Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a.

Continental Baking Company

Nestec S.a.

Michael E Leiweke

Mario Guillermo Albuja

Stephen Andrew Wurth

Gary W Etheridge

Mario Guillermo Albuja Cuadrado

Wolfgang Juergen Oelsner

Manjuan Jenny She

Nathan Foster Huck

Dan Kenneth Dixon

Mark W Moshier

Yannick Mahe

William M Hasse

Richard M Silzer

Mukundan Parthasarathy

Michael J Koval

Justin Finlinson

Jon H Holler

Juli Jones Plassmeyer

Edible chews having a polygon-shaped cross-section, such as a star-shaped cross section. This cross-sectional shape provides an increased surface area and forms edges, and these features clean teeth of an animal such as a dog. These edible chews have a soft chewy texture which avoids or significantly reduces gum bleeding which is caused by known dental treats with typically have a hard texture.

Edible animal chews and methods of making and using same

This disclosure provides multi-textured animal treats and methods for making the multi-textured animal treats. In a general aspect, the multi-textured animal treats include a hard component and one or more soft components. The hard component can have a mechanical joint and the one or more soft components can be fixedly attached to the mechanical joint and wrapped around the hard component. The multi-textured treats can include an adhesive or a combination of adhesives and mechanical joints for providing an additional attachment mechanism.

Multi-textured animal treats

Pet treat

The invention provides multi-textured animal treats and methods for making the multi-textured animal treats. In a general aspect, the multi-textured animal treat includes a hard component comprising a mechanical joint and one or more soft components fixedly attached to the mechanical joint and wrapped around the hard component. The soft components can include an adhesive or a combination of adhesives and mechanical joints for providing an additional attachment mechanism to the hard component.

The invention provides litter box assemblies useful for managing animal waste. In a general aspect, the litter box assembly includes an animal litter box, a litter fragmenting device attached to the litter box, and an optional hopper attached to the litter fragmenting device. The hopper can store an animal litter that has improved absorption capabilities after being fragmented by the litter fragmenting device. The invention also provides kits useful for making the litter box assemblies and using such litter box assemblies for managing animal waste.

Litter box assembly having a litter fragmenting device

Animal treat

Dog chew treat

Aquatic shaped treat

A piston depositor for depositing batter and the like into pans in an automated bakery line includes a valve housing which defines an inlet, a valve chamber, an outlet and a cylinder bore which intersects the valve chamber. A rotary valve is disposed within the valve chamber. The rotary valve selectively interconnects the bore with the valve housing inlet and the valve housing outlet. A piston and rod assembly is slideably disposed within the bore. A programmable drive system including servomotors controls the operation of the rotary valve and piston and rod assembly to intake batter through the housing inlet and discharge the batter through the valve housing outlet.

Piston depositor

A doughnut fryer flight conveyor for selectively advancing different size dough forms through the hot oil bath of a doughnut frying machine includes a plurality of primary flights extending between spaced, parallel, endless copnveyor chains and a plurality of secondary flights or pusher bars. The secondary flights are each positioned between adjacent pairs of primary flights. A clutch ring mounts the secondary flights to the conveyor chain so that the flights may be moved to an inoperative position immediately adjacent one of the primary flights to an operative position intermediate the flights. When in the operative position, the doughnut fryer flight conveyor is adapted to advance a smaller size doughnut or dough form through the frying machine.

Conveyor for doughnut fryer

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Arnold, MO, United States of America

Michael E Leiweke