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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2016
Applicant:

Kellogg Company, Battle Creek, MI (US);

Inventors:

Helbert David Almeida Dominguez, Battle Creek, MI (US);

Stephen Vanos, Battle Creek, MI (US);

Assignee:

KELLOGG COMPANY, Battle Creek, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21D 13/00 (2017.01); A21C 3/02 (2006.01); A21C 9/08 (2006.01); A23P 20/20 (2016.01); A21D 13/22 (2017.01); A21C 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A21D 13/00 (2013.01); A21C 3/024 (2013.01); A21C 9/04 (2013.01); A21C 9/08 (2013.01); A21D 13/22 (2017.01); A23P 20/20 (2016.08);
Abstract

A method for manufacturing a food product includes depositing a first foodstuff; transporting the first foodstuff in a first driven direction; depositing a second foodstuff upon a portion of an upper surface of the first foodstuff; transporting the first foodstuff with the second foodstuff deposited thereupon in the first driven direction; separating the first foodstuff with the second foodstuff metered thereupon into a plurality of sheet segments; serially transporting each sheet segment of the plurality of sheet segments from the first driven direction to a second driven direction that is transverse to the first driven direction; compressing the serially transported sheet segments for forming a plurality of thickness segments including the first foodstuff and the second foodstuff that define an elongated, food product body; separating the elongated, food product body into a plurality of food product body units; and finishing the plurality of food product body units.


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