Cooking, E.g., Broiling, Baking, Etc. Patents (Class 426/523)
  • Patent number: 11964427
    Abstract: A liquefier tube for an additive manufacturing system, including a body provided with a feed channel including a feeding portion having a first diameter, an outlet portion having a second diameter, the first diameter being larger than the second diameter, and a transitional portion interconnecting the feeding portion and the outlet portion. The transitional portion has a decreasing third diameter from the first diameter to the second diameter, and an inner surface of the transitional portion is provided with a plurality of ribs. Methods of manufacturing the liquefier tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: BOND HIGH PERFORMANCE 3D TECHNOLOGY B.V.
    Inventors: Marald Speelman, Klaas Groen, Antonie Everhard Ekkelenkamp, Adrianus Bruggeman, Martijn Johannes Wolbers, Koendert Hendrik Kuit
  • Patent number: 11940332
    Abstract: A cooking oven wet bulb sensor system having: a reservoir configured to be secured to a cooking chamber wall of the cooking oven, with a cavity of the reservoir in an upward-facing orientation; a temperature sensor probe configured to be mounted at least partially within the cavity of the reservoir; and a water fill opening positioned to dispense water into the cavity. A cooking oven having a wet bulb sensor system and a method for operating a cooking oven are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Anova Applied Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Harrison John Lees, Scott Martin Heimendinger, Carl Håkan Messler
  • Patent number: 11927396
    Abstract: A safety auditor is designed to perform opening and closing of every safety switch that is used in an industrial bakery oven. Every pressure sensor can be tested for on and off states. The low gas pressure switch can be vented and the high gas pressure switch pressurized. All thermocouples associated with the high temperature circuits are tripped. Fans are started and stopped over a communications signal or via the hard-wired interface as required to generate the safety testing. Once the safety testing is complete, the results along with time, date, name of tester, pass or fail will be printed out via a small kiosk printer. This ticket can then be filed in an office. As the operation is easy to do and requires little effort, it is much more likely to be performed and therefore safer for the host bakery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Flynn Burner Corporation
    Inventor: Simon Walker
  • Patent number: 11896014
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus of forming food dough to be used for making bases for pizza and the like are described. The method provides for compressing a predefined mass or dose of dough between two surfaces and massaging it by deforming one of said surfaces, consisting of a flexible diaphragm whereon the dough is worked. For this purpose, the forming machine has idle tapered rollers arranged under the diaphragm, which make a motion of revolution about a vertical axis and roll on the extrados of the diaphragm. During the forming process, the dough is squeezed by a movable plate or cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: MORELLO FORNI DI MORELLO MARCO & C. S.A.S.
    Inventor: Mario Morello
  • Patent number: 11882956
    Abstract: A cooking adjustment system for a cooking appliance includes a body that defines a cooking cavity. A steam generator system is coupled to the body. The steam generator system is configured to inject steam into the cooking cavity. An air temperature sensor is disposed within the cooking cavity and configured to sense a dry bulb temperature. A food probe has multiple food temperature sensors. At least one of the food temperature sensors is configured to sense a surface temperature of a food item. A controller is communicatively coupled to the steam generator system, the air temperature sensor, and the food probe. The controller is configured to determine a wet bulb temperature utilizing the surface temperature of the food. The controller is configured to adjust relative humidity within the cooking cavity in response to at least one of the wet bulb temperature and the dry bulb temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Andrea Barbieri, Riccardo Loner
  • Patent number: 11832762
    Abstract: A control method for operating a cooking oven in a deep-frying program which is configured for a predetermined set temperature is disclosed, wherein the cooking oven has an oven cavity, a tray arranged within the oven cavity, a bottom heating element for heating the bottom of the cavity, a fan located at the rear wall of the cavity, and a ring heating element surrounding the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Reiner Horstmann, Jörg Schmidt, Christoph Luckhardt, Karina Steinwachs
  • Patent number: 11805943
    Abstract: A grilling appliance with a grilling surface for placing food to be cooked, with a heat source located below the grilling surface for heating a food item on the grilling surface and with a second heat source located above the grilling surface. The second heat source is adjustable in such a way that it can be used to heat a food item located on the grilling surface from the side and/or from above, depending on the position of the second heat source, in that the second heat source is retained on a rear wall of the grilling appliance that extends beyond the top of the grilling surface so as to be translationally height-adjustable, and in that the second heat source can be pivoted about a pivot axis, in order to adjust the direction of the desired heat radiation downward between a position for releasing heat in a horizontal direction and a position for releasing heat in a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Enders Colsman AG
