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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 1979
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1978
Robert L Soran, Modesto, CA (US);
Beatrice Foods, Modesto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for denaturing a food product including the steps of intermixing a marking agent and a carrier agent which is immiscible with the food product at ambient temperature; heating the resultant mixture above ambient temperature to make the mixture flowable; and applying the mixture to the food product; and an apparatus for performing the method including a mechanism for intermixing the marking and carrier agents; a pump system connected to the mechanism and operable to pump the mixture from the mechanism into contact with the food product; and a heating system communicating with the mechanism and the pump system operable to heat the mixture above ambient temperature to impart flowability to the mixture.