Foods and beverages: apparatus inventions 08/06

20060191418 - Method and device for brewing beer: A device for brewing beer, particularly a wort pan (1), with a container body (2) to receive a wort reservoir (3) the device containing an internal boiler (4) arranged in the container body (2), which is provided with a heat exchanger (5) and a guiding screen (8). A wort forced...

20060191419 - Wine vessel system: In one example embodiment, an article of manufacture includes a wooden element such as a dowel, preferably formed from toasted oak, that is attached to the inside of a screw-type wine vessel closure. In a second example embodiment, the wooden element is attached to a stopper. In yet other embodiments,...

20060191420 - Coffee brewer: Systems and techniques to brew coffee are described. In general, in one implementation, the technique includes: releasing water from at least one water inlet onto ground coffee in a stationary coffee filter. The ground coffee is automatically agitated while the water is being released using an agitator that is connected...

20060191421 - Funnel blocking apparatus and methods of use: Disclosed is a blocking device for use with a beverage making machine of the type having a housing (22) and a funnel (30) positionable relative to the housing. The blocking device (40, 40a, 40b) prevents unintended disengagement of a funnel from a corresponding housing to which at least a portion...

20060191422 - Food press: A food press having an upper handle rotatably connected to a lower handle. A press chamber and a slicer chamber are formed in the lower handle, and a press foot and a slicer foot are pivotally connected to said upper chamber and positioned to engage the press chamber and slicer...

20060191423 - Pelletless process for producing molded food products: An extrusion-based injection molding system is designed for use in food processing applications. Interior surfaces, such as the barrel exit line and/or fill line, of the system may be coated with a friction-reducing agent....

20060191424 - Apparatus and method of ultrasonic cleaning and disinfection: An apparatus for and method of disinfecting the interior surfaces of barrels and destroying microorganisms is disclosed. In one embodiment, an ultrasonic apparatus includes a sonotrode encased in a sheath, placed within a bunghole of a barrel. An ultrasonic generator is connected to the sonotrode. The ultrasonic apparatus also includes...

20060191425 - Pulp squeezer: A squeezer can be used to produce a pulp contained juice instead of the conventional squeezer only provided juice. The squeezer comprises a motor base, a rotary disk, a bowl, a cutter disk, a mask, an upper lid and a feed tube passed through a receiving opening of the upper...

20060185521 - Coffee maker: A coffee maker devices comprises a thermally insulated bottled that is threadably connected to a coffee grinder at it bottle surface. A press filter is adapter for insertion into the bottle such that coffee beans freshly ground in the grinder can be steeped with hot water in the bottle to...

20060185522 - High temperature, oil saving, rapid cook fryer system: A deep fat fryer able to quickly cook food items, in about one-third to one-half of a typical cook time in the art for corresponding food items, includes a high powered, preferably high efficiency heating unit utilized to establish a cooking oil temperature in the order of about forty or...

20060185523 - Method and device for determination of the time of turning of a cooking product: A method for the determination of a turning time of at least one cooking product, to which heat is supplied from one side during a cooking process includes a) determination of a first temperature TA in the cooking product at the beginning of the cooking process at an initial time...

20060185524 - Stirring device for a paint pot, with modifiable functions, in a plastic material: This device is composed of two parts in different plastic materials joined together by means of an assembly system (30), the first part being a modifiable, interchangeable drive system (10) mounted to rotate in the central orifice, and the second part being a stirring system of the shaft and stirrer-blade...

20060185525 - Method for the treatment of food products, as well as continuous oven therefor: A continuous oven has an elongated housing, an endless conveyor belt that extends in the longitudinal direction through the housing and on which food products can be conveyed over a stretch between an input and an output of the oven, a hot air heater, as well as a hot air...

20060185526 - Movable bucket and matching fixed bucket for an ice-cream machine and an ice-cream machine with said movable bucket and matching fixed bucket: The present invention discloses a movable bucket and a matching fixed bucket used in an ice-cream machine, and an ice-cream machine equipped with said movable bucket and matching fixed bucket, wherein the movable bucket and the matching fixed bucket are made of a heat-transferable material, the matching fixed bucket is...

20060185527 - Food warming apparatus and method: In general, one embodiment of the invention is directed to apparatus for warming pre-cooked sandwich buns and the like to a desired holding temperature and then holding the buns at such holding temperature. The apparatus comprises a cabinet having at least one compartment with a bottom wall, a top wall...

