公开(公告)号：US20130209647A1

公开(公告)日：2013-08-15

申请号：US13372977

申请日：2012-02-14

申请人： Barmack Rassi ,  Steven C. Robie ,  James N. Weinstein

发明人： Barmack Rassi ,  Steven C. Robie ,  James N. Weinstein

IPC分类号： A23L1/164 ,  A21C11/16 ,  A21C11/10

CPC分类号： A21C11/103 ,  A21C11/16 ,  A23C11/10 ,  A23L7/00 ,  A23L7/135 ,  A23L7/17 ,  A23V2002/00

摘要： Visually distinct, flaked Ready-to-Eat (“R-T-E”) cereal products with varied texture and thickness are produced by forming a cereal dough and forcing the same through an extrusion die assembly including various spaced openings which establish a plurality of dough streams which are merged prior to reaching a die outlet. Directly at the die outlet, a resulting dough extrudate is sliced by a cutter unit to form dough discs which are then dried and cooled, during which the discs curl and form cereal flakes having varying textures defined, at least in part, by distinct sets of surface bumps. The number and configuration of the bumps can be altered by changing the number, shape and/or position of the various spaced openings of the die assembly, while the thicknesses of the resulting cereal flakes can be varied by just altering an operational speed of the cutter unit.

摘要翻译： 通过形成谷物面团并通过包括各种间隔开口的挤出模具组件迫使其形成具有不同质地和厚度的片状的即食即食（“RTE”）谷物产品，其形成多个面团流， 在到达模具出口之前合并。 直接在模具出口处，通过切割器单元将生成的面团挤出物切片以形成面团盘，然后将其干燥并冷却，在此期间盘卷曲并形成具有不同纹理的谷物片，至少部分地由不同的组 表面凹凸 可以通过改变模具组件的各种间隔的开口的数量，形状和/或位置来改变凸起的数量和构造，而所得到的谷物薄片的厚度可以通过改变切割器的操作速度来改变 单元。

公开(公告)号：US08287262B2

公开(公告)日：2012-10-16

申请号：US12758441

申请日：2010-04-12

申请人： James N. Weinstein ,  Kevin Wright

发明人： James N. Weinstein ,  Kevin Wright

IPC分类号： B29C47/04

CPC分类号： A23P30/25 ,  A21C11/163 ,  A23G4/043 ,  A23L7/117

摘要： An apparatus (10) for forming a single extrudable food stream such as a cooked cereal dough into a plurality of differently colored and/or flavored dough streams is disclosed including an extruder (12) having screw augers (15) for advancing a plastic food mass, a head or manifold (118) for dividing the plastic food mass into a plurality of substreams each in turn in fluid communication with a plurality of sub-divided dough passageways, and a die head (30) having a plurality of die ports (40). Each subpassage is separately supplied an additive and has disposed therein a multiplicity of in-line static mixer elements (59) to admix the additive into the substreams of the plastic food mass before passage through the die ports (40). In a preferred form, first and second substreams are intermixed in a non-homogenous manner before reaching the exit ports (40). The extrudates are severed into individual pieces (158) by a rotary cutter (36).

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于将单个可挤压食品流（例如煮熟的谷物面团）形成多个不同颜色和/或调味的面团流的装置（10），包括具有螺旋推进器（15）的挤出机（12），用于推进塑料食品块 ，用于将所述塑料食物块分成多个子流的头部或歧管（118），所述多个子流依次与多个分割的面团通路流体连通;以及具有多个模口（40）的模头（30） ）。 每个子通道单独供应添加剂并且在其中设置有多个在线静态混合器元件（59），以在通过模头端口（40）之前将添加剂混合到塑料食品块的子流中。 在优选形式中，第一和第二子流在到达出口（40）之前以非均匀的方式混合。 通过旋转切割器（36）将挤出物切割成单个片（158）。