    Inventors: Robin Colsman, Michael Gloger
  • Patent number: 11766152
    Abstract: A cooking system includes a housing having a hollow interior and food is receivable within said hollow interior. A heating element is associated with the housing and a support body supports food within the hollow interior. The support body includes a body having a plurality of diffuser ribs. A plurality of channels is formed between the plurality of diffuser rib and at least one of the plurality of diffuser ribs and the plurality of channels is operable to deflect a relatively downward flowing fluid relatively horizontally across said support body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Joshua D. Anthony, Christopher T. Martin, Thomas Guerin, John M. Steinmetz, Ethan T. Brown, Chad P. Woodrow, Michaela Dubeau, Jennifer Kathryn Marsden, Roger Neil Jackson, Christina J. Crowley, Rupert Elliston, Andrew John Roy Tattersfield
  • Patent number: 11739360
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a novel technology that can promote the production of interleukin-6, and to provide a novel technology that can promote the production of interleukin-10. [Solution] Provided are an interleukin-6 production promoter that comprises a crude yeast cell wall hydrolysate, and an interleukin-10 production promoter that comprises a crude yeast cell wall hydrolysate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Taichi Minami, Yu Imai, Tetsuya Ishida, Junpei Yoshida, Takeshi Shirai
  • Patent number: 11732900
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for operating a cooking oven comprising: a cooking chamber; a heating device for heating foodstuff contained in the cooking chamber; a database wherein cooking cycles are stored; a control unit operatively connected to the database and to the heating device, configured for activating/deactivating the heating device according to the cooking cycles; and a user interface operatively connected to the control unit. The method comprises the following phases: (a) selecting, by the user interface, a new list of two or more of cooking cycles stored in the database, to be executed in sequence; (b) sorting, by the control unit, the cooking cycles of the new list, using a sorting algorithm that calculates the order of the cooking cycles of the new list and (c) displaying, via the user interface, a sorted list containing the cooking cycles of the new list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Electrolux Professional S.P.A.
    Inventors: Michele Simonato, Riccardo Furlanetto, Eleonora Pippia, Emidio Tiberi
  • Patent number: 11707154
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine which has an electrical control device and an automatic ingredient feeding device connected with the electrical control device; the automatic ingredient feeding device is adapted for receiving a standard package box with a plurality of compartments stocked with ingredients; the electrical control device is adapted for receiving preset recipe command and sending corresponding control command according to the recipe command; the automatic ingredient feeding device is adapted for providing major ingredients and accessory ingredients stocked in respective compartments of the standard package box according to a preset feeding sequence in the received corresponding control command; the combinations of feeding sequence for each Chinese dish can change. The present invention further discloses a feeding and cooking control method of a programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Inventors: Guang He, Jinbiao Xu
  • Patent number: 11700970
    Abstract: A programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine has a housing and a wok arranged inside of the housing, an electromagnetic heating coil, an electromagnetic heating controlling device, a wok rotating device, a wok working position controlling device, a wok lid and a wok lid controlling device, an automatic ingredient feeding device, an automatic accessory ingredient adding device and an electrical control device; the wok rotating device, the wok working position controlling device, the wok lid controlling device, the electromagnetic heating controlling device, the automatic ingredient feeding device and the automatic accessory ingredient adding device are connected with the electrical control device respectively, and perform corresponding operation according to the received control command, thus achieving full-automatic cooking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventors: Guang He, Jinbiao Xu
  • Patent number: 11672264
    Abstract: Water- and energy-saving systems and methods for producing lime-cooked masa are described. Such methods generally include adding water to maize kernel in a first predetermined proportion, the maize kernel having endosperm, germ, pericarp, and tip cap components. Using a first conditioner, the maize kernel is conditioned for a first predetermined amount of time to cause moisture absorption to within a first predetermined range. The maize kernel is limed. The maize kernel is cooked, using a cooker, in an environment of steam. After the maize kernel is cooked, water is added to the maize kernel in a second predetermined proportion and, using a second conditioner, the maize kernel is conditioned for a second predetermined amount of time to cause moisture absorption to within a second predetermined range. The maize kernel is milled using one or more mills.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: GRUMA S.A.B. DE C.V.
