Patents by Inventor Gerth Moeller

Gerth Moeller 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).

  • Process of making coarse cookies
    Patent number: 5104667
    Abstract: A process is provided for making a cookie preform from a continuous cookie dough rope by inserting finger means into said rope in a direction generally transverse to a longitudinal axis of said rope and displacing at least selected ones of said finger means at a velocity relative to the velocity of said rope sufficient to stretch said rope to the breaking point to separate said portion from said rope, whereby said portion has at least one surface formed by said stretching action to have a coarse appearance. Also provided is a cookie preform that has ridges and grooves in at least one surface thereof to provide a coarse surface appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: Nabisco Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Gerth Moeller
  • Apparatus for shaping cookie dough
    Patent number: 4988276
    Abstract: Apparatus is provided for making a cookie preform from a continuous cookie dough rope by inserting finger means into said rope in a direction generally transverse to a longitudinal axis of said rope and displacing at least selected ones of said finger means at a velocity relative to the velocity of said rope sufficient to stretch said rope to the breaking point to separate said portion from said rope, whereby said portion has at least one surface formed by said stretching action to have a coarse appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1991
    Assignee: Nabisco Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Gerth Moeller