公开(公告)号：US06251452B1

公开(公告)日：2001-06-26

申请号：US09298716

申请日：1999-04-23

申请人： James N. Weinstein ,  Scott A. Tolson ,  James R. Borek ,  Peter A. Huberg ,  Thomas Jarl ,  Philip K. Zietlow ,  Bernhard van Lengerich

发明人： James N. Weinstein ,  Scott A. Tolson ,  James R. Borek ,  Peter A. Huberg ,  Thomas Jarl ,  Philip K. Zietlow ,  Bernhard van Lengerich

IPC分类号： A23L127

CPC分类号： A23G3/2015 ,  A21C11/163 ,  A23L7/122 ,  A23P30/25

摘要： Apparatus (10) and methods are disclosed where plastic extrudable food product is provided such as by an extruder or pump and is combined with another food product without intermixing to form a complexly patterned food product, such as by a pattern forming die (20). The cross-sectional area of the patterned food product is reduced from an inlet end (34) to an outlet end (36) by a factor of 4:1 to as much as 50:1 at an average convergence angle of 5 to 65° while maintaining the cross-sectional pattern to form a reduced cross-sectional patterned food product, and then is extruded through a die port having an opening equal to the reduced cross-sectional area to form a complexly patterned extrudate.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种设备（10）和方法，其中例如通过挤出机或泵提供塑料可挤压食品，并且与另一种食品组合而不混合以形成复杂图案化的食品，例如通过图案形成模具（20）。 图案化食品的横截面积从入口端（34）到出口端（36）的平均会聚角为5至65°，从而减少了4:1至多达50:1 同时保持横截面图案以形成减小的横截面图案化的食品，然后通过具有等于减小的横截面面积的开口的模具端口挤出以形成复合图案化的挤出物。

公开(公告)号：US20100055274A1

公开(公告)日：2010-03-04

申请号：US12373035

申请日：2007-09-28

申请人： James N. Weinstein ,  James M. Olive ,  Peter A. Huberg ,  Laurie Burgess ,  Thomas Leuhrs ,  Jennifer M. Maack

发明人： James N. Weinstein ,  James M. Olive ,  Peter A. Huberg ,  Laurie Burgess ,  Thomas Leuhrs ,  Jennifer M. Maack

IPC分类号： A23P1/12 ,  B29C47/06 ,  B65B25/06

CPC分类号： A23P1/125 ,  A21C11/163 ,  A23P30/25 ,  B29C47/0004 ,  B29C47/0014

摘要： Apparatus and methods for fabricating food items include extruding a first hot plastic food mass through multiple passages (14) and co-extruding a second hot plastic food mass through a feed stem (22) received in each of the multiple passages (14) and through nozzles (42). Each nozzle (42) includes a first portion (42b) in communication with the feed stem (22) but not the passage (14) and a second portion (42a) in communication with the passage (16) but not the feed stem (22). The nozzles (42) are rotatable in gearing relation with the drive gear (70) of a servomotor (72). The co-extruded ropes are conveyed at a linear speed rate less than or equal to the discharge speed from the nozzles (42), cooled, and cut into individual pieces in the form of peelably separable strands.

摘要翻译： 用于制造食品的装置和方法包括通过多个通道（14）挤压第一热塑料食物块，并且通过接收在多个通道（14）中的每一个中的进料杆（22）并且通过 喷嘴（42）。 每个喷嘴（42）包括与进料杆（22）连通而不是通道（14）的第一部分（42b）和与通道（16）连通而不是进料杆（22）的第二部分（42a） ）。 喷嘴（42）能够与伺服电动机（72）的驱动齿轮（70）的传动关系旋转。 共挤出的绳索以小于或等于来自喷嘴（42）的排出速度的线速度输送，被冷却，并以可剥离的股线的形式切割成单独的片。