    Inventors: Felipe A. Rubio, Roberto Contreras
  • Patent number: 11666177
    Abstract: A rotisserie oven for a food product, such as poultry, has a casing defining an oven cavity, and has a rotor, rotatably connected to the casing, with a drive for driving the rotor, and a heater for heating the food product, and a control system for controlling the drive. The control system has a control unit, a touchscreen, and a contactless motion sensor which is configured to recognize a motion of an object or of an operator's body part in front of the contactless motion sensor. The control system is programmed to initiate an action based on the recognized motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: FRI-JADO B.V.
    Inventors: Robert Evert Willem Berents, Patricius Aloys Petrus Anna Van Boven
  • Patent number: 11596164
    Abstract: Systems and methods for cutting and cooking a substance are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: convey, via a primary conveying subsystem, a layer of food substance along a conveyance path along which the layer of food substance is conveyed; cut, via a cutter, the layer of food substance into food pieces; apply, via a primary pressurized fluid outlet, primary pressurized fluid such that the food pieces are released from the cutter; heat, via the heating mechanism, a chamber; apply, via a secondary pressurized fluid outlet, secondary pressurized fluid so that the food pieces are held flat to the primary conveying substrate, and hold, via a secondary conveying subsystem, the layer of food substance flat between the primary conveying substrate and a secondary conveying substrate for at least a portion of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: VERITAS FOOD COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Luis A. Sandor, Victor M. Ayala, Martin R. Sandor
  • Patent number: 11540669
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a micro puree machine that includes a blade assembly, a lid assembly, and a clip mechanism. The blade assembly has a central support hub, a blade, and an undercut. The lid assembly is configured to cooperate with a bowl assembly and includes a lid and a clip mechanism. The clip mechanism is movable between a first position and a second position and cooperates with the undercut at times the clip mechanism is the in the first position. The blade assembly is retained in the lid assembly at times the clip mechanism is in or near the first position, and the blade assembly is disengaged from the undercut and removable from the lid assembly at times the clip mechanism is in or near the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Michael O'Loughlin, Xu Sheng Deng, Ting Hua Zhang, Ming Li Shi, Michelle Hilary Power
  • Patent number: 11517037
    Abstract: Disclosed is a continuous feeding mechanism including a transfer mechanism, wherein the transfer mechanism includes a rotatable indent roller circumferentially provided with a plurality of blanking grooves; a post pin is arranged in each blanking groove; the post pin is connected with a spring; the spring is arranged towards the interior of the indent roller; and the post pin can move along the blanking grooves; a feeding box, wherein the bottom of the feeding box is hollow, and the bottom is arranged above the indent roller or the bottom is fixedly connected with the indent roller; the continuous feeding mechanism is arranged above one side of the transfer mechanism; and an electromagnetic heating mechanism which includes a supporting frame, wherein the transfer mechanism is arranged in the supporting frame, and an electromagnetic coil is circumferentially arranged outside the supporting frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignees: QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, XINJIANG JIANGNING LIGHT INDUSTRY MACHINERY ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Changhe Li, Mingzheng Liu, Ji Che, Sanqiang Zhang, Yanbin Zhang, Dongzhou Jia, Cai Wang, Weidong Xie, Qianqian Zhao, Mingchuang Kang, Enhao Liu, Zhaohua Li, Yali Hou
  • Patent number: 11517152
    Abstract: The invention provides an automatic and compact food preparation apparatus that prepares a food automatically. The food preparation apparatus of present invention is comprising of an electronic control unit that stores the recipes and accordingly controls the working of all the other units of the food preparation apparatus according to the recipe steps. The food preparation apparatus further includes a wok pan unit, a stirring unit, a raw ingredient dispensing—slot assembly unit and a spice or liquid dispensing unit that by working according to the recipe steps, cooks or prepares the food recipe. The food preparation apparatus further includes a user interface to allow user to select the recipe to prepare, to modify the recipe according to the user requirement and to communicate with the food preparation apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventor: Vinay Shivaiah
  • Patent number: 11470999
    Abstract: A method for operating a cooking system includes receiving information from a powered cooking accessory positioned within an interior cavity of an oven. The powered cooking accessory includes a body receivable within an interior of the oven, a first electronic device coupled with the body, and a device coupling extending from the body. The method further includes determining at least one characteristic of the powered cooking accessory and providing electrical power to the electronic device by an electrical coupling between the device coupling and a connection port within the interior cavity of the oven at a predetermined output level based on the at least one characteristic thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher A. Gregory, Nathan C. Wier
