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Foods and beverages: apparatus July category listing 07/10

20100186598 - Coffee machine infusion group: The coffee machine infusion group comprises a closure piston and an infusion cylinder subjectable to a reversible movement between a position of engagement with the closure piston for the creation of an infusion chamber and a position of disengagement from the closure piston for the loading of a coffee powder... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20100186597 - Container for storing and unloading bulk material: The present invention relates to container (1) for storing and unloading bulk material comprising: —a vessel (2) presenting a closed end (3) and an opened end (4), —a hopper (5) placed inside the vessel (2) and tapering to a discharge outlet in direction of the vessel opened end (4), —a... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20100186599 - Capsule for preparing a beverage or liquid food and system using brewing centrifugal force: A capsule for preparing a beverage or liquid food from a substance in a centrifugal brewing unit by passing water through the substance contained in the capsule by using brewing centrifugal forces. The capsule has an enclosure containing a predetermined dose of the substance and a construction which opens under... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20100186600 - Multi device programmable cooking timer and method of use: A programable timer that simultaneously operates cooking stages made of a modulated power level and time interval to multiple cooking devices. The timer may be operated in a manual or automatic mode. The automatic mode cycles through a set of cooking stages set by a recipe stored in memory. When... Agent: Mark S. Hubert P.C.

20100186601 - Upper griddle cooking mechanism: An upper griddle mechanism for use with a cooking apparatus having a griddle plate with an upwardly facing cooking surface is provided. The upper griddle mechanism includes an upright mount column portion and an arm portion pivotally connected to the mount column portion, the arm portion including an upper griddle... Agent: Thompson Hine LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100186602 - Rotisserie apparatus: A rotisserie apparatus is disclosed comprising a skewer assembly having a stationary portion and a rotatable portion, a first side wall for fixedly supporting the stationary portion, a second side wall for rotatingly supporting the rotatable portion, and at least one base element for supporting the first and second side... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20100186603 - Griddle with a heat spreader: A griddle for a cooking appliance is disclosed. The griddle includes a griddle plate of a first material having a first thermal conductivity; a heat spreading plate of a second material having a second thermal conductivity which is greater than the first thermal conductivity; and at least one clamping member... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20100186604 - Refrigerating apparatus: An object is to provide a refrigerating apparatus which eliminates a disadvantage that a refrigerant circuit is overloaded and which can safely be operated. The refrigerating apparatus includes a control unit which starts the operation of a refrigerant compressor of the refrigerant circuit in response to an operation signal and... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20100186605 - Heated humidified food cabinet: A food container or cabinet may have a power cord extending and exiting from the cabinet at recess formed at a corner of side, top and back walls. The cabinet may be heated and humidified and operated with a control that operates air and water heating elements alternately and not... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20100180773 - Port system for fastening a container to a connection system: The invention concerns a port system (1) for fastening a container (3) comprising a vessel (2) and an outlet (6) to a connection system (14) presenting an inlet, said port system comprising: —a main skirt (4) connectable to the outlet (6) of the container presenting a connecting end and a... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20100180775 - Capsule with delaminatable injection means: The present invention proposes a capsule for containing beverage ingredients comprising a sealed ingredient compartment, an inlet face, an outlet face, an aperture in the inlet face of the capsule, a membrane attached to the inner side of the portion of the inlet face surrounding the aperture, wherein the membrane... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20100180774 - Capsule with integrated piercing member: The present invention proposes a capsule for containing beverage ingredients. The capsule includes a sealed ingredients compartment, an inlet face, an outlet face, and an opening member which is positioned at the inlet face outside the compartment and which is provided with piercing members directed towards the ingredients compartment.... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20100180776 - Lifting-cover type frying-roasting device: A lifting-cover type frying-roasting device is provided. The frying-roasting device comprises a bottom base (1), an oil storing plate (2), an electric heating frying-roasting plate (3) and an upper cover (4). There is respectively a boss (15) extending backwards at two sides of the back end of the bottom base... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20100180777 - Device to prevent the leakage of froth from a cooking apparatus: Device (10) to prevent the leakage of froth from a cooking apparatus (11) provided with at least an internal cooking compartment (12) in which a liquid to be brought to the boil is disposed. The device (10) comprises ventilation means (16) disposed in cooperation with the cooking apparatus (11) above... Agent: Sally Chang

