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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:
Dec. 01, 1992
Filed:
May. 15, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Clark K Benson, Millbrae, CA (US);
Andrew A Caridis, Foster City, CA (US);
Lawrence F Klein, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Assignee:
Heat and Control, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ; A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426438 ; 426490 ; 426492 ;
Abstract
Cooking process and apparatus is provided for cooking food products in a continuous manner whereby the moisture formed during the process of cooking is removed from the cooking oil and the time-temperature profile within the cooker along the cooking path may be adapted to substantially conform to a linear or nonlinear curve. The apparatus provides a novel process for cooking specialty snack foods having harder bite and/or lowered oil content.