  • Patent number: 11363799
    Abstract: An apparatus engageable with a container of pet food for preparing the pet food includes a water source, a water pump, and a water heater. The water pump causes a first amount of water to flow to the heater where the first amount is heated and then causes the heated first amount to flow into the pet food whereby the pet food is heated to a first temperature and moistened to a first moistness level. A timer monitors a first steeping period after the first amount has flowed into the pet food, then the water pump causes a second amount of water to flow to the heater. The second amount then flows into the pet food. The second amount is heated such that the pet food obtains a second temperature cooler than the first temperature and moistened to a second moistness level moister than the first moisture level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Inventors: William Levy, Scott Eller
  • Patent number: 11337546
    Abstract: Beverage supply apparatus (100) has milk tank (3), milk flow path (L3) connecting the milk tank to beverage delivery port (10), first pump (7), air flow path (L6) to supply air via its connection portion (Z1), and third pump (9). The apparatus drives the third pump to supply air to the milk flow path, and drives the first pump to thereby deliver and supply a mixed beverage of milk and air from the beverage delivery port. The apparatus includes path (L7) for releasing a portion of the air flowing through the air flow path, one end portion of which is connected to release point (Z8) which is a predetermined portion of the air flow path between a beverage flow path side end portion (location of a connection portion (Z6)) and the third pump. The other end portion thereof is open to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SANDEN RETAIL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Toriumi, Takashi Nagasawa, Yuji Ebihara
  • Patent number: 11124367
    Abstract: A system for tracking and managing baking pans and trays, comprising a set of baking pans or trays that includes a plurality of individual baking pans or trays, each of which includes a unique identification tag positioned thereon, wherein each unique identification tag includes information about the individual baking pan or tray on which the identification tag is positioned; and a data acquisition system that includes at least one sensor mounted in proximity to a production line conveyor for detecting baking pans or trays positioned on the conveyor; at least one tag-reading device that is activated when the at least one sensor detects a pan or tray on the conveyor, wherein the at least one tag reading device reads information from each identification tag and transmits the information to a controller; and a controller that includes hardware and software that controls the at least one sensor and the at least one tag reading device, and that receives, processes, and outputs the information read from the identif
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Inventors: Brad Moore, Gregory D. Smith
  • Patent number: 11116244
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a precision cooking oven that utilizes laser sheets to cook food, thus creating homogeneously heated and uniformly seared food bodies and surfaces. Laser sheets move back and forth evenly injecting heat into items being cooked. All food cold or hot areas can be eliminated since intersecting laser lines can be completely projected on and accommodate an item's exterior surfaces. Items with non-uniform cross-sections and properties can be cooked uniformly by controlling the exact amount of energy projected into differing sections of the food. The oven is also capable of cooking autonomously. Since laser sheets can be precisely controlled, cooking results can be very predictable once the boundary conditions for a thermal analysis are determined. The oven can detect the properties of the items to be cooked and thereafter compute the needed time and power to achieve the desired results stipulated by an oven operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: U.S. Department of Energy
    Inventor: Henry Yu-Heng Lee
  • Patent number: 11013367
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a cooking appliance (100) comprising a first cooking plate (1) and a second cooking plate (2), said second cooking plate (2) being positionable in an operating condition, in which it faces the first cooking plate (1), so as to be able to heat a product positioned on the first cooking plate (1), and in an open condition in which it is lifted with respect to the first cooking plate (1) in such a way to allow freely positioning a food product on the first cooking plate (1), the cooking appliance (100) comprising a positioning device (3) for adjusting the position of the second cooking plate (2) with respect to the first cooking plate (1) when the second cooking plate (2) is in the operating condition, the positioning device allowing movements of the second cooking plate (2) with respect to the first cooking plate (1) having at least two degrees of freedom; it further comprises a control unit (4) operatively associated to the positioning device (3) and configured to control mov
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Electrolux Professional S.p.A.