20100180780 - Apparatus for the manual cutting of foods: An apparatus for the manual cutting of foods includes a first basic element and a second basic element, wherein the first and second basic elements are pivotably movable relative to one another about a pivot axis from a non-usage setting into a work setting, wherein the first and second basic... Agent: Leydig, Voit And Mayer

20100180779 - Kneaded dough dividing apparatus: A kneaded dough dividing apparatus has a divider vessel body (24) having a dough inlet (18) and two dough outlets (20, 22) for discharging kneaded dough as two streams of dough. The divider vessel body is provided therein with an outlet control member (26) that simultaneously partially closes the two... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20100180778 - Slicing device: A food slicing device includes a container for containing a food product for slicing. The container has an open bottom end and is arranged so that a food product can be fed by gravity in a direction towards the bottom end. A movable slicer is provided as well as driving... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20100175560 - Assembly for beverage preparing machine containing a boiler: The invention relates to an assembly for a machine for preparing beverages by infusion of a liquid, that includes a holder (10), a boiler (20) for heating the liquid for producing beverages, assembling element (21 a,21 b, 25) provided so as to selectively allow the connection and removable disconnection of... Agent: Young & Thompson

20100175561 - Refillable multi-dose container applicable to a machine for preparing beverages: The invention relates to a refillable multi-dose container (1) for storing a flowable product comprising: —a tank (2) with a top opened extremity (3), —means (4) for closing the top opened extremity (3) of the tank (2), said means being openable by exercising contact pressure on them and closable by... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20100175562 - Motorised toaster with inspection feature: A motorised toaster with heating elements has a user input that communicates with an electronic device that controls an electric motor. A reciprocating toast carriage is under the influence of the motor. A user activated control is adapted to cause an inspection subroutine, the subroutine being the motorised elevation of... Agent: Michael Molins Molins & Co.

20100175563 - Wide flanged frying/cooking device with stand and safety plate: The current invention teaches a cooking structure with unique abilities of frying, staging, draining and warming foods. This cooking device comprises an oil reservoir, a staging/draining flange, and a warming flange. The cooking structure further includes a cooking stand/burner structure with quick release removable legs & support arms with safety... Agent: Marvin Stanley Dobert Jr.

20100175564 - Protective barbeque mat and method for use: The present invention is a mat that drapes over a transom or other barbeque area on a boat. The primary objective of the current invention is to keep transom, caulk, and upholstery on boats clean from splats and splatter caused during on board barbequing. Another objective of the invention is... Agent: Karr Tuttle Campbell Attn: Priya Sinha Cloutier

20100175565 - Machine for producing ice-cream and the like: A machine for producing ice-cream and the like including an outer boxlike housing, a processing tank that extends into the boxlike housing, and a discharge manifold which branches from the bottom of the processing tank to reach the boxlike housing at a front wall of the latter, and is structured... Agent: Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti LLP

20100175566 - Food moisturizer apparatus and method: An apparatus and method that maintains an optional heated environment in addition to a humid environment in an interior thereof such that one or more edible items may be stored therein with properties of the one or more edible items maintained in a desirable state.... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20100175567 - Device for treating perishable objects or liquids and method of fabricating the device: A device for treating perishable objects or liquids and a method of fabricating the device. The method comprising breaking a single piece of magnetic material into a plurality of pieces; inhibiting movement of the pieces with respect to each other during the breaking of the magnetic material; and forming a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100175569 - Egg slicer: An apparatus for partitioning a food mass, such as a solidified egg, is disclosed including a base, a holder for supporting the food mass, and a plurality of cutting members for partitioning the food mass, wherein the holder is rotatable to permit the cutting members to partition the food mass... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20100175568 - Method and apparatus for cutting food product: A cutter apparatus for cutting a block of food product into smaller blocks. The cutter apparatus includes a support assembly and a plurality of cutting assemblies. The cutting assemblies are pivotally coupled to the support assembly. At least one of the cutting assemblies includes a handle and a cutting member... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100175570 - Eggshell membrane separation method: A method for processing unseparated egg shells is provided. The method includes placing the unseparated egg shells in a fluid tank containing a fluid mixture, applying cavitation to the fluid mixture to thereby assist in separating the egg shell membranes from the egg shells, and recovering the egg shell membranes.... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20100170401 - Riddling machine system: A riddling machine for making champagne is proposed, comprising: a base, main motor, main shaft driven by the motor, pivotal parallel frames each fixed to a first half-axle and a second hollow half-axle revolvably mounted, and an inner shaft enclosed into the second half-axle, bevel gears including a driving wheel... Agent: Oleg Naljotov