20060185528 - Apparatus and method for blast freezing or thawing a product: A method and apparatus for treating a commodity includes a plurality of boxes arranged in two rows with a space formed therebetween. A cover is provided for sealing the two rows of boxes at least along the top surface. A plenum is formed between the two rows of boxes with...

20060185529 - Device for sectioning individual sausages of continuosly extruded product: The present invention concerns a device (1) for portioning a food product (3) continuously extruded from a filling apparatus, preferably for making meat-base elongated extrusions in form of sausages, frankfurters and the like, wherein two front and opposed pincers (4) carry out a succession of neckings onto the extrusion (3),...

20060185530 - Device for distribution of a liquid or viscous product, particularly a cleaning product: The present invention relates to a device for the distribution of a liquid or viscous product in order for it to be retrieved with a tool or by the hand of a user, comprising a reservoir (1) for containing this product and emptying in a distribution zone (2, 7) for...

20060185531 - Grill pan with adjusting hinge: A grill pan for grilling food is provided. The grill pan is made of a lid and a base with grill ridges and a slidably adjustable hinge-like mating portion, which allows the lid to freely adjust to various thicknesses of foods placed inside the pan....

20060185532 - Nutcracker: A nutcracker utilizes a conical member with a textured exterior surface rotatably mounted and centered inside a vertical cylinder with a textured interior surface. The nuts occupy a cracking zone between the textured exterior surface and the textured interior surface. As the conical member rotates, gravity rolls the nuts down...

20060180028 - Lid for a beverage container to hold a decoction beverage: A lid for a beverage container for holding a decoction beverage, preferably a disposable tea container with a base plate and a covering arranged at a distance from the base plate in which case between the base plate and the covering a holding space bounded on the sides by a...

20060180029 - Coffee maker brew basket: A brew basket for an automatic drip coffee maker has a funnel-shape with a relatively wide top end and relatively narrow bottom end. A stepped support ring is integral in and defines a ledge around a circumference of the brew basket. A coffee filter pod is supported on its periphery...

20060180030 - Hot beverage maker brew basket adaptor: A brew basket for a hot beverage maker has a funnel-shape with a relatively wide top end and relatively narrow bottom end. A stepped support ring is integral in and defines a ledge around a circumference of the brew basket. A filter pod is supported on its periphery by the...

20060180031 - Apparatus for baking, cutting and serving: An apparatus for at least one of supporting and containing a preselected food product to be at least one of baked, cut and served. The apparatus comprises a base member having a predetermined shape and a predetermined size. There are a plurality of elongated grooves extending from a point closely...

20060180032 - Apparatus for aligning meat products: Apparatus for aligning meat products comprises an input conveyor for carrying the products into the apparatus, an output conveyor located beneath the input conveyor for carrying the products out of the apparatus, and at least one intermediate conveyor located between the input and output conveyors. All the conveyors are spaced...

20060180033 - Toaster with removable imaging plates: A toaster system having selectively removable imaging plates is provided. The system includes a toaster having at least one toast receiving compartment with heating elements disposed along both sides thereof for facing the food item to be toasted. The system also includes a plurality of metal imaging plates, each individually...

20060180034 - Removable heat shield for forming a pattern on toast: A removable heat shield for creating a replica of a design on a baked product as it is toasted in a toaster. The heat shield comprises a single L-shaped panel being a body with a flange extending outwardly from a front surface of the body and substantially at ninety degrees...

20060174769 - Method for preparing a beverage from a capsule and device therefor: A method for preparing a beverage or a liquid foodstuff from a capsule containing a product with a substance to be extracted, the capsule having a flexible membrane (17) capable of deforming elastically or permanently to a considerable extent, comprising the steps of perforating a plurality of holes (26) distributed...

20060174771 - Assembly for creating milk froth and for heating milk: An assembly for creating milk froth and/or for heating milk is disclosed. It comprises a milk container, a foaming device and a valve assembly. The foaming device is provided with a steam supply channel, an air supply channel, a milk supply channel and a discharge opening. In order to be...

20060174772 - Assembly for creating milk froth and/or for heating milk: An assembly for creating milk froth and/or for heating milk is disclosed. It comprises a foaming device and optionally a milk container and a valve assembly. The foaming device is provided with a steam supply channel, an air supply channel, a milk supply channel and a discharge opening. In order...

