Patents by Inventor Warren R. Zaug

Warren R. Zaug 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).

  • Method for continuous manufacture of multi-colored and/or multi-flavored food product
    Patent number: 6350483
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for manufacturing a food product having a plurality of sections having different characteristics, such as different colors and/or flavors. The method and apparatus has a first nozzle extruding a first stream of a liquid food product having a first characteristic onto a moving platform. The first stream has a height and a width with respect to the platform. A second nozzle extrudes a second stream of a liquid food product having a second characteristic onto the platform. The second stream has a height and a width with respect to the platform. The second nozzle is adjacent to the first nozzle providing adjacent first and second streams on the moving platform. The first stream and second stream spread out such that their heights decrease and their widths increase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Asma N. Ahad, Warren R. Zaug, Kampat Sangern, Gary F. Smith, Susan B. Findlay
  • Apparatus for continuous manufacture of multi-colored and/or multi-flavored food product
    Patent number: 6199346
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for manufacturing a food product having a plurality of sections having different characteristics, such as different colors and/or flavors. The method and apparatus has a first nozzle extruding a first stream of a liquid food product having a first characteristic onto a moving platform. The first stream has a height and a width with respect to the platform. A second nozzle extrudes a second stream of a liquid food product having a second characteristic onto the platform. The second stream has a height and a width with respect to the platform. The second nozzle is adjacent to the first nozzle providing adjacent first and second streams on the moving platform. The first stream and second stream spread out such that their heights decrease and their widths increase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Asma N. Ahad, Warren R. Zaug, Kampat Sangern, Gary F. Smith, Susan B. Findlay
  • Cheese slice
    Patent number: D426935
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Warren R. Zaug, Kempat Sangern, Gary F. Smith, Jean A. Giardina, Asma N. Ahad