Foods and beverages: apparatus inventions 02/07

20070039479 - Beverage brewing devices: Beverage brewing devices having a brewing unit having a brewing chamber and a closure mechanism, the closure mechanism having an open and closed orientation and a pod holder configured to hold a pod containing an extractable material, the pod having a peripheral flange, wherein the pod holder has a cup,... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070039476 - Brewing receptacle and a foam unit and a beverage maker comprising such a brewing receptacle: A brewing receptacle for an apparatus for brewing a beverage such as coffee. The receptacle has a brewing chamber (13; 63; 113) having an entry passage and an exit passage for displacing water through the chamber (13; 63; 113) for brewing the beverage, a bottom (14; 64; 114) for supporting... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070039478 - Coffee machine brew head: A coffee machine brew head has a body with a pivotally connected closure. The body has a recess for a coffee holding device. The closure closes the recess to define a coffee brewing chamber. A pivotal handle of the brew head is movable in a closing direction and an opening... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070039477 - In-vehicle coffee maker: An in-vehicle coffee maker includes a coffee mug and a brewing station that receives the mug, and has a lid that secures the mug therein. A pump supplies water to the lid from a water reservoir via a water line. A heating element heats the water to a predetermined temperature.... Agent: Visteon

20070039480 - Dough ball loading system: A loading system for loading dough balls onto a moving upper surface of a conveyor belt includes a transport mechanism arranged to receive dough balls in a sequential stream and to deliver the dough balls to the moving conveyor belt at a speed equal to a speed of the upper... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070039481 - Device for forming a dough portion: Device for forming a dough portion comprising a pressure roller (1) and a counter roller (2) placed below it for in between them rolling out the dough portion into a dough slice (9), wherein the device comprises a conveyor belt (4) for conveying and supporting the dough slice (9) to... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070039482 - Rolled shell and stuffer apparatus: A rolled shell and stuffer apparatus, particularly useful for deep frying, utilizes a number of structures which together provide the ability to quickly produce a large number of stuffed taquito type shells having high quality. The basic components of the system include a shell mold having an outer diameter of... Agent: Curtis L. Harrington Suite 250

20070039483 - Double-sided fry pan: Disclosed herein is a double-sided fry pan, and more particularly, to a double-sided fry pan having packing members disposed at the contact surfaces of an upper pan and a lower pan respectively, so that abrasion of the packing member is reduced, thereby increasing its life span and durability while maintaining... Agent: Jhk Law

20070039484 - Hanging roaster: A hanging roaster combines a “drip” pan, two pan-supports for suspending the pan from a rack (typically the top rack) in an oven, and at least two skewer-supports for supporting a food-carrying skewer spaced above the pan bottom and below the top rack of the oven. The pan-supports are pivotable... Agent: Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP

20070039486 - Homsey's better bread box and bag: The Homsey's Better Bread Box and Bag innovation simultaneously mitigate both molding and drying of bread during shipping and storage. The storage containers are intended for use in areas of the world where molding or drying out of bread is problematic. The storage containers are designed for use with refrigeration... Agent: Michael Homsey Iii

20070039485 - Sealing and opening structure of a food container: A sealing and opening structure of a food container having a main body and a top cover. The main body and the top cover include an opening with the outer rim forming a plurality of horizontal and vertical sides. In this way, the top cover can be attached to the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070039487 - Transporting and cooling device for plasma lava: The present invention continuously transports and cools down plasma lava with no gas explosion under an indirect cooling; comprises fewer rotating parts for transportation; prevents radioactive pollutants from escaping out under an air-locked environment; and, avoids motor of transport caravan operating under high temperature, where the present invention can be... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070039488 - Oven: A dual-mode oven (40) which is capable of being used in a rotisserie mode or in a convection mode, the oven comprising heater means (8) and fan means (7), the heater means and the fan means being located at the top of the oven cavity (43), in use, the fan... Agent: Wegman, Hessler & Vanderburg

