Foods and beverages: apparatus inventions 12/05

20050284302 - Portable beverage preparation device and system: A portable beverage preparation device and system for making brews, mixes, and potions on demand by selectively introducing and mixing predetermined quantities of at least one stored, edible, beverage preparation confined in at least one sealed chamber into a portable beverage container containing a predetermined volume of a potable base...

20050284303 - Portable brewing system: A “closed/sealed” portable brewing system with a housing, a cover, and a filter, in which the housing has an opening with external threads having a first axis of rotation, the cover has internal threads with a second axis of rotation opposite from the first axis of rotation, and the filter...

20050284304 - Apparatus and method for brewer control: A beverage making apparatus, method, method of using such a beverage making apparatus and method of cleaning a beverage making apparatus is disclosed. The beverage making apparatus includes a liquid basin (16) for receiving a quantity of liquid and is in communication with a reservoir (20) for retaining a volume...

20050284305 - Pressure cooker with a lid having moving jaws: A pressure cooker includes a bowl and a removable lid carrying at least two jaws mounted to move on the lid between a locking position for locking the lid on the bowl and an unlocking position, each jaw being connected to a slider mounted to slide on the lid so...

20050284306 - Spit assembly support base: A support base for supporting the spit assembly of a rotisserie oven. The support base includes a substantially circular-shaped member having a periphery and an indented portion defined therein. The indented portion has a frustum-conical shape and extends downwardly into the substantially circular-shaped member, and the substantially circular-shaped member has...

20050284307 - Bundt cake container: A container (10) for holding a bundt cake (12), which avoids an unsightly accumulation of sugar frosting around the central hole in the cake, and which provides strength for stacking containers with cakes therein on top of one another. The container includes a base (14) with a cake-supporting surface (30)...

20050284308 - Flip ramp mechanical interlock for appliance: A locking system for an appliance has lid and feed chute locking components that include a spring-biased, ramp surfaced pivoting arm that is adapted to be activated to extend or retract a rod that activates or de-activates a motor drive of a food processor. The arm is activated by rotational...

20050284309 - Juicer and grater assembly: The invention provides a juicer and grater assembly comprising an extractor having a plurality of radially extending tabs integral with a lower portion thereof, a combination grater and strainer having at least a plurality of first apertures and a plurality of second apertures, wherein the extractor is removably secured on...

20050284310 - Device for adjusting gap between feeding tube and blade disk of food processors: A food processor includes a base, a lower cap, a blade unit and a top cap. The top cap has a fixed tube extending from an underside thereof and a sleeve is movably mounted to the fixed tube. A board is sandwiched between the sleeve and the blade disk of...

20050284311 - Pitting machine comprising a punching head which performs a curvilinear oscillatory movement in synchronization with the translation movement of fruits to be pitted: A pitting machine comprises a punching head that performs a curvilinear oscillatory movement in synchronization with the translation movement of fruits to be pitted, in particular for use in industries that process food such as pitted dried or dehydrated plums and which are currently performing manual operations or using rudimentary...

20050279214 - Conical fermentor: An improved homebrewing conical fermentor having pressure capability for CO2 pumping and carbonation, without welding onto the tank, which can lead to contamination of the fermenting product. In addition, the fermentor support legs remain permanently affixed to the tank without introducing any welding flaws on the inside of the tank....

20050279216 - Coffee maker suitable for aircraft use: A coffee maker assembly particularly suitable for aircraft use delivers hot coffee into a decanter that can be removed from the assembly to serve the coffee to passengers and crew inside an aircraft cabin. The assembly includes an electronically controlled solenoid valve that controls the delivery of water from a...

20050279217 - Coffee-maker: A coffee-maker is disclosed. It comprises a lid (30) which closes an upper part (10) with an upper chamber. A rising pipe (14) extends into the upper chamber. This pipe has at least one lateral opening (15) in an upper end region. In order to avoid splashing of liquid coming...

20050279215 - Fluid delivery system for generating pressurized hot water pulses: Apparatus for generating and delivering a pressurized hot water pulse to a brewing station comprises a water inlet adapted to close during delivering the pulse, an outlet for the pulse, a generator comprising a water heating chamber for receiving a amount of water via the inlet and for heating the...

20050279218 - Coffee-maker: A coffee-maker is disclosed. It comprises a lid (30) which closes an upper part (10) with an upper chamber. A rising pipe (14) extends into the upper chamber. This pipe has at least one lateral opening (15) in an upper end region. In order to avoid splashing of liquid coming...

20050279219 - Coffee grinder assembly for a coffee machine: A coffee grinder assembly for a coffee machine comprises two coaxially arranged grinding wheels. One of the grinding wheels is driven by an electric motor, and the other one is stationary. For receiving the grinding wheels, two grinding wheel support members are provided. Each grinding wheel is provided with radially...