20100170402 - Coffee & tea pod: A pod for mixing an amount of a tacky material and water. The pod may include a sidewall and a base positioned about the sidewall. The base may include a number of apertures and a number of spikes. The spikes may include a top point of about three (3) to... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20100170403 - Method and an apparatus for thawing frozen meat: The invention comprises a method of thawing meat frozen in meat blocks (1) and comprising an apparatus for initial separation of the meat block (1) before the meat block (1) is placed in a rotating container (7), the meat block (1) being subjected to pressure before treated in the rotating... Agent: William J. Sapone Coleman Sudol Sapone P.C.

20100170404 - Multiple blade accessory for a food processor: A multiple blade accessory device for a food processor is provided. The accessory has a hollow hub that is adapted to carry a pair of lower blades and a pair of upper blades. The lower blades and the upper blades being similar, each formed from a single blank. Each blank... Agent: Michael Molins Molins & Co.

20100162896 - Processing method, processing device and saccharifying method for extrusion cooked beer adjunct: The present inventions are characterized by providing a processing device, processing method and saccharifying method for extrusion cooked beer adjunct so that the saccharification and filtration of mash for the extrusion cooked beer adjunct may be carried out smoothly in the actual production for brewing beer. As compared with the... Agent: Berenato & White, LLC

20100162897 - Modular beverage production device with docketing station: A hierarchical modular beverage production system that includes a docking station and a beverage production module adapted to be selectively in a connected state and a disconnected state, respectively, with the docking station. In this system, the module is provided with a fluid delivery mechanism for producing a beverage from... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20100162898 - Brewing unit of a device for preparing beverages: The invention relates to a brewing unit of a device for preparing beverages, comprising a first receiving device which is a coffee brewing chamber (9) having an outlet, suitable for receiving loose coffee powder or a coffee or cocoa portion unit (10) and suitable for the preparation of a beverage... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

20100162899 - Portable brewing apparatus: A brewing device comprising a brewing system; a handle assembly coupled to the brewing system and containing a source of compressed fluid; and a valve system, coupled to the handle, to selectively place the source of compressed fluid in fluid communication with the brewing system.... Agent: Law Office Of Kenneth C. Brooks

20100162900 - Beverage make comprising a pad holder which can be connected to a brew chamber top portion through a bayonet connection: A coffee maker (1) has a pad holder (30) for receiving and supporting at least one coffee pad (10), which holder can be connected to a brew chamber top portion (40) of the coffee maker via a bayonet connection. Both the pad holder (30) and the brew chamber top portion... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20100162901 - Multi-portion container for powdered drink constituents: An exchangeable air and aroma tight sealed container for powdered drink constituents is designed as a multi-portion container (12) in order to permit a rational preparation scheme for a milk or milk foam generation.... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

20100162902 - Device for installing flat skewers into ingredients for making brochettes: A device for inserting flat skewers into ingredients for making brochettes, the ingredients are disposed in a recess or impression provided in at least one plate. The device includes an inlet guide having a groove intended to receive a skewer and co-operating with a guide that can re-centre the skewer... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20100162903 - Grill: The present invention discloses a grill, comprising: an upper baking pan unit and a lower baking pan unit. Said upper baking pan unit comprises an upper baking pan, a first bottom wall and a first peripheral wall, and said lower baking pan unit comprises a lower baking pan, a second... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20100162904 - Gas-fired tunnel oven: An indirectly heated, gas-fired tunnel oven is provided having upper and lower heating sections with upper and lower heating means defining a baking chamber between them. Each heating section has an associated gas-fired burner arranged to provide heated gases to each heating means through ducts. At least one section comprises... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20100162905 - Fat eraser: A “fat eraser” system provides a housing for supporting and possibly enclosing a low temperature heat absorbing material and having a thermally conductive area of material in a shallow conic shape which can be brought into contact with a volume of food to enable a low temperature solidification of fat... Agent: Harrington & Harrington

20100162906 - Food peeler: Disclosed is a food peeler comprising a conical shaped handle having a longitudinal axis, a head containing a blade holder affixed to the top of the handle, the head having an axis transverse to the axis of the handle, the head comprising an elongated member with a recessed inner section,... Agent: John Nielsen Randick O'dea & Tooliatos, LLP