Frito-Lay, Haas and more were awarded patents for new creations.
This patent displays a flat snack food with three cutouts in its center.
US Patent No. D806,980 (Jan. 9, 2018), T. Howe et al., assigned to Baptista’s Bakery, LLC, Franklin, WI.
When making gluten-free vegan products at an industrial level, this process uses a vat system that contains a paddle assembly, blade assembly and steam-lined kettle. Whole grains and water are added to the vat in a specific order, and while the mixture cooks, the blade assembly chops the grain and the paddle assembly provides mixing. The cooked batch acts as a dough in forming a variety of specialty baked foods.
US Patent No. 9,861,106 (Jan. 9, 2018), M. Waldner, assigned to Mary’s Gone Crackers, Inc., Gridley, CA.
This machine has horizontal cone-rolling devices — one behind the other — that are transported by a continuous conveyor along a circulatory path from the infeed to the delivery station. The devices each have a rolling mould, cone stripper and rolling mandrel attached to the carrying frame. The rolling moulds are immovable and located in the same receiving position for the wafer cakes when passing the input station.
US Patent No. 9,872,503 (Jan. 23, 2018), J. Haas et al., assigned to Haas Food Equipment Gmbh, Vienna.
To enhance the fresh look of iced or glazed baked foods after they’ve been frozen and thawed, this invention includes an edible, ethanol soluble, glossy film-forming material such as shellac or zein. The film can coat product prior to freezing.
US Patent No. 9,861,107 (Jan. 9, 2018), B. Zhong, assigned to Mantrose-Haeuser Co., Westport, CT.
These seven methods for creating broad yeast strands can be effective on both unsweetened and sweet dough and save time and space in a bakery. The first invention provides a broad spectrum strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It’s characterized in that n copies — n being a whole number — of a SUC gene are inactivated and before inactivation the maltase activity of the strain is less than 80 units.
US Patent No. 9,872,504 (Jan. 23, 2018), J. Bartolucci et al., assigned to Lesaffre Et Compagnie, Paris.
An attachment compatible with any type of mixer, this paddle allows users to cut cold butter and shortening into dry ingredients. It can also whip cream and mix thick batters such as cookie doughs and other hard-to-stir ingredients. The paddle’s blades are between a central blade support shaft and symmetrical rim oriented at many angles, and some can have roughed cutting edges for ingredient size variations.
US Patent No. 9,877,488 (Jan. 30, 2018), F. Walters, Orlando, FL.
A removable roller board insert is attached to a housing and second roller board insert is attached to the housing. Mobile roller boards allow for variation in the shape and size of the baking mixture. A handle allows a user to grip the housing and apply a rolling motion.
US Patent No. 9,877,489 (Jan. 30, 2018), J. Cucci, Surprise, AZ.
This piping bag is used to apply fillings and icings to baked foods’ surfaces, such as whipped cream to a cake layer. The bag is made of plastic foil material and has a filling and dispensing opening. At least one portion of the bag’s outer side has a rubber composition for a better grip.
US Patent No. 9,877,496 (Jan. 30, 2018), J. Van Der Stratten, assigned to One Way Plastics B.V., Oosterhout, The Netherlands.
This machine includes a main body with a mounted dough kneading component and covered bowl. A kneading drive shaft passes through a mounting hole and connects to the main body at the lower end. The bidirectional kneading hook is located on the upper end of a center shaft, and a central scraper is connected to the bottom.
US Patent No. 9,883,677 (Feb. 6, 2018), Y. Deng, assigned to Housoen Electric Manufacture Co., Ltd., Guangdong, China.
Created to eliminate hand decorating, this cookie decorator includes two parts: a receptor houses the decorations and is compartmentalized by type and color and the overlay receives the flow and surrounds the entire cookie for stability. Decorations flow from the receptor through funnel-like holes into the cookie.
US Patent No. 9,883,678 (Feb. 6, 2018), M. Mueller, Altamont, NY.
To produce biscuits, including layered and filled cookies, dough is made with a 31% ratio or more of slowly digestible starch over the total available starch. The biscuit has 29% cereal flour, 5 to 22% fat, up to 30% sugar and up to 8% added water relative to the weight of the product.
US Patent No. 9,883,679 (Feb. 6, 2018), R. Wahl et al., assigned to Generale Biscuit, France.
Created to regulate baking stone temperature, this oven contains a baking stone positioned within a housing at the bottom of the cooking chamber. A baffle with an upper and lower plate is located below a heating element. The flow of air enters the baffle through holes on the lower plate, and regulating air exits holes in the upper plate.
US Patent No. 9,888,692 (Feb. 13, 2018), S. Froelicher et al., assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE.
This machine contains a filling provision member, two wrapping members and two shaping members. After the filling provision distributes dumpling fillings to two production lines, pairs of rotors drive the fillings to the wrapping members through tubes. Dough is wrapped around the fillings, and then the dumplings are pressed by the shaping members, which can be easily replaced and cleaned.
US Patent No. 9,888,693 (Feb. 13, 2018), L. Wang, assigned to Anko Food Machine Co., Ltd., New Taipei, Taiwan.
A single barrel encompasses two screws, or augers, in this device to allow for a variety of particle sizes. Ensuring continuous flow, a transition piece delivers the material to a stator, which is a stationary plate located upstream from the rotor. A rotatable plate includes finger-like structures that surround a protruding nose cone.
US Patent No. 9,888,711 (Feb. 13, 2018), J. Morales-Alvarez, assigned to Frito-Lay North America, Inc., Plano, TX.
In this patent, a 3-D snack product has multiple cutouts on its surface.
US Patent No. D810,392 (Feb. 20, 2018), J. Mathew and S. Palaniappan, assigned to Frito-Lay North America, Inc., Plano, TX.