20060174770 - Coffee outlet of domestic espresso coffee machines: The coffee output of a domestic espresso coffee machine has a pump which impels pressurized hot water so that it passes through a dose of ground coffee deposited in a filter (1) accommodated in a housing (2), fitted in a filter holder (3) provided with one or more outlet pipes...

20060174773 - Dispensing system with vacuum-filled metering chamber: A system for dispensing a metered volume of heated water from the storage tank to the brew chamber of a single serve beverage brewer comprises a metering chamber, a supply conduit connecting the storage tank to the metering chamber, and a delivery conduit connecting the metering chamber to the brew...

20060174774 - System for cooking and then cooling food products by immersion in a heat transfer fluid: According to the present invention the said vessel (200) is closed by a cover (250) so as to leave a space above the maximum level of the free surface of the heat transfer fluid, and the said homogenisation system (500) comprises a system (520) for the closed circulation of the...

20060174775 - Apparatus and method for tracing cooking process: The method and apparatus of this invention enable tracing of cooking process in substantially any cooking oven or pot by inserting at least two electrodes into meat to be cooked, measuring sequentially values of at least one component or parameter of complex electrical impedance between the electrodes in certain frequency...

20060174776 - Cooking pot: A cooking pot including a container (1) and a lid (2) that each has at least one handle. The lid handle (4) has a handle detent section (6) projecting beyond a lid edge (5), and the detent section can be inserted into a recess (7) or depression of the container...

20060174777 - Staty maker: apparatus for the perpetration of satay: A method and apparatus is disclosed for the perpetration of a variety of foods in Satay style. The apparatus comprises two manually positioned platens (upper and lower) and a plurality of food elongated retaining spikes or skewers. The foodstuff is held in the retaining protrusions on the upper and lower...

20060174778 - Dispensing device for drinks: Many kinds of dispensing devices for drinks or similar fluid foodstuffs, especially for coffee and/or milk are already known. Said devices comprise supply means for supplying at least two different hot drinks, filling outlets for dispensing hot drinks into at least one cup and valve means for stopping and releasing...

20060174779 - Coffee maker: A coffee maker has a water reservoir, a water heater, a coffee holder for holding coffee grounds and a pump for pumping water from the reservoir through the heater to deliver pressurized water to the coffee holder. The coffee holder has a sieve holder and two exchangeable sieves including a...

20060169147 - Machine for making and dispensing ice drinks and the like: A machine for making and dispensing ice drinks and the like comprises a tank (3) containing the drink, a power-driven stirring element (17) mounted inside the tank (3), means (34, 38) for enabling/disabling the motor that rotationally drives the stirring element (17), and a lid (21) for closing the top...

20060169148 - Apparatus for producing a beverage: An apparatus is provided for producing a beverage from concentrate. A mixing chamber is included. A water tank and a concentrate container provide water and concentrate. A water conduit is horizontally oriented and is connected to the water tank to supply water from the water tank to the mixing chamber...

20060169149 - Basket for holding coffee grounds in coffee brewing machine: A configurable stationary basket for a single cup coffee maker having interchangeable parts for brewing beverages which permit the coffee drinker to vary the taste and strength of the brewed cup of coffee by exchanging parts in the stationary basket....

20060169150 - Permanent filtering pod for brewing beverages: A permanent, resilient filtering pod for brewing beverages which negates the necessity and costs of purchasing filters after each brewed cup provides an enclosed vessel to hold the brewed substance and prevents the brewed substances from spilling over the beverage brewing machine basket or clogging the spray nozzle of the...

20060169151 - Bakeware with accessible handles: A kitchenware baking pan that retains accessibility to its handles 30 after the pan has been inverted to remove a baked good using handles found on opposite sidewalls 20 and located an accessibility distance 40 from the pan upper bakeware rim 10, providing full handle access after the pan has...

20060169153 - Conveniently accessible coffee filter holder: In combination, a coffee filter holder and an attachment piece therefor one surface of said attachment piece being connected to the holder and the opposite surface of said attachment piece possessing means for being connected to the inside surface of a cupboard door. The use of this combination, particularly when...

20060169152 - Reamer structure of a juicer: The objective of the present invention is to provide a reamer structure of a juicer, a mask added to fit over the reamer, make the cut-halves or not cut halves to extract and seep out the juice sooner and better. To achieve the objective, the present invention has a truncated...