Foods and beverages: apparatus inventions 03/08

20080072766 - Brewer with air evacuation: A brewing system which uses an air pump to evacuate a dispensing line and a method of brewing in which a brewer includes an air pump to provide pressurized air at least at the end of a brew cycle to help evacuate moisture from a dispensing line. The brewing system... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080072769 - Pan with drop-in baking wells: A pan with removable drop-in baking wells. A main support structure defines a plurality of apertures in which a plurality of baking wells of various shapes and sizes can be temporarily inserted during use. The main support structure includes a vertical side wall and support foot that engages a countertop,... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20080072771 - Spreading device and method for automatically distributing ingredients on top of a dough base: A device for spreading ingredients like grated/shredded cheese, ham, sausage, meet, fish, vegetables, etc., on top of a dough base like a pizza base, cake base or the like has a supporting member (100) being arranged above the dough base while in use. The supporting member (100) comprises a provisioning... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080066623 - Coffee maker comprising means for creating turbulence in a coffee flow: P

20080066624 - Sous vide cooker with integrated immersion circulator: A sous vide cooking appliance which holds the cooking liquid and vacuum packed food, circulates the liquid, heats the liquid, and regulates the temperature of the liquid.... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20080066626 - Skewer shield: A skewer shield includes a shielding body adapted for placement on a cooking grill, and a skewer engaging portion extending upwardly from the shielding body. The skewer engaging portion has a top resting edge on which food-ladened skewers can be rested in such a manner that the shielding body of... Agent: Beeson Skinner Beverly, LLP

20080066627 - Cooling air system for a patty-forming apparatus: A cooling air system is provided for a patty-forming apparatus having a machine base that includes an enclosing wall and contains equipment within the machine base that generates heat, such as electric motors, electrical and control equipment. The machine base includes an air inlet opening and an air outlet opening... Agent: The Law Office Of Randall T. Erickson, P.C.

20080066629 - Oven including smoking assembly in combination with one or more additional food preparation assemblies: An oven is disclosed having a first food preparation apparatus in the form of a convection heat source and/or a steam production assembly and/or a radiating heat source, and a second food preparation apparatus in the form of a smoking assembly. The oven can operate at least one of the... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080066630 - Juicer speed control: A variable speed selector for a juicer is user operable for selecting a speed from a speed range. The speed range is divisible into sub-ranges. A display area is adapted to depict the selected sub-range. The display area further comprises a list of vegetables or fruit. The display area also... Agent: Michael Molins Molins & Co.

20080060527 - Apparatus for rapid cooking of edible pasta: A machine for rapid cooking of pasta includes: a measuring device (A) to deliver a predetermined amount of pasta and insert it into a steam cooking chamber (B) equipped with an inlet and an outlet ball valves (40, 28) placed respectively at its upper and lower ends: an expansion chamber... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080060528 - Fryer filtration arrangement: A fryer filtration arrangement utilizes certain automated components.... Agent: Mcguirewoods, LLP

20080060531 - Automated belt cooking machine: An automated belt cooking machine (10) for pancakes and the like food products has upper and lower overlapping, thermally conductive belts (12, 14), counter-rotatably mounted to a frame (16) so that, in use, a bottom run (30) of the upper belt (12) and a top run (32) of the lower... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080060532 - Apparatus and method for producing colored extruded food products: An apparatus and associated method for varying the color and/or flavor of an extruded food product during a single production run of a single extrusion device. The apparatus includes a multi-additive injection system, which is attached to a fluid supply line of an extrusion device. The injection system is comprised... Agent: Carstens & Cahoon, LLP

20080053313 - Device for feeding milk: A device for feeding milk from a storage container (8) to a dispensing device (3), containing a feeding line (9), whose intake end (9a) is detachably connected to the storage container (8), and with a cleaning possibility for at least a portion of the exterior of the feeding line (9).... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080053314 - Device for the formation of froth in a milk-based drink: The device for the formation of froth in a milk-based drink comprises a tubular structure suitable for being connected to a steam-dispensing nozzle, at least one hole for air to pass, formed through the wall thickness of the tubular structure, and an element for adjusting the flow of air through... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20080053316 - Household bean milk and bean curd maker closed by gravity: Disclosed herein is a household bean milk and bean curd maker closed by the gravity. The maker includes a housing defining a cavity therein, and a main body provided on an upper portion of the housing to open or close the housing. The maker further includes a guide protrusion provided... Agent: Shlesinger, Arkwright & Garvey LLP

20080053317 - Method and device for cooking foodstuff with steam: A cooking device comprises a steam generator feeding steam to a cooking chamber. A heater allows to heat the steam in the cooking chamber to a temperature above 100° C. A measuring opening is arranged at the cooking chamber, and a temperature sensor is located at an exit side of... Agent: Olson & Cepuritis, Ltd.