Patents by Inventor Kenneth J. Zvoncheck

Kenneth J. Zvoncheck 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).

  • Publication number: 20180255810
    Abstract: A composite potato chip and pretzel product includes a first layer made from a first dough and a second layer made from a second dough adjacent the first layer. The first dough is a potato dough and the second dough is a wheat dough. Also provided is a method for making a composite potato chip and pretzel product. Potato dough and wheat dough are prepared and passed through first and second sheet rollers, respectively, to produce a composite dough sheet having a potato dough layer adjacent a wheat dough layer. The composite dough sheet is then cut into a plurality of individual composite dough pieces, a layer of a cooker solution is applied on the wheat dough layer to form coated composite dough pieces. The coated composite dough pieces are then baked and subsequently dried to form a plurality of the composite potato chip and pretzel product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Joseph S. ZALESKI, JR., Kenneth J. ZVONCHECK
  • Publication number: 20160106111
    Abstract: A composite potato chip and pretzel product includes a first layer made from a first dough and a second layer made from a second dough adjacent the first layer. The first dough is a potato dough and the second dough is a wheat dough. Also provided is a method for making a composite potato chip and pretzel product. Potato dough and wheat dough are prepared and passed through first and second sheet rollers, respectively, to produce a composite dough sheet having a potato dough layer adjacent a wheat dough layer. The composite dough sheet is then cut into a plurality of individual composite dough pieces, a layer of a cooker solution is applied on the wheat dough layer to form coated composite dough pieces. The coated composite dough pieces are then baked and subsequently dried to form a plurality of the composite potato chip and pretzel product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Joseph S. ZALESKI, JR., Kenneth J. ZVONCHECK
  • Patent number: 8177542
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a rotary drive nozzle die machine for use with at least first and second dough extruders. The machine includes at least one rotatable nozzle having at least two openings for extruding at least two strands of dough therethrough, a first compression head for directing a first flow of a first type of dough under pressure from the first extruder toward the at least one rotatable nozzle and a second compression head for directing a second flow of a second type of dough under pressure from the second extruder toward the at least one rotatable nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Reading Bakery Systems
    Inventors: E. Terry Groff, Joseph S. Zaleski, Jr., Kenneth J. Zvoncheck
  • Publication number: 20080031988
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a rotary drive nozzle die machine for use with at least first and second dough extruders. The machine includes at least one rotatable nozzle having at least two openings for extruding at least two strands of dough therethrough, a first compression head for directing a first flow of a first type of dough under pressure from the first extruder toward the at least one rotatable nozzle and a second compression head for directing a second flow of a second type of dough under pressure from the second extruder toward the at least one rotatable nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: READING BAKERY SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: E. Terry Groff, Joseph S. Zaleski, Kenneth J. Zvoncheck
  • Patent number: D679066
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Reading Bakery Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph S. Zaleski, Jr., Kenneth J. Zvoncheck, Gary Shollenberger