Foods and beverages: apparatus – Edible laminated product making apparatus – Means feeding diverse center material
Reexamination Certificate
2004-08-27
2009-12-08
Pelham, Joseph M (Department: 3742)
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Edible laminated product making apparatus
Means feeding diverse center material
C099S450600, C099S450100, C198S635000, C198S803140, C198S836100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07628106
ABSTRACT:
The present disclosure concerns embodiments of an apparatus and method for producing a filled-dough food product, such as a fruit-filled turnover (e.g., an apple turnover) or a single-serve pie, on an industrial scale. In one representative embodiment, the apparatus includes a filling-apportionment mechanism and a filling-transfer mechanism. The filling-apportionment mechanism is configured to apportion or separate a supply of filling pieces (e.g., pieces of fruit, such as apple pieces) into one or more portions of a predetermined size. The filling-transfer mechanism includes a vacuum pick-up device that is configured to pick up one or more portions of filling pieces from the filling-apportionment mechanism and deposit the portions on a sheet of dough.
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Howard Steve
Pack Bill
ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston, Inc.
Klarquist & Sparkman, LLP
Pelham Joseph M
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