228 patents
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Utility
Beverage Dispenser and Method of Dispensing a Beverage
17 Aug 23
A beverage dispenser inclues a housing and a base liquid nozzle arranged on the housing and configured to dispense a base liquid.
Giancarlo FANTAPPIE, Diego MACRELLINO, Steven JERSEY
Filed: 15 Feb 23
Utility
High Efficacy Functional Ingredient Blends
17 Aug 23
A system is configured to identify efficacious ingredients for functional blends by determining a rank of at least one functional ingredient using several pathway-based groups of functional ingredients.
Jenna Wang, Tsz-Ching (James) Yuan, Lei Zhao, Lara Nyman, Kelly Barnes, ElHadji Dioum, YiFang Chu
Filed: 16 Feb 22
Utility
Snack Food Product and Method of Making the Same
10 Aug 23
A shaped snack product having a substantially uniform thickness and an exposed surface area that is capable of receiving seasoning.
Kevin Kreter, Robert Egnatchik
Filed: 6 Feb 22
Utility
Compositions Comprising Rebaudioside J
27 Jul 23
The present disclosure provides high purity rebaudioside J and methods of making high purity rebaudioside J.
Shawn Erickson, Christophe Galopin, Laura Nattress, William Bonorden
Filed: 9 Jan 23
Utility
Roller Apparatus Comprising a Variable-Width Spacer
27 Jul 23
A roller assembly for producing a compressed sheet material, such as a food product, having a roller support frame holding a fixed and a slidable roller; an actuator to apply force to the slidable roller, and a variable width spacer located between the shaft bearings of the rollers to limit the minimum separation between them.
Stacie Tibos, Edward Ouellette
Filed: 14 May 21
Utility
Beverage Cooler
27 Jul 23
Beverage coolers for storing and cooling bottled beverages.
Emad JAFA, Eleonor Dorin STOENESCU, Thomas Henry HELLIER, James Simon OLIVER
Filed: 27 Mar 23
Utility
Container for Dosing a Flowable Solid
27 Jul 23
Embodiments are directed to a container for dispensing equal doses of a flowable solid.
Xavier CORTADELLAS, Syed PEER, Toby Richard David WINGFIELD, Albert KWAK, Charles Simon PARADISE, Emma Pearl WILLMER-SHILES
Filed: 3 Apr 23
Utility
Water Treatment Pitcher
20 Jul 23
A water treatment pitcher includes a portable container, with a cover to and a filling inlet, and a spout for dispensing filtered water.
Allan RING, Avraham COHEN, Alon WAISMAN, Gur VALDISLAV
Filed: 19 Jan 22
Utility
Potato Storage
6 Jul 23
A method of storing potatoes, the method comprising the steps of: iv. providing a plurality of dormant potatoes, wherein the potatoes have been cured after harvesting; v. treating the potatoes with 1-methylcyclopropene, the treatment comprising exposing the potatoes, which are at a first treatment temperature within the range of from 10 to 30° C., to 1-methylcyclopropene; storing the potatoes at a second storage temperature within the range of from greater than 6 to up to 15° C. for a storage period within a potato store, wherein the storage period extends continuously until at least 1 week after initiation of eye movement in at least one of the potatoes, and wherein during the storage period the potatoes are stored in atmospheric air free of an external supply of ethylene sprout suppressant.
Gemma A. Chope, Simon C. McWilliam, Leon A. Terry, Katherine Cools, Roberta Tosetti
Filed: 10 Nov 20
Utility
Managing Dispensement of Fluid to a Receptacle
29 Jun 23
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for using imaging data to manage the dispensement of fluid to a receptacle.
Kazim KHAN, Dominic LACATENA, Neer PATEL
Filed: 29 Dec 21
Utility
Methods and Apparatus for Powder and/or Topping Deposition
25 May 23
A production line for powder coating items, such as food pieces, having a conveyor and a powder depositor arranged having a powder reservoir, a screen, a vibratory actuator to apply intermittent vibrations to the screen to cause powder to pass through apertures in the screen; and a controller to control the interval between the intermittent vibrations so that powder is deposited predominantly onto the items as they pass below the screen.
Simon Kew, Jonathan Waite, Simon Lawton, Lindsay Dobson, Paul Hetherton
Filed: 21 Apr 21
Utility
Self-Serve Kiosk
25 May 23
Aspects of the present disclosure include a self-serve kiosk with a door that allows access to products inside the kiosk.
Klaus ROSBURG, Gustavo DE SOUZA MESSIAS, Ali AKAY
Filed: 24 Nov 21
Utility
Energy and Protein Bar
18 May 23
A food bar includes a mixture of dry ingredients including a protein and a binder including a sweetener.
Janique TYLER, Yosuf CHAUDHRY, Mark NISBET
Filed: 28 Dec 22
Utility
Beverage Compositions Comprising a Printed Image and Methods of Making the Same
18 May 23
The present disclosure provides beverages displaying an edible printed image and a method of preparing such beverages.
Gurmeet Singh BHUTANI, Dewang PARIKH
Filed: 21 Oct 21
Utility
Vending Machine
18 May 23
Vending machines for storing and dispensing products to consumers in a space-efficient manner.
Emad JAFA, Cheuk Chi LAU, Xuejun LI, Yong SEROCK, Wai Ting CHAN, Samuel Luke JOHNSTONE, Martyn Thomas MITCHELL, Euan MORRISON, Erik David WILLIAMS
Filed: 17 Jan 23
Utility
Interactive Vending Machine
11 May 23
A method of presenting product information in a vending machine may include detecting audio information from a consumer and converting the audio information to a text string.
Emad JAFA, Cheuk Chi LAU, Xuejun LI, Darren LING, Bernard YANG
Filed: 4 Jan 23
Utility
Hybrid Nitrogen Gas Generation System
20 Apr 23
A hybrid nitrogen gas generation system includes a membrane nitrogen gas generator and a pressure swing absorption nitrogen generator.
Praveen K. Nooli, Phillip S. Frazier
Filed: 15 Oct 21
Utility
Methods for Digitally Designing Preforms and Molding Instructions for Bottles
13 Apr 23
Methods for producing blow molding instructions for a bottle preform, including creating a first set of first blow molding experiments for blow molding a selected preform design into a target bottle design, each experiment having a different set of blow molding parameters, simulating each experiment of the first set of blow molding experiments using a simulation software program, selecting a group of experiments from the first blow molding experiments based on downselection criteria including wall thickness, section weight, and elastic modulus×wall thickness, creating a second set of blow molding experiments based on characteristics of the downselected group of first experiments, simulating each experiment of the second set of blow molding experiments using the simulation software program, selecting an experiment from the second blow molding experiments based on characteristics of the selected experiment's simulated preform and simulated blown bottle, and producing blow molding instructions based on the selected experiment.
Advait Rasik BHAT
Filed: 8 Oct 21
Utility
Carbonated Beverage Makers, Methods, and Systems
30 Mar 23
Steven T. JERSEY, Stephen BROWN, Farideh GOUDARZI, Steven HEADEN, Miles HEMBER, Alexander NORMAN, Andrew POTTER, Gary STACEY
Filed: 1 Nov 22
Utility
Beverage Dispenser with Beverage-level Indicator
30 Mar 23
A beverage dispenser having a beverage-level indicating system.
Steven Philip MOSKOWITZ
Filed: 28 Oct 22