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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:
Apr. 06, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426516 ; 426448 ; 426523 ;
Abstract
Process for the preparation of a foodstuff by extrusion, in which a food substance is introduced into, mixed and cooked in a first section of a twin-screw extruder, the cooking of the mass obtained in a cooker connected up in parallel with the first section and a second section of the extruder dynamically separated from the first is prolonged, and the cooked mass is reintroduced into the second section, the mass is extruded by passing it through a die and the extruded product is cut.