    Inventors: Antonio Robles, Deny Longo
  • Patent number: 11009235
    Abstract: A domestic kitchen appliance is provided that has a housing having a side panel and a rear panel; a cooking chamber inside the housing; a door that is operable to access the cooking chamber; a corner flange located at a corner of the housing between an area in front of the housing and an area adjacent to the side panel; and a plurality of flange openings in the corner flange, the flange openings fluidly connecting the area in front of the housing to the area adjacent to the side panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Alfie Balingao, Suad Elkasevic, Brandon Kornegay
  • Patent number: 10890317
    Abstract: A light module for a motor vehicle including a light source, an electronic support, a driver device driving the electrical power supply of the one light source arranged on the electronic support, a heatsink including an obviously in which the driver device is housed, characterized in that the light source is fixed onto the heatsink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: David Dorn, Eric Donnen
  • Patent number: 10779551
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a soy milk containing methylpyrazine compounds consisting of 2-methylpyrazine, 2,5-dimethylpyrazine and 2,6-dimethylpyrazine at a quantity of 40 to 7000 ?g per 1 L.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Kikkoman Corporation
    Inventors: Chie Satoh, Yuki Nishibori, Ryu Sugawara
  • Patent number: 10765249
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for steaming and blending food products, also usable for sterilizing baby bottles as needed. The apparatus includes a base including a removable steam chamber and a motor driven drive shaft. A container assembly including a blade assembly can be mounted to the base for steaming the food and for blending the food. The apparatus may further include a steam diverter plate for sterilizing articles such as baby bottles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Inventor: Dov Z. Glucksman
  • Patent number: 10413613
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a mixture containing a hydrated egg product and a substance of interest, wherein the mixing is carried out by means of ultrasonic nebulization. The method comprises: beating at least one egg product until it is in a foam state; adding at least one substance of interest, in the form of a pressurized mist, to the foamy egg product; mixing until an emulsified mixture in a foam state is obtained; suctioning the emulsified mixture in order to transfer same to a dehydrator; dehydrating the emulsified mixture until a moisture level no greater than 5% is obtained; grinding the emulsified mixture to the desired grain size distribution; and sterilizing the ground mixture. The invention also relates to the mixtures produced using said method, and to the products containing said mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Inventor: Andrés Abelino Choza Romero
  • Patent number: 10028513
    Abstract: A production system for moisture and texture detection and control in tortilla and tortilla chip production includes a production line, including a cooker/grinder, a sheeter/cutter, an oven, an equalizer, a fryer, and a cooler/packaging machine; and a production control unit, including a processor, non-transitory memory, an input/output component, a moisture controller, a temperature controller, a belt speed controller, a masa moisture sensor, a chip moisture sensor, laser sensors for measuring surface texture of baked and fried chips, a laser controller, a texture classifier, a feedback controller. Also disclosed is a method for production control, including controlling moisture content, measuring masa moisture, controlling oven, measuring baked surfaces, measuring fried surfaces, classifying baked surfaces, classifying fried surfaces, optimizing oven temperature, optimizing oven belt speed, storing and characterizing historical records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Inventor: Brian E. Bartlett
  • Patent number: 9615691
    Abstract: The present invention relates to manufacturing of kitchen appliances, and particularly to air fryer, comprising fryer body, liner, frying basket provided within the liner, electrical heating tube arranged above the frying basket and fan located above the heating tube. Side wall of the frying basket is thin plate and bottom of the frying basket is grid. Air channel is provided between the liner and the frying basket. Swirl guide cylinder is provided externally at the bottom of the frying basket and is connected with the side wall of the frying basket. Air inlets for forming rotary air flow are opened on the bottom of the swirl guide cylinder. The air inlets divert the air flow in a same direction and form a swirl. With such configuration, the frying basket is simple in structure, the liner is easy to manufacture and clean, and the frying basket is better supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Inventor: Shaoji Yan
