公开(公告)号：US20220355989A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-10

申请号：US17316218

申请日：2021-05-10

Applicant: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.

Inventor： Frank M. Brenkus ,  Eric Meyer ,  Jorge Maldonado ,  Benjamin Adam Avis ,  Maximilliano Rodriguez ,  Advait Bhat

IPC: B65D65/40 ,  B65D85/62 ,  B32B1/02 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B32B27/32 ,  B32B27/36 ,  B32B27/10 ,  B32B15/085 ,  B32B15/20

Abstract: A container for stacked food products, such as potato chips, is provided. The container includes composite laminate that includes one or more layers of cardboard. The container has a non-circular shape. The container has a horizontal cross-section with end portions that have a constant radius along their length and side portions that have a changing radius along their length wherein the end portions and the side portions transition between each other continuously.

公开(公告)号：US20220053811A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-24

申请号：US17406555

申请日：2021-08-19

Applicant: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.

Inventor： Sean EICHENLAUB ,  Christopher KOCI ,  Keith CHAN

IPC: A23N7/02 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06N3/04 ,  A46B13/00 ,  A46B13/02 ,  A46B15/00 ,  A23L19/12 ,  G06T7/00

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for real-time peeling are disclosed. Peeling can include including evaluating and controlling one or more peelers to remove peel from organic materials. Evaluation can be performed by an evaluation system including a convolutional neural network to determine a peel value. Control can be performed by a machine learning model on the basis of the peel value. Control can include determination of real-time settings for peeler tool speed and/or gate position.

公开(公告)号：US20220027877A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-27

申请号：US16935743

申请日：2020-07-22

Applicant: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.

Inventor： Mauricio Jasso Rodriguez

IPC: G06Q20/18 ,  H05B1/02 ,  H05B3/68

Abstract: A vending machine configured to dispense foodstuffs includes a plurality of cartridges having a plurality of slots with each slot releasably retaining a foodstuff; a heating section configured to receive at least one foodstuff from at least one of the plurality of slots and to heat the at least one foodstuff; and a dispensing drawer configured to receive the at least one foodstuff passing through the heating section and to permit access to the foodstuff.

公开(公告)号：US11173622B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-16

申请号：US16736037

申请日：2020-01-07

Applicant: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.

Inventor： Keith A. Barber ,  Richard J. Ruegg

IPC: B26D7/26 ,  B26D1/03 ,  B26D7/06

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting food products is disclosed. The apparatus includes a cutting head comprising a cutting tool that is rotatable between a plurality of positions to change the cutting thickness of the cutting tool. The cutting head also includes a biasing element that biases the cutting tool in a position, and a moveable stop configured to cooperate with the biasing element to maintain the first cutting tool at any of the plurality of positions. The biasing element may be a mechanical spring.

公开(公告)号：US11059185B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-13

申请号：US14506340

申请日：2014-10-03

Applicant: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.

Inventor： Darin James Baylor ,  Cory Burns ,  Kevin L Cote

IPC: B25J9/00 ,  B25J15/02 ,  B25J15/06 ,  B65B5/06 ,  B65B5/10 ,  B65B35/18 ,  B65B35/44

Abstract: An apparatus and method for transferring a pattern from a universal surface to an ultimate package. The apparatus comprises an end effector for a pattern transfer robot. The end effector comprises a crowder plate with crowder plate slats spaced apart a distance to form openings between the crowder plate slats. The universal surface comprises a finger wall with finger wall slats spaced apart a distance to form openings between the finger wall slats. A portion of the crowder plate slats are sized to pass between a portion of mating finger wall slats.

公开(公告)号：US11035808B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-15

申请号：US16176927

申请日：2018-10-31

Applicant: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.

Inventor： Rick W. Bajema ,  Jason Ballengee ,  Kevin Minard

IPC: G01N33/02 ,  G01N24/08

Abstract: A non-invasive NMR based apparatus for measuring a food attribute (moisture, sugar content) in food products comprises a magnetic chamber, an RF pulsing device attached to the magnetic chamber, a sensor receiver, and a data processing unit in communication with the sensor receiver. The pulsing device exposes the food ingredients/snacks to an RF field and produces an NMR response signal that is detected by the sensor receiver. The data processing unit quantitatively measures a food attribute of the food product based on the NMR response signal.

