Patents by Inventor Srinivas VANGEEPURAM

Srinivas VANGEEPURAM 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).

  • Production of cookies having large particulates using ultrasonic wirecutting
    Patent number: 9339041
    Abstract: A method for the continuous production of cookies having a high content of large inclusions, such as chocolate chips, nuts, and fruit pieces includes extruding a cookie dough containing the inclusions through a die orifice to obtain an extrudate dough rope, and cutting the extrudate dough rope with an ultrasonic cutting blade. The ultrasonic cutting severs the extrudate dough rope into dough pieces which fall onto a moving conveyer into a substantially uniform or regular array for uniform baking. The ultrasonic cutter is controlled to provide a roughened top surface on a dough piece to provide a home baked appearance upon baking, while cutting through the inclusions without substantial displacement of the inclusions which would cause pock marks on the surface of the dough piece, and without substantial dough piece weight variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Srinivas Vangeepuram, Mihaelos Nicholas Mihalos, Theodore N. Janulis
  • Production of cookies having large particulates using ultrasonic wirecutting
    Patent number: 8431172
    Abstract: A method for the continuous production of cookies having a high content of large inclusions, such as chocolate chips, nuts, and fruit pieces includes extruding a cookie dough containing the inclusions through a die orifice to obtain an extrudate dough rope, and cutting the extrudate dough rope with an ultrasonic cutting blade. The ultrasonic cutting severs the extrudate dough rope into dough pieces which fall onto a moving conveyer into a substantially uniform or regular array for uniform baking. The ultrasonic cutter is controlled to provide a roughened top surface on a dough piece to provide a home baked appearance upon baking, while cutting through the inclusions without substantial displacement of the inclusions which would cause pock marks on the surface of the dough piece, and without substantial dough piece weight variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC
    Inventors: Srinivas Vangeepuram, Mihaelos Nicholas Mihalos, Theodore N. Janulis
  • PRODUCTION OF COOKIES HAVING LARGE PARTICULATES USING ULTRASONIC WIRECUTTING
    Publication number: 20100028516
    Abstract: A method for the continuous production of cookies having a high content of large inclusions, such as chocolate chips, nuts, and fruit pieces includes extruding a cookie dough containing the inclusions through a die orifice to obtain an extrudate dough rope, and cutting the extrudate dough rope with an ultrasonic cutting blade. The ultrasonic cutting severs the extrudate dough rope into dough pieces which fall onto a moving conveyer into a substantially uniform or regular array for uniform baking. The ultrasonic cutter is controlled to provide a roughened top surface on a dough piece to provide a home baked appearance upon baking, while cutting through the inclusions without substantial displacement of the inclusions which would cause pock marks on the surface of the dough piece, and without substantial dough piece weight variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: KRAFT FOODS HOLDING, INC.
    Inventors: Srinivas VANGEEPURAM, Mihaelos Nicholas Mihalos, Theodore N. Janulis