  • Patent number: 9050784
    Abstract: A back-sheet for a photovoltaic module is provided comprising a fire resistant polymeric film and a second polymeric film adhered to the fire resistant polymeric film. The fire resistant polymeric film comprises a polymer that does not melt at temperatures below 275° C. and an inorganic particulate filler selected from inorganic metal oxides and inorganic metal nitrides, and combinations thereof. The fire resistant polymeric film contains from 40 to 75 weight percent inorganic particulate filler based on the total weight of the film, and the fire resistant polymeric film has an average thickness of at least 85 microns. A photovoltaic module comprising such a back-sheet is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian C. Auman, Carl Robert Haeger
  • Patent number: 9044023
    Abstract: A method and system for preparing naan bread is provided. A conveyor oven is used to bake flattened and pre-shaped naan bread loaves. The conveyor oven uses high temperature gas heat to bake the naan, imparting traditional characteristics such as the slightly smoky or scorched appearance. The oven interior is preferably lined with stone, granite, clay or porcelain to enhance baking and provide traditional flavor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: FGF BRANDS INC.
    Inventors: Sam Ajmera, John Gordon, Dragan Janus
  • Publication number: 20150118378
    Abstract: The grill of the present disclose cooks a food product in a substantially vertical direction. A chute can supply a food product to two rotating belts that grip the food product between them, and pass it between opposing heaters or burners that are also substantially vertically oriented. The food product is cooked on both sides simultaneously, and the belts apply grill or char marks to the food product. Food product can also be monogrammed or branded on one or both sides with text, symbols or letters. Drippings from the food product can be collected without interfering with operation of the burners. The grill can be operated at pyrolytic temperatures to be self-cleaning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Douglas S. JONES, Janice M. K. JAFERIAN
  • Patent number: 9017751
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the residual time until a cooking process of a foodstuff (12) has been finished. At first a set temperature value for a core (14) of the foodstuff (12) is defined. Next the actual temperatures in the core (14) of the foodstuff (12) at predetermined times are measured and the time dependence of the measured temperature in the core (14) of the foodstuff (12) is determined. At last the time dependence of the measured temperature is compared with the set temperature value and “the residual time of the cooking process is estimated. The invention relates further to a corresponding apparatus for determining the residual time until a cooking process of a foodstuff (12) has been finished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
    Inventor: Dominik Rauh
  • Publication number: 20150110939
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is one embodiment of a camp cooker system. The camp cooker system includes a handle, an elongate arm that includes a proximal end and a distal end, and a stand. The proximal end of the elongate arm is coupled to the handle and the distal end of the elongate arm is coupleable to one or more food items to support the one or more food items adjacent a heat source. The stand is for supporting, free of a user's supporting force, at least the distal end of the elongate arm a distance above a ground terrain. The stand includes a top end and a bottom end, with the top end being detachably coupled to the elongate arm and the bottom end being engageable with the ground terrain. The engagement of the bottom end with the ground terrain anchors and supports the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Randy J. Benson, Lane A. Ekberg, Shane Rawlings
  • Patent number: 8993026
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an infrared-style broiler sized to be portable, safe, and occupy minimal space, while still providing surface area for use in warming foods. The warming surface may be heated from below by way of radiant heat and/or may be heated by way of venting hot air from the inside of the broiler to the warming surface by way of vents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: SCI Direct, LLC
    Inventors: Jon P. Molnar, Neil R. Tyburk
  • Patent number: 8993025
    Abstract: A fryer is provided for cooking food in a small volume of oil. The fryer includes a main body with a seat for supporting a tilted tank designed to contain the volume of oil in a bottom angular portion thereof. The fryer also includes a heater, and at least one mixing blade inside the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: De' Longhi Appliances S.R.L.
