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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:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sean T Jones, Pamber Heath, GB;
Jeremy P Miller, Mortimer, GB;
Assignee:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426100 ; 426383 ; 426389 ; 426512 ; 426524 ; 99485 ;
Abstract
In a method of forming a frozen food product, the temperature of a fluid food product is lowered so that the product is plastic. A mould is pressed against the food product to cause at least a portion of the product to take up the shape of the mould. The mould is at a sufficiently low temperature when it is pressed against the product such that the product retains its moulded shape and such that the product is readily releasable from the mould. This allows frozen confectionery products such as ice cream to be successfully moulded.