a frozen confectionery product, from waffle cone batter, the apparatus comprising a baking station, the baking station comprising a plurality of baking plate locations onto which the waffle cone batter is to be deposited, each baking plate location comprising an essentially planar baking surface comprising a characteristic waffle region comprising a first array of parallel linear grooves, so as to produce a characteristic waffle pattern in the baked waffle sheet from the resulting parallel linear protrusions in the baked waffle sheet; wherein each baking plate location also comprises a graphical region, the graphical region being located within the characteristic waffle region and comprising grooves corresponding to a graphical image, and also comprising at least one linear groove, each linear groove being contiguous with, dimensionally similar to and collinear with a groove in the character
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Georgios Tetradis-Mairis, Francesco Cusani, Yainy Patricia Romero Cuevas
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BAKED WAFFLE CONE SHEETS
    Publication number: 20210337811
    Abstract: An apparatus for automatically preparing baked waffle cone sheets, for use in preparing a waffle cone to be filled with a frozen confectionery product, from waffle cone batter, the apparatus comprising a baking station, the baking station comprising a plurality of baking plate locations onto which the waffle cone batter is to be deposited, each baking plate location comprising an essentially planar baking surface comprising a characteristic waffle region comprising a first array of parallel linear grooves, so as to produce a characteristic waffle pattern in the baked waffle sheet from the resulting parallel linear protrusions in the baked waffle sheet; wherein each baking plate location also comprises a graphical region, the graphical region being located within the characteristic waffle region and comprising grooves corresponding to a graphical image, and also comprising at least one linear groove, each linear groove being contiguous with, dimensionally similar to and collinear with a groove in the character
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Georgios TETRADIS-MAIRIS, Francesco CUSANI, Yainy Patricia ROMERO CUEVAS