    Inventor: Giuseppe De'Longhi
  • Publication number: 20150086696
    Abstract: Fresh pastas which can be stored in a frozen state for a long time and which retain favorable appearance and texture comparable to freshly boiled fresh pastas even after being thawed are provided. The fresh pastas have a surface roughness with Ra being from 1.0 to 10.0 ?m on average and/or Ry being from 10 to 50 ?m on average.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: NISSHIN FOODS INC.
    Inventors: Tatsurou Maeda, Kentarou Irie, Yumiko Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 8986800
    Abstract: Cooking bag containing a copolymer containing monomer units of a dimerised fatty acid or a derivative thereof. Use the cooking bag for cooking food. A process for storing and cooking of food comprising the steps: a) filling the cooking with food, b) storing the filled cooking bag at a temperature below 0° C., c) cooking the food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Atze Jan Nijenhuis, Paul Willem Jan Van Den Heuvel, Paul Alexander Moruzi
  • Publication number: 20150079259
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cooking, heating, or drying in which, as items or materials are conveyed through a heating chamber by a linear, spiral, or other type of conveyor, hot combustion product gases are delivered upwardly through an upwardly extending first annulus or other flow gap which is closest to the conveyor. The hot combustion product gases are then delivered downwardly through the heating chamber into contact with the items or materials on the conveyor. Next the combustion product gases are delivered from the lower portion of the heating chamber into the lower portion of a second annulus or other flow gap or passage. The second flow gap or passage is separated from the heating chamber by the first annulus or other flow gap. Subsequently, the combustion product gases are delivered upwardly through the second flow gap or passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Mallik Ahmed
  • Publication number: 20150079260
    Abstract: A grilling belt includes a flexible support having first and second major surfaces, an extruded fluoropolymer layer overlying the first major surface, and a cast or skived fluoropolymer layer overlying the extruded fluoropolymer layer. Another grilling belt can include a support having first and second major surfaces, and a first fluoropolymer film overlying the first major surface. The support can include a first fabric having a first bias angle, and a second fabric laminated to the first fabric and having a second bias angle different from the first bias angle by between 20° and 160°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Hua Fan, Anne B. Hardy, Timothy P. Pollock, Ephraim P. Lin
  • Publication number: 20150079250
    Abstract: An apparatus for cooking or smoking and a fuel combustor therefor. In the cooking or smoking apparatus and method, combustion products produced by the combustor, by a gas burner, or by other means are preferably delivered upwardly through an upwardly extending inner flow gap which at least partially surrounds a cooking or smoking chamber. The combustion products are preferably then delivered downwardly through the cooking or smoking chamber and then upwardly through an upwardly extending outer flow gap which is outside of the inner flow gap and which also at least partially surrounds the cooking or smoking chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Mallik Ahmed
  • Publication number: 20150072054
    Abstract: A method of heating an item in a cavity of a cooking appliance including the steps of detecting the size of the item at a first time during a cooking cycle and detecting the size of the item at a second time during the cooking cycle. The cooking cycle is then controlled at least partially based on the size of the item at the second time during the cooking cycle. A cooking appliance for carrying out the method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: PRASHANT RUPEREE
  • Publication number: 20150056354
    Abstract: A heat-shrinkable polymeric cover provides a safe, low cost way to cover a food service pan during food preparation, storage, cooking, transport and reheating. The food pan cover can have a closed top end having a first top edge and a second top edge and an open bottom end having a first bottom edge and a second bottom edge. A first side seal extends from the top end to the bottom end, and a second side seal extends from the top end to the bottom end. A gusset can be formed between the first top edge and the second top edge. The food pan cover can be formed from a single layer of heat-shrinkable polymeric material capable of withstanding a temperature of at least about 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Timothy L. BLUCHER, Michael D. SCHMAL, Ernest E. BACHERT, Joseph A. RADOSTA
