Title:
DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THAWING, HEATING AND/OR GLAZING PREVIOUSLY FROZEN BAKED GOODS OR DOUGH-BASED PRODUCTS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004032637
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Devices, systems and methods for thawing, heating and/or glazing previously frozen baked goods and other dough-based products, wherein the products can be thawed in an environment having a selected temperature and elevated humidity; the conveyor is configured to prevent early and excessive insertion of the products into the oven; the oven is configured to heat the products to greater than a selected surface temperature; and wherein the glazer is configured to apply glaze to the products when the surface temperature of the product is within a desired range.
Inventors:
PETERSON LARRY (US)
PORTER MICHAEL (US)
BONTATIBUS MICHAEL (US)
PORTER MICHAEL (US)
BONTATIBUS MICHAEL (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2003/031131
Publication Date:
September 30, 2004
Filing Date:
September 30, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BELSHAW BROS INC (US)
PETERSON LARRY (US)
PORTER MICHAEL (US)
BONTATIBUS MICHAEL (US)
PETERSON LARRY (US)
PORTER MICHAEL (US)
BONTATIBUS MICHAEL (US)
International Classes:
A21C15/00; A21D15/00; A21D17/00; (IPC1-7): A21D15/00; A21C15/00; A21D6/00; A21D17/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2000035290A1 | 2000-06-22 |
Foreign References:
| US5313036A | 1994-05-17 | |||
| GB909127A | 1962-10-24 | |||
| US2472454A | 1949-06-07 | |||
| US2525306A | 1950-10-10 |
Other References:
DATABASE WPI Section Ch Week 199331, Derwent World Patents Index; Class D11, AN 1993-247500, XP002278836
DATABASE WPI Section Ch Week 199402, Derwent World Patents Index; Class D11, AN 1994-010908, XP002278837
RONALD BAMFORD: "Freezing and thawing of bakery products", BAKER'S DIGEST, SIEBEL PUBLISHING CO. PONTIAC, ILLINOIS, US, vol. 49, no. 3, June 1975 (1975-06-01), pages 40 - 43, XP002102387, ISSN: 0191-6114
DATABASE WPI Section Ch Week 199402, Derwent World Patents Index; Class D11, AN 1994-010908, XP002278837
RONALD BAMFORD: "Freezing and thawing of bakery products", BAKER'S DIGEST, SIEBEL PUBLISHING CO. PONTIAC, ILLINOIS, US, vol. 49, no. 3, June 1975 (1975-06-01), pages 40 - 43, XP002102387, ISSN: 0191-6114
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