公开(公告)号：US10807126B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-20

申请号：US16445850

申请日：2019-06-19

Applicant: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.

Inventor： Kevin C. Cogan ,  Joseph H. Gold

IPC: B07B13/16 ,  B07B1/46 ,  B07B1/28 ,  B07B13/07 ,  B07B1/06

Abstract: A novel separation screen, a separation apparatus utilizing the separation screen, and a method for product separation are disclosed herein. The separation apparatus includes a housing defining a separation chamber having an inlet and a plurality of outlet orifices. A separation screen, which is located within the separation chamber, has a plurality of openings having fixed, non-uniform sizes. The separation apparatus also includes an adjustable feed placement device located upstream from the separation screen to direct a feed stream to a selected region of the separation screen to achieve a desired size distribution in each of the product streams.

公开(公告)号：US10604283B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-31

申请号：US15606295

申请日：2017-05-26

Applicant: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.

Inventor： Ashish Anand ,  Vibhav Jindal

IPC: B29C65/06 ,  B65B9/22 ,  B65B59/04

Abstract: A novel system and apparatus for bagmaking is disclosed herein. In particular, a former assembly is described which includes a collar flange having an aperture passing through from a first side to a second side. A wing assembly, which is mounted to the collar flange, has a former wing and a crown tube. The crown tube extends at least partially through the aperture of the collar flange. The former assembly also includes a transition tube having an elongate cylindrical body that passes through the crown tube and the aperture of the collar flange. A set of handles extends from the collar flange towards an upstream end of the elongate cylindrical body. Additionally, the former assembly has a center of gravity, determined from a reference coordinate system, with a y-component that is not further than 43 mm from the y-axis.

公开(公告)号：US10598648B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-24

申请号：US15711592

申请日：2017-09-21

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: G01N29/24 ,  G01N33/10 ,  G01B11/30 ,  G01B17/08 ,  G01N29/12 ,  G01H9/00

Abstract: A non-destructive measurement apparatus and method for quantitatively measuring texture of a food snack is disclosed. The apparatus includes a laser generating tool, an ultrasound excitation device, an acoustic capturing device, an ultrasound capturing device and a data processing unit. The laser generating tool and the ultrasound excitation tool direct energy towards a food snack placed on a surface and produce an acoustic signal and an ultrasound signal. The data processing unit further comprises a digital signal processing module that processes the received acoustic signal and ultrasound 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：US20190315502A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-17

申请号：US16452004

申请日：2019-06-25

Applicant: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.

Inventor： Patrick J. BIERSCHENK ,  Jerry Mike REAVES

IPC: B65B1/22 ,  B65B65/00 ,  B65B37/18 ,  B65B9/20 ,  B65B1/00 ,  B65B63/02 ,  B65B1/32

Abstract: A method for compacting and packaging a plurality of slugs of product and apparatus for accomplishing the same. The invention describes collecting weighed product in an intermediate settling device to form compact slugs of product. The device can comprise a single settling chamber for each slug of product or can comprise multiple settling chambers which are axially rotatable. The slugs can be compacted by jostling and/or vibrating the settling device. Thereafter, the slugs of product are discharged to a multiple bagmaking packaging apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US20190313670A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-17

申请号：US16456143

申请日：2019-06-28

Applicant: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.

Inventor： Stefan K. BAIER ,  Peta-Gaye CHAMBERS ,  Winsome JOHNSON ,  Rajesh Venkata POTINENI

IPC: A23L2/56 ,  C12G3/06 ,  A23F3/40 ,  A23L2/60 ,  A23L2/385 ,  A23L2/02 ,  A23L2/40 ,  A23F5/46

Abstract: A flavor-enhanced beverage includes an added amount of pyroglutamic acid or a salt thereof. The pyroglutamic acid may be in the form of L-pyroglutamic acid, D-pyroglutamic acid, monosodium L-pyroglutamate, monosodium D-pyroglutamate, or a mixture thereof. Both ready-to-drink beverages (such as fruit juices, vegetable juices, coffee, tea, carbonated soft drinks, energy drinks, sports drinks, dairy, and low calorie drinks) as well as concentrated beverages used for the preparation of ready-to-drink beverages benefit from the addition of the pyroglutamic acid. The addition to a beverage product may be in an amount of up to about 3,000 ppm of pyroglutamic acid or a salt thereof, in concentrates, or up to about 300 ppm in ready-to-drink beverages.

公开(公告)号：US10375976B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-13

申请号：US15088575

申请日：2016-04-01

Applicant: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.