公开(公告)号：US10969316B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-06

申请号：US15448853

申请日：2017-03-03

Applicant: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.

Inventor： Ou Bai ,  Wilfred Marcellien Bourg, Jr. ,  Enrique Michel-Sanchez ,  Shahmeer Ali Mirza

IPC: G01N33/02 ,  G01N3/32 ,  G01N29/12 ,  A23L33/10 ,  G01N29/11 ,  G01N29/24 ,  G01N29/44 ,  G01H9/00

Abstract: A measurement apparatus and method for in-situ quantitative texture measurement of a food snack. The apparatus includes an acoustic capturing device and a data processing unit. The physical interaction in the mouth with saliva, when a human being eats/drinks a food snack, sends pressure waves that propagate through the ear bone and produce an acoustic signal. The acoustic capturing device records and forwards the signal to a data processing unit. The data processing unit further comprises a digital signal processing module that smoothens, transforms and filters the received acoustic signal. A statistical processing module further filters the acoustic signal from the data processing unit and generates a quantitative acoustic model for texture attributes such as hardness and fracturability. The quantitative model is correlated with a qualitative texture measurement from a descriptive expert panel. Another method includes a food snack fingerprinting using an in-situ quantitative food property measurement.

公开(公告)号：US10942153B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-09

申请号：US16044565

申请日：2018-07-25

Applicant: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.

Inventor： Ou Bai ,  Wilfred Marcellien Bourg, Jr. ,  Scott Fagan ,  Enrique Michel-Sanchez ,  Shahmeer Ali Mirza ,  Scott G. Richardson ,  Chen C. Shao

IPC: G01N33/02 ,  G01N29/24 ,  G01N33/10 ,  G01N29/42 ,  G01N29/44 ,  G01N29/12 ,  G01B5/28 ,  G01H9/00

Abstract: A photo acoustic non-destructive measurement apparatus and method for quantitatively measuring texture of a food snack is disclosed. The apparatus includes a laser generating tool, an acoustic capturing device, and a data processing unit. The laser generating tool directs a laser towards a food snack placed on a surface and creates pressure waves that propagate through the air and produce an acoustic signal. The acoustic capturing device records and forwards the signal to a data processing unit. The data processing unit further comprises a digital signal processing module that processes the received acoustic signal. A statistical processing module further filters the acoustic signal from the data processing unit and generates a quantitative acoustic model for texture attributes such as hardness and fracturability. The quantitative model is correlated with a qualitative texture measurement from a descriptive expert panel. Texture of food snacks are quantitatively measured with the quantitative acoustic model.

公开(公告)号：US20210015136A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-21

申请号：US17064312

申请日：2020-10-06

Applicant: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.

Inventor： Mehtap Fevzioglu ,  Sivaraj Kaliappan ,  James William Stalder

IPC: A23L27/40 ,  C01D3/04 ,  C01D3/08 ,  A23L29/00

Abstract: A novel salt composition and a corresponding method of manufacture are described herein. The salt composition is formed from a plurality of salt crystals with a surface area of at least 0.19-0.23 m2/g and a Hall density of less than 0.8 g/cm3. In some embodiments, at least a portion of the salt composition has a hopper cube morphology.

公开(公告)号：US10889422B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-12

申请号：US15804833

申请日：2017-11-06

Applicant: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.

Inventor： Mauricio Jasso

IPC: B65D75/58 ,  B65D65/14 ,  B65D75/12 ,  B65D75/26 ,  B65B9/20 ,  B65B51/02 ,  B65B61/28

Abstract: An improved package precursor, resealable package, assembly, and methods and systems for their manufacture. In a first aspect, the precursor comprises a wrapper and at least one primary seal region of the wrapper. The reseal region comprises a cold-seal-adhesive-coated region and is configured to adhere to itself when pressed against itself. The cold-seal-adhesive-coated region can be located on an interior region of the wrapper that does not overlap the primary seal region, thereby avoiding interference with primary seals. The reseal region of the wrapper is configured to form at least a portion of a product containment surface of the package and at least a portion of a product-facing surface of the package. In a second aspect, the improved package precursor forms an improved resealable package for a product. In a third aspect, an assembly comprises the improved resealable package and a product contained by the package.