U.S. patents granted to innovators in both equipment and ingredient fields.
An inner cone and outer cone with a defined space between them make up this kneading machine. Dough is placed in the inner cone and falls down to a hole at the bottom. Rotating scraping wings knead the material through the hole and upward through the space between the inner and outer cone until dough moves out from the device.
US Patent No. 10,004,238 (June 26, 2018), M. Andersson and P. Ivarson, assigned to Sanso Forvaltning AB, Horby, Sweden.
This system includes an auger for moving dough, a metering pump with an input, an encoder to read the position and speed of a first motor and a controller to receive the signal. A metering pump is actuated by a second motor to output the dough at a constant speed through a pipe to a cutting device.
US Patent No. 10,004,239 (June 26, 2018), G. Holt and M. Maddox, assigned to Sara Lee TM Holdings, L.L.C., Downers Grove, Ill.
For dough articles, a fat composition of a water-in-oil emulsion includes a continuous phase of a solid fat with a fully-hydrogenated vegetable oil, stearine fraction of a vegetable oil or a mixture. These can range from 5% to 40% by weight of the hydrated fat, 20% to 80% by weight of low trans-fat liquid vegetable oil in a hydrated fat composition, and a 5% to 40% by weight of a dispersed phase comprising water in a hydrated fat composition, or an emulsifier.
US Patent No. 10,004,246 (June 26, 2018), M. Staeger et al., assigned to General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis.
This patent shows a dough design in the shape of a leaf.
US Patent No. D821,684 (July 3, 2018), M. Piccoli, assigned to G.M. Piccoli S.r.l., Bergamo, Italy.
Made to apply a coating or breading to a food product, the apparatus stores the coating and applicator. It also includes a basin that catches unused coating and a conveyor for moving leftovers to the breading hopper. The conveyor was invented to replace conventional auger-fed breading delivery systems.
US Patent No. 10,015,981 (July 17, 2018), J. Raymond and A. Strause, Bellevue, Ohio