General Foods Limited

Paul A Kirkpatrick

Marvin Schulman

Douglas M Lehmann

Joseph L Hegadorn

Richard R Leshik

Nancy A Swallow

Gordon F Kunz

A fluid nozzle for the atomization of liquids and, more particularly, a three-fluid nozzle for effectuating a unique method of atomizing high viscosity liquids and difficult-to-spherize liquids which are to be spray-dried. Also disclosed is a novel method of atomizing high viscosity liquids and liquids which are difficult to spherize in an essentially two-step atomization sequence through the utilization of the inventive three-fluid atomizing nozzle.

Three-fluid atomizing nozzle and method of utilization thereof

A method for agglomerating a low-moisture, amorphous gelatin-containing mix wherein finely ground gelatin is combined with a ground, anhydrous food acid and ground sugar and/or polydextrose and the mix is heated, while being agitated to a temperature between 180.degree. and 200.degree. F.

Method for producing cold-water soluble gelatin dessert mixes and

This invention relates to a method of incorporating a gas in a candy glass. The incorporation or mixing of the gas takes place in a vessel containing hot candy (sugar) melt under superatmospheric pressure. The melt is stirred within the vessel using a rotatably mounted shaft with paddle blades attached to it and is mounted on the vertical axis of the vessel. Said shaft has a hollow interior with sidewall openings at each end. The level of the melt in the vessel envelops the paddle blades and the lower opening of said shaft. Thus, when the gas is introduced at the top of the vessel, it enters the shaft at the top opening and exits at the bottom opening and is dispersed within the melt by the rotating paddle blades.

Incorporating a gas in candy

This invention relates to incorporating a gas into a hot candy (sugar) melt within a pressure vessel at superatmospheric pressure. The gasified hot melt is transferred from the pressure vessel to a cooling tube, through a line or lines connecting the bottom of the pressure vessel to the bottom of the tube, by creating pressure differential between the cooling tube and the pressure vessel while venting the top of the tube to the atmosphere. When the transfer is complete, the cooling tube is isolated and the pressure within it is maintained at superatmospheric and it is cooled to a temperature below 70.degree.F. whereby the gasified hot melt becomes a gas-containing solid matrix. Next, the cooling tube is shock-treated so that the gas-containing solid matrix is shattered into multiple fragments.

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New Rochelle, NY, United States of America

Paul A Kirkpatrick