Patents by Inventor Shalaka Narwankar
Shalaka Narwankar 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).
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Patent number: 10117448Abstract: An extruder die designed to produce a spiral corn-based snack food product with consistent, tight spiral pitch and the resultant food product. The extruder die has a center post parallel to the flow path along with three cone-shaped receiving ports arranged in a cloverleaf pattern around the center post. The die has three curved slots on the output side of the die which are in fluid communication with the cone-shaped receiving ports. At the distal end of each of these slots is a semi-circular tip. The tip has a diameter larger than the width of its associated slot. Further, the tip is located at the apex of a cone-shaped receiving port with which it is in fluid communication, thus providing for the highest flow velocity of the extrudate through the tip. The resultant flow profile produces the consistent spiral shape of the snack product produced by the die design described.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2014Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: Shalaka Narwankar, Richard James Ruegg
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Patent number: 8877279Abstract: An improved dough-rolling product and method for rolling sheeted dough. The proposed invention comprises a dough-rolling method having a dough sheeter that cuts a dough sheet into preforms having a concave leading edge and convex trailing edge. A rolling curtain creates a rolled preform with the leading edge on the inside and the trailing edge on the outside. The rolled preform is cooked to produce a rolled snack product with consistent thickness throughout its length and a round outer flap.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2014Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: David B. Emerson, Shalaka Narwankar
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Publication number: 20140134314Abstract: An improved dough-rolling product and method for rolling sheeted dough. The proposed invention comprises a dough-rolling method having a dough sheeter that cuts a dough sheet into preforms having a concave leading edge and convex trailing edge. A rolling curtain creates a rolled preform with the leading edge on the inside and the trailing edge on the outside. The rolled preform is cooked to produce a rolled snack product with consistent thickness throughout its length and a round outer flap.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2014Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: David B. Emerson, Shalaka Narwankar
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Publication number: 20140134315Abstract: An extruder die designed to produce a spiral corn-based snack food product with consistent, tight spiral pitch and the resultant food product. The extruder die has a center post parallel to the flow path along with three cone-shaped receiving ports arranged in a cloverleaf pattern around the center post. The die has three curved slots on the output side of the die which are in fluid communication with the cone-shaped receiving ports. At the distal end of each of these slots is a semi-circular tip. The tip has a diameter larger than the width of its associated slot. Further, the tip is located at the apex of a cone-shaped receiving port with which it is in fluid communication, thus providing for the highest flow velocity of the extrudate through the tip. The resultant flow profile produces the consistent spiral shape of the snack product produced by the die design described.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2014Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: Shalaka Narwankar, Richard James Ruegg
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Patent number: 8668486Abstract: An extruder die designed to produce a spiral corn-based snack food product with consistent, tight spiral pitch and the resultant food product. The extruder die has a center post parallel to the flow path along with three cone-shaped receiving ports arranged in a cloverleaf pattern around the center post. The die has three curved slots on the output side of the die which are in fluid communication with the cone-shaped receiving ports. At the distal end of each of these slots is a semi-circular tip. The tip has a diameter larger than the width of its associated slot. Further, the tip is located at the apex of a cone-shaped receiving port with which it is in fluid communication, thus providing for the highest flow velocity of the extrudate through the tip. The resultant flow profile produces the consistent spiral shape of the snack product produced by the die design described.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2011Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: Shalaka Narwankar, Richard James Ruegg
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Patent number: 8668485Abstract: An improved dough-rolling apparatus and method for rolling sheeted dough. The proposed invention comprises a dough-rolling apparatus having a dough sheeter that cuts a dough sheet into preforms having a concave leading edge and convex trailing edge. A rolling curtain creates a rolled preform with the leading edge on the inside and the trailing edge on the outside. The rolled preform is cooked to produce a rolled snack product with consistent thickness throughout its length and a round outer flap.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2012Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: David B. Emerson, Shalaka Narwankar
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Publication number: 20120040078Abstract: An extruder die designed to produce a spiral corn-based snack food product with consistent, tight spiral pitch and the resultant food product. The extruder die has a center post parallel to the flow path along with three cone-shaped receiving ports arranged in a cloverleaf pattern around the center post. The die has three curved slots on the output side of the die which are in fluid communication with the cone-shaped receiving ports. At the distal end of each of these slots is a semi-circular tip. The tip has a diameter larger than the width of its associated slot. Further, the tip is located at the apex of a cone-shaped receiving port with which it is in fluid communication, thus providing for the highest flow velocity of the extrudate through the tip. The resultant flow profile produces the consistent spiral shape of the snack product produced by the die design described.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2011Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: FRITO-LAY NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Shalaka Narwankar, Richard James Ruegg
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Patent number: D636971Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2010Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: Donna Jan Diermeier, David Lothian, Shalaka Narwankar, Richard James Ruegg, Olga Alexandrovna Sanford
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Patent number: D659470Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2010Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: Shalaka Narwankar, Richard James Ruegg
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Patent number: D731741Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2013Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: FRITO-LAY NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Martha Jo Meadows Brown, Susan Patricia Licker, Jose Michel Nader, Shalaka Narwankar, Thomas Stingelin