20070039489 - Material immersion apparatus: Apparatus method of treating vegetables, fruit pieces, etc by immersing them deeply in a liquid bath of inverted “j” shape (1) holding vertically arranged endless conveyor (2). Material fed by conveyor (8) drops onto perforated flight (3A) of conveyor (2) at a region where it is above liquid level (5).... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070034085 - Automatic locking device for coffee brewing apparatus: This invention provides a locking device for coffee brewing apparatus of an automatic coffee maker. With this invention, when the top cover is closed, the brewing chamber can be locked and sealed at the same time automatically, while after coffee is brewed, the brewing chamber can be unlocked automatically, which... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070034083 - Beverage brewing device: Beverage brewing device, in particular for brewing hot beverages such as coffee, tea, roasted-barley coffee, camomile tea and similar infusions, comprising substantially a brewing chamber (1), in which the substances needed to prepare the infusion are introduced through a mixing hopper (2), which is situated above said brewing chamber, and... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070034087 - Beverage brewing devices having movable spouts: Beverage brewing devices having at least two dispensing positions, the device having a spout assembly having a brew basket for holding an extractable material to be extracted to provide a liquid extract; and a spout in liquid communication with the brew basket for dispensing the extract of the extractable material... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070034086 - Beverage brewing devices having moveable reservoirs: Beverage brewing devices generally having a brewing unit for dispensing a beverage, the brewing unit having a longitudinal axis; and a reservoir for storing a liquid, wherein the reservoir is rotatably moveable about the longitudinal axis of the brewing unit when the reservoir is operably connected to the brewing unit.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070034084 - Beverage preparation device: A beverage preparation device and a method of dispensing and mixing a beverage. The device includes a fluid tank for holding a fluid, a compartment for holding a powdered beverage, and a powder metering assembly for dispensing a metered amount of powdered beverage into a beverage container. The device also... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070034088 - Automatic dosage unit: Automatic dosage unit (1) comprising storage unit (2), conic grinder driven by a motor, identification unit, funnel, fastener, and locking device, arranged to grind a programmed amount of a given product directly into a specific collection unit. E.g. in connection with the storage unit (2) being filled with coffee beans,... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070034089 - Closing mechanism for brewing device: A closure mechanism particularly useful in a brewing device includes a cover member rotatably disposed above the brewing device. A slider member is slidably disposed within an interior cavity of the cover member and has one or more tabs which may extend outside of the interior cavity. The brewing device... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070034090 - Household appliance warning/alert device: A device for providing warnings to users of household appliances having an electronic audio playback circuit (24) preprogrammed with a predetermined audio message. A power source (28) to supply power to said electronic audio playback circuit (24). A speaker or transducer (22) for converting output from said electronic audio playback... Agent: Thomas L Hendrickson Jr

20070034091 - Automatic bread maker and bread making method using the same: An automatic bread maker capable of improving the quality of bread made by the automatic bread maker and a bread making method using such automatic bread maker are provided. When wheat flour is used as the main bread ingredient, the automatic bread maker successively performs a kneading process, a primary... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070034092 - Heated discharge platen for dough processing system: A dough forming apparatus for flatbread products, the apparatus having: a loading station; a pressing station; a discharge station; and a conveyor belt passing through the loading station, the pressing station and the discharge station; wherein the discharge station further comprises a heated discharge platen.... Agent: Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson PC

20070034093 - Cooking utensil for enhancing or modifying food flavors: In one aspect of the invention, a skewer for flavoring food includes flavoring that has an essential oil to enhance or modify the flavor of the food. An essential oil is an oil that is volatile, i.e. that rapidly evaporates, and thus can be easily absorbed by many different materials.... Agent: John M. Janeway

20070034094 - Rolled food product and apparatus: An apparatus for preparing a rolled food product, such as sushi. The apparatus has a container having a first end and a second end, wherein at least the first end has one aperture. The container is positionable between a closed position, defining a hollow interior space, and an open position,... Agent: Austin Bonderer, Esq.

20070034095 - Self-contained deactivation device: A mobile deactivation apparatus for deactivating contaminants within a defined region that includes a source of a vaporous deactivating agent, a gas handling system, a support member, a drive means, a control system, and a power system is disclosed. The gas handling system dispenses the vaporous deactivating agent to the... Agent: Kusner & Jaffe Highland Place Suite 310

20070034096 - Method and apparatus for maintaining an elevated food temperature: The invention relates to an apparatus for warming food. The invention is energy efficient, allowing food to be kept warm for a significant duration while consuming less power than conventional food warmers. This allows the invention to be portable because it is not dependant on 120V AC power. Additionally, the... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070034097 - Apparatus for successively delivering nuts to a high production nutcracker: An apparatus for successively delivering nuts from a hopper to a high production nutcracker. An endless conveyor extends through the hopper and includes a plurality of nut transport elements which pick up the nuts in a receptacle formed in the upper surface of each element. To insure that only one... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070028779 - Foldable beverage press plunger system: A foldable beverage press plunger system is provided that includes a shaft and a plunger pivotally attached to an end of the shaft. The plunger may be selectively folded and unfolded, such that the plunger has a first width when the plunger is unfolded, and has a second width smaller... Agent: Law Office Of James Trosino

20070028780 - Cooking device to deep fat fry foods: A cooking device include an outer housing and a cooking cavity disposed within and separate from the outer housing. The cooking cavity accommodates a volume of cooking liquid therein. The device includes a heater positioned adjacent the cooking cavity to heat the cooking liquid. A lid is movably attached to... Agent: Tucker, Ellis & West LLP

20070028781 - Cooking device to deep fat fry foods: A cooking device include an outer housing and a cooking cavity disposed within and separate from the outer housing. The cooking cavity accommodates a volume of cooking liquid therein. The device includes a heater positioned adjacent the cooking cavity to heat the cooking liquid. A lid is movably attached to... Agent: Tucker, Ellis & West LLP

20070028782 - Meat-smoking device: The present invention includes a smoking cabinet and a central air supply system. The central air supply system includes an air-draining pipe and an air supply pipe connected with the smoking cabinet. The other end of the air supply pipe is connected with an air supply unit to supply cooking... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee