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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2007
Yuji Kuwabara, Wakayama, JP;
Akemi Kuwabara, Wakayama, JP;
Yuji Kuwabara, Wakayama, JP;
Akemi Kuwabara, Wakayama, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A method of making a drawing on a chocolate by causing a pulsed laser to irradiate the surface of a solid chocolate under limited operation conditions, and a chocolate manufactured by said method are provided. The irradiation energy per pulse and the irradiation energy per sweeping unit line length of the pulsed laser are limited to a certain range. The trace of the laser irradiation remains circular or arc-shaped on the surface of the chocolate manufactured under the above conditions. Further, the method makes a drawing on the surface of the chocolate, using the phenomenon that chocolate changes color when being irradiated by a pulsed laser under the above operation conditions.