20050279220 - Cup and filter combination: The present invention provides a cup and filter combination comprising a foldable filter inside the cup. The combination further comprises a foldable retaining ring for holding the filter within the cup. The foldable retaining ring is attached to the filter along the outer edge of the filter and is attached...

20050279221 - Apparatus and method for properly pre-measuring turkey frying oil: A way to safely fry turkeys by minimizing the hazard of overfilling oil, the Turkey Oil Gage comprises a device and method to properly pre-measure the frying oil used to fry whole turkeys. It is appropriately sized for a given application measure or object shaped similar to that of a...

20050279222 - Cooking apparatus and method with product recognition: Cooking apparatus having first and second platens with product recognition. A positioning mechanism moves the second platen toward the first. A detector senses the second platen making contact with a food product disposed on the first platen and provides a signal. A controller uses the signal to measure the travel...

20050279223 - Grill accessory: An accessory useful in conjunction with outdoor cookers such as gas or charcoal grills is provided having a pair of spaced feet supportable on the grill of the cooker, a pair of legs extending upwardly from each of said feet, an arm connecting the tops of the legs and one...

20050279224 - Enclosures for food processing: Food recipients or enclosures are described, such as pouches or bags useful for the preparation of food products at elevated temperatures, such as frying or cooking as well as methods of cooking using the recipients or enclosures. Food containers are described for use in radiant or other heating devices such...

20050279225 - Induction heating pan: The present invention relates to an induction heating pan comprising a pan body having an inner pan and an outer pan, a lid and a hinge member to connect the lid to the pan body, wherein the hinge member comprises a hollow cylindrical part which contains various connecting elements therein...

20050279226 - Nutcracker: A nutcracker includes a main body which has a recess for receiving a lever, the lever being pivotably mounted in the recess. An operating chamber which is opened or closed through relative movement of the lever in relation to the main body is suitable for receiving nuts, their shells being...

20050279227 - Injection device: Injection device includes a plurality of parallel hollow needles that are reciprocatingly movable in a longitudinal direction thereof relative to a product carrier, and a supply system for supplying, into the hollow needles, a liquid to be injected into the product. Each hollow needle has associated therewith a cleaning needle...

20050279228 - Proportional length food slicing system: This invention includes a system for cutting food products, such as potatoes, into proportional length pieces. In a one embodiment, the system includes a cutting assembly, sensors upstream of the cutting assembly and a programmable logic controller. The cutting assembly preferably includes a housing defining a passageway, at least two...

20050279229 - Kettle guard: A guard defined by a wire-like framework can be mounted on a popcorn kettle to prevent burns from kettle contact. The guard is lightweight, and has resilient connector elements spacing the guard from the kettle....

20050274261 - Barbecuing push cart: A barbecuing push cart employing LPG and charcoal for barbecuing is disclosed. The barbecuing push cart comprises a hand-pushing cart and a barbecuing oven mounted on the push cart. The opening of the oven has an inner edge wall on which a barbecuing net can be mounted. The internal bottom...

20050274262 - Heat seal die assembly: A heat seal die assembly for heat sealing plastic sheets, both solid wall and mesh, which comprises the following: first and second heat seal bars forming heat seal lines in said plastic sheets, with the bars being spaced from each other. Each heat seal bar faces a separate backing plate,...

20050274263 - Thermal conductivity mask for producing patterns: A device for producing patterns includes a heater heating a thermal conductivity mask that has at least one cavity, and a thin film positioned adjacent to the mask. The heater may be any convenient heat source. In a preferred embodiment, the thermal conductivity mask is a plate having a pattern...

20050274264 - Apparatus for preparing curd and for feeding the prepared curd to a curd processing apparatus: An apparatus for preparing curd and feeding same to a curd processing apparatus, comprising a number of curd tanks and a pipe system connected with the curd tanks and provided with pumping means to feed curd from the curd tanks to the curd processing apparatus, wherein at least a number...

20050274265 - Olive stuffing method: In a method for stuffing pitted olives with an edible filling, pitted olives are placed in a drum along with a quantity of filling, then the drum is rotated, agitating the olives and filling in tumbling fashion, and causing the filling to work its way into the cavities in the...

20050274266 - Apparatus for peeling potatoes and the like: An improved peeling machine for controlling the removal of a peeling from a food product, the peeling machine having a hopper with a supply auger that pushes a food item to a peeling chamber, the peeling chamber having a plurality of parallel longitudinal rollers arranged in an arcuate juxtaposition relation,...

20050268789 - Apparatus for pressing coffee powder within the filter holder: An apparatus for pressing coffee has a base and housing supporting a filtercup and a pressing cylinder. The pressing cylinder has a forked end engaging a cylindrical body and attached to a rocker arm. A counterweight is attached to an end of the rocker arm. The cylindrical body has a...