公开(公告)号：US06767198B2

公开(公告)日：2004-07-27

申请号：US09982125

申请日：2001-10-17

申请人： James N. Weinstein ,  Thomas G. Cremers ,  Thomas L. Smith

发明人： James N. Weinstein ,  Thomas G. Cremers ,  Thomas L. Smith

IPC分类号： A21C1100

CPC分类号： B26D1/29 ,  A21C11/10 ,  A21C11/16 ,  A23G1/202 ,  A23G7/0018 ,  B26D7/00 ,  B26D7/22 ,  B26D7/2614 ,  Y10S425/23 ,  Y10T83/8791 ,  Y10T83/8794

摘要： A rotary cutter (74) is rotated by a motor (76) through a drive and a belt (326) inside of a combination guard and belt tensioner assembly (260). The rotary cutter (74) includes a cutter head (82) having integral blade holders (92) which slideably receive knives (90) in a channel (230) each having a detent (236) which is received in an aperture (91) in the knife (90) so that no fasteners or moveable parts are provided for holding the knives (90) and adjustment of the knives (90) is not needed or allowed. Guard quarters (266, 314) and a guard half (268) are held in a closed position by a single latch (325). The guard half (268) includes an idler (300) which tensions the belt (326) in the closed position. The second guard quarter (314) mounted upon a pivotable cover (306) together with the mount (262) for the motor (76) defines an enclosure for the rotary cutter (74) and abuts with the guard half (268) in their closed positions.

摘要翻译： 旋转切割器（74）通过马达（76）通过组合护罩和皮带张紧器组件（260）内部的驱动器和皮带（326）旋转。 旋转切割器（74）包括具有一体的刀片保持器（92）的刀头（82），刀片保持器可滑动地容纳在通道（230）中的刀具（90），每个刀具具有定位孔（236） 刀（90），使得没有紧固件或可移动部件用于保持刀具（90），并且不需要或允许调整刀具（90）。 卫兵区（266,314）和防护半部（268）通过单个闩锁（325）保持在关闭位置。 护罩半部（268）包括在关闭位置使皮带（326）张紧的惰轮（300）。 与电动机（76）的安装座（262）一起安装在可枢转的盖子（306）上的第二保护部分（314）限定用于旋转切割器（74）的外壳，并且在其封闭的状态下与护罩半部（268）邻接 职位

公开(公告)号：US5752364A

公开(公告)日：1998-05-19

申请号：US613650

申请日：1996-03-11

申请人： Richard O. Benham ,  Timothy J. Gluszak ,  James N. Weinstein ,  Craig E. Zimmermann

发明人： Richard O. Benham ,  Timothy J. Gluszak ,  James N. Weinstein ,  Craig E. Zimmermann

IPC分类号： B65B9/02 ,  B65B47/00

CPC分类号： B65B9/023

摘要： Apparatus (10) is disclosed including first and second forming rollers (18, 21) which rotatably abut with an anvil roller (20). The forming rollers (18, 21) each include a periphery forming a continuous forming surface including a plurality of axially and circumferentially spaced grooves (24) each formed as a continuous depression arranged in a serpentine and non-intersecting manner. Food (14) is simultaneously fed by a saddle (36, 36') between a continuous strip of support material (16) and a continuous ribbon of film material (66) as they pass between a first abutment nip of the first forming roller (18) and the anvil roller (20). In a preferred form, the saddle (36') is in the form of a block having first and second lower surfaces (118, 120) corresponding to the shape and located adjacent the first forming roller (18) and the anvil roller (20) in their mating side (32). A trough (24) is formed in the second lower surface (120) which is supplied by food under pressure flowing through conduits (140, 142, 144, 146, 150, 152). Radially disposed barriers (132) divide the trough (24) into axial portions. Radially disposed dividing walls (136) having lower tapering surfaces (138) and an axially disposed dividing wall (148) having a radially spaced lower end divide the trough (24) into volumes for receiving different foods (14a, 14b) to produce food items including integral food zones where the different foods (14a, 14b) are not intermixed.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种装置（10），其包括与砧辊（20）可旋转地邻接的第一和第二成形辊（18,21）。 成型辊（18,21）各自包括形成连续成形表面的周边，该连续成形表面包括多个轴向和周向间隔开的凹槽（24），每个槽形成为以蛇形和非相交方式布置的连续凹陷。 食物（14）在第一成形辊的第一邻接辊隙（第一成形辊）的第一邻接辊隙之间通过时，由支撑材料（16）的连续带和薄膜材料（66）的连续带同时由鞍座（36,36'）供给， 18）和砧辊（20）。 在优选形式中，鞍座（36'）为具有对应于形状并且邻近第一成形辊（18）和砧辊（20）定位的第一和第二下表面（118,120）的块的形式， 在其配合侧（32）。 在第二下表面（120）中形成有槽（24），该第二下表面由食物在流过管道（140,142,144,146,150,152）的压力下供应。 径向设置的屏障（132）将槽（24）分成轴向部分。 具有下锥形表面（138）和轴向设置的分隔壁（148）的径向设置的分隔壁（136）具有径向间隔开的下端，将槽（24）分成用于接收不同食物（14a，14b）以产生食物的体积 包括不同食物（14a，14b）不混合的整体食物区。

