Patents by Inventor Lisa Alfieri

Lisa Alfieri 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).

  • Topical application of particulates for production of reduced fat, low fat and no-fat baked goods and snacks
    Patent number: 5964146
    Abstract: The amount of oleaginous or aqueous liquid carrier used as an adhesive or binding agent for the topical application of a particulate composition to the major surfaces of baked good pieces or snack pieces is reduced by separately spraying the liquid composition and dispensing the particulate composition in substantial side-by-side relationship within a rotating drum. The liquid composition causes the particulate composition to adhere to the pieces prior to and without substantial penetration of the liquid composition into the pieces. Highly porous or absorptive products such as reduced fat, low fat, or no-fat crackers or snacks may be transferred hot to the drum. The liquid composition is sprayed substantially coextensively but separately from the dispensing of the particulate composition. The particulate curtain and the liquid spray both extend in the direction of transport of the pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Nabisco Technology Company
    Inventors: James W. Kelly, Joseph A. Szwerc, Robert M. Sauer, Jr., Juan A. Menjivar, Lisa Alfieri, John M. Kaiser
  • Topical application of particulates for production of reduced fat, low fat, and no-fat baked goods and snacks
    Patent number: 5846587
    Abstract: The amount of oleaginous or aqueous liquid carrier used as an adhesive or binding agent for the topical application of a particulate composition to the major surfaces of baked good pieces or snack pieces is reduced by separately spraying the liquid composition and dispensing the particulate composition in substantial side-by-side relationship within a rotating drum. The liquid composition causes the particulate composition to adhere to the pieces prior to and without substantial penetration of the liquid composition into the pieces. Highly porous or absorptive products such as reduced fat, low fat, or no-fat crackers or snacks may be transferred hot to the drum. The liquid composition is sprayed substantially coextensively but separately from the dispensing of the particulate composition. The particulate curtain and the liquid spray both extend in the direction of transport of the pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Nabisco Technology Company
    Inventors: James W. Kelly, Joseph A. Szwerc, Robert M. Sauer, Jr., Juan A. Menjivar, Lisa Alfieri, John M. Kaiser
  • Topical application of particulates for production of reduced fat, low fat, and no-fat baked goods and snacks
    Patent number: 5698252
    Abstract: The amount of oleaginous or aqueous liquid carrier used as an adhesive or binding agent for the topical application of a particulate composition to the major surfaces of baked good pieces or snack pieces is reduced by separately spraying the liquid composition and dispensing the particulate composition in substantial side-by-side relationship within a rotating drum. The liquid composition causes the particulate composition to adhere to the pieces prior to and without substantial penetration of the liquid composition into the pieces. Highly porous or absorptive products such as reduced fat, low fat, or no-fat crackers or snacks may be transferred hot to the drum. The liquid composition is sprayed substantially coextensively but separately from the dispensing of the particulate composition. The particulate curtain and the liquid spray both extend in the direction of transport of the pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Nabisco Technology Company
    Inventors: James W. Kelly, Joseph A. Szwerc, Robert M. Sauer, Jr., Juan A. Menjivar, Lisa Alfieri, John M. Kaiser
  • Arm supported feeding pillow
    Patent number: D579256
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Inventors: Lisa Alfieri, David Alfieri