20050268790 - Apparatus for the production of espresso coffee and the like: An apparatus for the production of espresso coffee and the like is disclosed. The apparatus includes a lower vessel having an inlet opening, a substantially funnel-shaped intermediate vessel placed axially at the inlet opening to the lower vessel, and an electric heater in the lower vessel for heating water contained...

20050268791 - In-frame wire fry basket with ergonomic handle: A rigid wire frame is formed around the exterior of a wire mesh fry basket. An ergonomic handle having at least one protuberance enables a person to firmly grip the handle with less muscle strength than is required to grip a straight handle. A rigid wire hook, opposite a rigid...

20050268792 - Control mechanism for deep fryer to control elevation of basket received in the deep fryer: A control mechanism includes a driving device and a driven device coupling a bracket that is movably arranged in the deep fryer to the driving device. The driving device drives the basket upward/downward relative to the deep fryer. The driven device has a seat, a guiding slot, a limit having...

20050268793 - Kitchen appliance with normally black transmissive liquid crystal display device: In a kitchen appliance (1) with a housing (2) and with a liquid crystal display device (12), the liquid crystal display device (12) is accommodated in an accommodating section (11) of the housing (2), and the accommodating section (11) is bounded, on a front face (13) and on a rear...

20050268794 - Spool rotisserie system: A spool rotisserie system enables rotisserie cooking in home ovens. The energy transmits from an outside motor to the spool rotisserie system through a fiberglass line. The rotisserie system includes an arm with a bearing support and a bearing assembly on one side of a base. The opposite side of...

20050268795 - Method and apparatus for folding cooked eggs: The present invention relates to a method, system and apparatus for making egg patties which have been cooked, folded, frozen and which may be reheated to provide an egg patty which resembles an egg patty made form fresh eggs. The invention includes an egg folding apparatus, a method for folding...

20050268796 - Apparatus for injecting fluid into meat products: A method for injecting fluid into meat products comprises taking a plurality of hollow fluid injection needles having sharpened discharge ends, and connecting the needles to a source of pressurized liquid; penetrating the sharpened ends of the needles into the product and thence withdrawing the same while discharging fluid into...

20050263006 - Disposable combined squeezer/stirrer/dispenser/brewer device: A disposable packaging form is provided for brewed, hot drinks. The invention allows a user to brew the hot drink, squeeze out the brewed contents, and stir the contents of the hot drink. Each action can be performed multiple times before disposal. In some embodiments, the device of the present...

20050263007 - Automatic cup type beverage vending machine: An automatic cup type beverage vending machine which, even where the same kind of beverage are sold through a plurality of vending machines, prevents variations in the taste of the same kind of beverage from one machine to another is to be provided. Since it is so configured that beverage...

20050263008 - Soup supplying apparatus: A soup supplying apparatus includes: a vessel that accommodates a soup and has an arc-shaped inner periphery and an upper opening formed at one end of the inner periphery; a ladle mechanism that ladles up the soup accommodated in the vessel by slidably moving along the inner periphery towards the...

20050263009 - Sear bar for grill: A sear bar for evaporating greases in a grill, the sear bar comprising an inverted V-shaped member, said inverted V-shaped member including an apex and two free ends, wherein said apex is situated on the upper portion of the sear bar and wherein said free ends are directed inwardly so...

20050263010 - Barbecue top cooker: The Barbecue Top Cooker is a new device in cooking or grilling foods that covers foods as they cook on the grill surface or cooking surface that increases moisture and flavor of the cooked foods and provides a barrier from flying insects as food is cooked on the grill surface...

20050263011 - Cookware apparatus: A cookware apparatus includes a container portion which includes a container bottom and a container side wall which extends upward from the container bottom. The container side wall has a side wall top and has an exterior side wall surface. A spout portion is connected to the container side wall...

20050263012 - Baking pan assembly: A baking pan assembly which may comprise a cavity defined by a concave wall having a first side portion, a second side portion and a top portion, the concave wall having an inside surface which may have a three-dimensional design formed thereon and a bottom wall....

20050263013 - Baking sheet with slide-off ramp: A substantially flat, heat-resistant baking sheet has a baking surface, a rolled periphery and a baking area within that periphery. The baking area has numerous through-holes. A generally upright wall, integrally formed with the sheet, extends along the first part of the periphery, defining an upper edge. The height of...

20050263014 - Piping bag, blank for manufacturing a piping bag and method of manufacturing a piping bag: A disposable piping bag (1) comprises a container of polymer film. The piping bag is formed essentially from a thin-walled polymer tube, and an outwardly oriented surface of the piping bag has a surface structure....

20050263015 - Distribution/retention plate for minimizing off-gassing: An apparatus and method for promoting the efficient use of gases dissolved in a liquid by limiting the amount of off-gassing or evaporation from the liquid is disclosed. The apparatus and method is a distribution/retention plate, shown in a preferred embodiment as installed in a portable food washing system. The...