公开(公告)号：US5695805A

公开(公告)日：1997-12-09

申请号：US589743

申请日：1996-01-22

申请人： James R. Borek ,  James N. Weinstein

发明人： James R. Borek ,  James N. Weinstein

IPC分类号： A21C3/08 ,  A21C11/16 ,  A23L1/00 ,  A23L1/10 ,  A23L1/164 ,  A23L1/18 ,  A23P1/12 ,  A21D13/00

CPC分类号： A21C11/16 ,  A21C3/08 ,  A23L7/115 ,  A23L7/122 ,  A23L7/17 ,  A23P30/20 ,  A23P30/25 ,  Y10S426/808

摘要： In its product aspect, the invention provides ready-to-eat cereals and cereal based snacks fabricated from multiple extrudate strands of cooked cereal dough that have been twisted or braided into ropes immediately after extrusion and severed into pieces. The products exhibit greater bowl life in milk and improved organoleptic attributes particularly those fabricated from doughs having a high fiber content. Methods for preparing such cereal based products are also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 在其产品方面，本发明提供了由挤压成型的多个挤出物料制成的即食谷物和基于谷物的小吃，其已经在挤出之后立即被扭曲或编织成绳索并被切割成碎片。 该产品在牛奶中表现出更大的碗寿命和改善的感官特性，特别是由具有高纤维含量的面团制成的那些。 还公开了制备这种基于谷物的产品的方法。

公开(公告)号：US5643618A

公开(公告)日：1997-07-01

申请号：US353477

申请日：1994-12-09

申请人： Peter A. Huberg ,  James N. Weinstein

发明人： Peter A. Huberg ,  James N. Weinstein

IPC分类号： A21C11/16 ,  A21C11/18 ,  A21C11/20 ,  B29C47/10

CPC分类号： A21C11/18 ,  A21C11/163 ,  A21C11/20

摘要： Apparatus (10) is disclosed where plastic extrudable food product is provided such as by a food cooker extruder (12) and is mixed with a food color to form a complexly patterned food product, such as by a pattern forming die (20). The cross-sectional area of the patterned food product is reduced from an inlet end (34) to an outlet end (36) by a factor of at least 50:1 at an average convergence angle of .ltoreq.45.degree. while maintaining the cross-sectional pattern to form a reduced cross-sectional patterned dough, and then is extruded through a die port having an opening equal to the reduced cross-sectional area to form a complexly patterned extrudate. In the preferred form, multiple extrudates are simultaneously formed with the flow rates for each extrudate being adjustable by an adjuster plug (16) including a smooth cylindrical portion (86) extendable into a passageway (14) having a circular cross section of a larger diameter than the cylindrical portion (86). In a preferred form, the extrudates are extruded in a non-circular pattern and specifically in a horizontal, single plane by a manifold (100) including ports (134, 136) and ducts (132, 138) receiving flow from passageways (128, 130) receiving flow from conduits (116, 118, 120) receiving flow from the food cooker extruder (12).

