Patents by Inventor Leonid M. Kofman

Leonid M. Kofman 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).

  • Guide unit for positioning trays in edible ink printer
    Patent number: 7837286
    Abstract: An apparatus for printing a visual image on food items (20) has a printing station provided with a printer (12) connected to the computer and having software for directly printing the image on the exposed surface of the food item. The printing station includes a frame, at least one tray receiving the food item and displaceably supported on the frame, a printer head and a guide mechanism operative to linearly displace the tray so that a distance between the printer head and the exposed surface of the food item remains uniform as the tray is displaced along the travel direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Inventors: Leonid M. Kofman, Yuri D. Chernov, Gennady I. Kleyman
  • Foodstuffs imaging process and apparatus
    Patent number: 6499842
    Abstract: An apparatus for printing an image on a generally non-absorbent surface of a food item selected from the group consisting of chocolate, cheese and the like or a combination thereof includes a computer allowing an operator to create a unique template for the food item. The apparatus further includes software adjusting a scanned image to the created template and a production line controllably operating a process of making the food product that corresponds to the template. Also, the apparatus has a mechanism for treating the surface of the food item so as to directly print the image on its non-absorbent surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Chocolate Printing Company
    Inventors: Leonid M. Kofman, Christopher J. Hill, Sigfried Stiber, Ilya L. Miller, Yuriy D. Chernov
  • Computerized foodstuffs imaging process and apparatus
    Patent number: 6230073
    Abstract: An apparatus for printing an image on a generally non-absorbent surface of a food item selected from the group consisting of chocolate, cheese and the like or a combination thereof includes a computer allowing an operator to create a unique template for the food item. The apparatus further includes software adjusting a scanned image to the created template and a production line controllably operating a process of making the food product that corresponds to the template. Also, the apparatus has a means for treating the surface of the food item so as to directly print the image on its non-absorbent surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Chocolate Printing Company
    Inventors: Leonid M. Kofman, Christopher J. Hill, Sigfried Stiber, Ilya L. Miller, Yuriy D. Chernov