Inventor： Stefan K. Baier ,  Peta-Gaye Chambers ,  Winsome Johnson ,  Rajesh Venkata Potineni

IPC: A23L2/56 ,  A23F5/46 ,  A23L2/385 ,  A23L2/40 ,  A23L2/02 ,  A23L2/60 ,  A23F3/40 ,  C12G3/06

Abstract: A flavor-enhanced beverage includes an added amount of pyroglutamic acid or a salt thereof. The pyroglutamic acid may be in the form of L-pyroglutamic acid, D-pyroglutamic acid, monosodium L-pyroglutamate, monosodium D-pyroglutamate, or a mixture thereof. Both ready-to-drink beverages (such as fruit juices, vegetable juices, coffee, tea, carbonated soft drinks, energy drinks, sports drinks, dairy, and low calorie drinks) as well as concentrated beverages used for the preparation of ready-to-drink beverages benefit from the addition of the pyroglutamic acid. The addition to a beverage product may be in an amount of up to about 3,000 ppm of pyroglutamic acid or a salt thereof, in concentrates, or up to about 300 ppm in ready-to-drink beverages.

公开(公告)号：US10375968B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-13

申请号：US14207196

申请日：2014-03-12

Applicant: FRITO-LAY NORTH AMERICA, INC.

Inventor： Timothy Allen Johnson ,  Scott Alan Richey ,  Richard James Ruegg ,  Sidharth Sambashivan ,  Rogers Williams

IPC: A47J37/04 ,  A21D8/06 ,  A21C9/08 ,  A23P10/10 ,  A23L19/12 ,  A23L19/10 ,  A23L5/10 ,  A23L19/00 ,  A23L7/117 ,  A23L19/18 ,  A23P30/10

Abstract: The invention is an improved process and system for producing a shaped snack chip. A shaping oven, which uses a chain edge conveyor having transverse slats with at least one spring affixed to the slats, is used to convert dough pieces into shaped pre-forms, which can optionally be further dehydrated to form shaped snack chips.

公开(公告)号：US10220558B2

公开(公告)日：2019-03-05

申请号：US15057763

申请日：2016-03-01

Applicant: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.

Inventor： Dennis Williams ,  David K. Williams

IPC: B28B21/52 ,  B29C47/08 ,  A23P30/20

Abstract: A rotor assembly for extruding randomly shaped food items includes a one-piece finger member. The one-piece finger member reduces the downtime of the extruding machine containing the rotor assembly by reducing the number of parts in the rotor assembly and reducing the adjustment necessary after finger replacement. The proprietary threaded interface between the finger member and the improved extruder machine allows for quick swap out during extruder maintenance.

公开(公告)号：US20180368451A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-27

申请号：US15629425

申请日：2017-06-21

Applicant: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.

Inventor： Ajay Rajeshwar Bhaskar ,  Richard James Ruegg ,  Leslie Scott Sullivan

IPC: A23L19/18 ,  A23L19/10 ,  A23L5/10 ,  A23L5/30

Abstract: Raw fruits or vegetables are pre-treated prior to atmospheric frying. Pre-treatment includes application of a pulsed electric field to the raw products followed by slicing and immediate blanching in a water solution of above 145° F. in a turbulent environment. The pulsed electric field utilizes vertically oriented electrodes to treat the products. The treated food products can then be atmospherically fried at a low oil temperature to a shelf stable moisture content to produce fried crisps having an appealing light color and crunchy texture despite a high amount of reducing sugars, sucrose, starch, and/or solids present in the raw material.

公开(公告)号：US20180327150A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-15

申请号：US15592417

申请日：2017-05-11

Applicant: FRITO-LAY NORTH AMERICA, INC.

Inventor： Jorge MALDONADO

IPC: B65D43/16 ,  B65D1/32 ,  B65D53/00 ,  B65D43/24 ,  B65D47/20 ,  B65D85/72 ,  A47G19/18

CPC classification number: B65D43/161 ,  A47G19/183 ,  B65D1/32 ,  B65D43/24 ,  B65D47/20 ,  B65D53/00 ,  B65D85/72 ,  B65D2543/00231 ,  B65D2543/00425 ,  B65D2543/00629

Abstract: A container is disclosed which includes a body shaped to define a reservoir. The body has a body flange coupled to a sidewall. The body flange forms a perimeter around an opening in the body, and the opening includes a spout and a dipping area. The container also includes a hinge region fixedly adhered to the body flange to form a hinge. The hinge region separates the lid into a first lid portion sealing the spout and a second lid portion sealing the dipping area, and the first lid portion rotates at the hinge to expose the spout and wherein the second lid portion rotates at the hinge to expose the dipping area.