  • Publication number: 20150056355
    Abstract: An apparatus for toasting and broiling a food item in an aircraft galley includes: a heating element that heats a food item; a lower rack upon which the food item sits; an upper rack disposed above the lower rack to contain the food item in position between the lower rack and the upper rack while the heating element heats the food item; and an oven compartment in which the heating element, lower rack, and upper rack are disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Leonard Cusell, William J. Godecker, Sandra Arambula
  • Publication number: 20150050399
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention relates to a process of preparing a food product comprising 1-100 wt. % of a heat-stable oil-in-water emulsion, said process comprising heating the food product to a temperature in excess of 90° C. for at least 5 minutes, wherein the heat-stable emulsion contains: •3-85 wt. % oil; •12-92 wt. % water; •0.1-1.0 wt. % egg yolk lecithin; •0.1-5.0 wt. % water-insoluble cellulosic fibre; and •0-20 wt. % of one or more other edible ingredients. Another aspect of the invention relates to a sterilized or pasteurized oil-in-water emulsion, said oil-in-water emulsion having a pH of 3.0-4.5 and comprising: •3-85 wt. % oil; •12-92 wt. % water; •0.1-1.0 wt. % egg yolk lecithin; •0.1-5.0 wt. % water-insoluble cellulosic fibre; •0-20 wt. % of one or more other edible ingredients; wherein the emulsion contains no water-soluble polysaccharide thickener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Hubertus Cornelis van Gastel, Sudarshi Tanuja Angelique Regismond, Aleksander Arie Reszka
  • Publication number: 20150050412
    Abstract: Fat particles useful in food compositions as doughs, methods of preparing the fat particles, method of preparing the food compositions (e.g., doughs) that contain the fat particles, and methods of preparing a baked food product from the food composition, wherein the fat particles contain flavorant salt. These fat particle can be used to prepare dough formulations that meet the desire of being more healthful than previous dough formulations due to a reduced sodium content, optional more healthful fat content (e.g., low trans fats or low saturated fats), or both. Additionally, the fat particles can be conveniently used in commercial or consumer scale dough processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Braden J. Erickson, Alan A. Oppenheimer, Jon Duke Seibold, Wenyi Wang
  • Patent number: 8956676
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a composition comprising proteins and fats, said method providing a simple and non-expensive way of obtaining fat-containing proteinaceous products of high nutritional value that are easy to handle and at the same time possess high stability towards coalescence and oxidation. More particularly, a method is provided for the manufacture of a composition comprising protein and fat in disperse form, the method comprising the following steps: (i) providing a suspension having a pH value higher than 7.0, said suspension comprising water, proteinaceous material, fat, and optionally alkali; (ii) incubating the suspension from (i) at a temperature in the interval 50-150° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hamlet Protein A/S
    Inventors: Ole Kaae Hansen, Tommas Neve
  • Publication number: 20150044345
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solar cooking apparatus, comprising: a first solar reflector; a second solar reflector; a solar collection element; and a solar collection element holder, wherein the first solar reflector and the second solar reflector are concave and parabolic, and are in a substantially symmetrical arrangement to a solar collection element axis, each reflector focuses solar radiation at the solar collection element from a reflective surface, which rapidly heat when the the solar collection element. The solar cooking apparatus is adjustable and, in some embodiments, portable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventor: Patrick Sherwin