摘要翻译： 公开了例如通过食品炊具挤出机（12）提供塑料可挤压食品并且与食品颜色混合以形成复杂图案化食品的设备（10），例如通过图案形成模具（20）。 图案化食品的横截面积在入口端（34）至出口端（36）的平均会聚角<45°时减少至少50:1，同时保持十字 以形成减小的横截面图案化面团，然后通过具有等于减小的横截面面积的开口的模头端口挤出以形成复合图案化的挤出物。 在优选形式中，多个挤出物同时形成，每个挤出物的流速可由调节塞（16）调节，调节塞（16）包括可延伸到具有较大直径的圆形横截面的通道（14）的平滑圆柱形部分（86） 比圆筒部（86）。 在优选形式中，挤出物以非圆形图案被挤出，并且具体地在水平单个平面中通过歧管（100）挤出，所述歧管包括端口（134,136）和管道（132,138），所述管道（132,138）接收从通道 接收从食物炊具挤出机（12）流出的管道（116,118,120）的流动。

公开(公告)号：US5639485A

公开(公告)日：1997-06-17

申请号：US241321

申请日：1994-05-11

申请人： James N. Weinstein ,  Scott A. Tolson

发明人： James N. Weinstein ,  Scott A. Tolson

IPC分类号： A21C11/16 ,  A21C11/18 ,  A21C11/20 ,  B29C47/04

CPC分类号： A21C11/18 ,  A21C11/163 ,  A21C11/20

摘要： Disclosed are apparatus (10) for making a complexly patterned extrudate. The apparatus (10) includes a food cooker extruder (12) for providing at least one extrudable food product, at least one food color supply (18), a pattern forming die (20) for mixing the food color and extrudate food product to form a complexly patterned food product, a reducing passageway for reducing the cross sectional area of the patterned dough from an inlet end (34) to outlet end (36) of at least 50:1 at an average convergence angle of .ltoreq.45.degree. and an extruder exit port at the discharge end of the reducing passageway.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于制造复杂图案化挤出物的装置（10）。 所述设备（10）包括用于提供至少一种可挤出食品的食品炊具挤出机（12），至少一种食物色素供应品（18），用于混合食物颜色和挤出食品的图形成型模具（20）以形成 一种复杂图案化的食品，一种还原通道，用于将图案面团的横截面积从至少50:1的入口端（34）到出口端（36）以平均收敛角度<45°降低;以及 在还原通道的排出端处的挤出机出口。

公开(公告)号：US4836196A

公开(公告)日：1989-06-06

申请号：US142493

申请日：1988-01-11

申请人： Joon B. Park ,  James N. Weinstein ,  Vijay K. Goel

发明人： Joon B. Park ,  James N. Weinstein ,  Vijay K. Goel

IPC分类号： A61B17/70 ,  A61B17/86

CPC分类号： A61B17/701 ,  A61B17/7007 ,  A61B17/7062 ,  A61B17/8695 ,  Y10S606/91

摘要： An apparatus for connecting a structure with a vertebral body of a spinal column and for transmitting a load between the structure and the vertebral body. The apparatus includes a fastener with a threaded portion for threaded engagement with a surface defining an opening in the vertebral body to connect the vertebral body with the structure. A spacer is adapted to be located between the fastener and the structure for transmitting load therebetween. The spacer is made of a material which plastically deforms as a function of time and load applied thereto to decrease the load transmitted between the vertebral body and the structure.

摘要翻译： 一种用于将结构与脊柱的椎体连接并用于在结构和椎体之间传递负载的装置。 该装置包括具有螺纹部分的紧固件，用于与限定椎体内的开口的表面螺纹接合，以将椎体与结构连接。 间隔件适于位于紧固件和用于在它们之间传递载荷的结构之间。 间隔件是由施加于其上的时间和负载的函数塑性变形的材料制成的，以减小在椎体和结构之间传递的载荷。