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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.:

US 9226513 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2007

Non-contact printed comestible products and apparatus and method for producing same

Applicants:

Ronald L. Ream, Plano, IL (US);

Enrique Valdez, Oak Lawn, IL (US);

William R. Gleffe, Lemont, IL (US);

Inventors:

Ronald L. Ream, Plano, IL (US);

Enrique Valdez, Oak Lawn, IL (US);

William R. Gleffe, Lemont, IL (US);

Assignee:

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:

Armstrong Teasdale LLP

Primary Examiner:

Drew Becker

Assistant Examiner:

Luana Z Long

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G 4/18 (2006.01); A23G 3/28 (2006.01); A21D 13/00 (2006.01); A23G 3/34 (2006.01); A23G 3/02 (2006.01); A23G 3/20 (2006.01); A23G 3/50 (2006.01); A23G 3/54 (2006.01); A23G 4/20 (2006.01); A23P 1/00 (2006.01); A23P 1/10 (2006.01); B05B 12/02 (2006.01); B05B 13/04 (2006.01); B05C 11/10 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); A23P 1/08 (2006.01); B05C 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G 3/28 (2013.01); A21D 13/0087 (2013.01); A23G 3/0021 (2013.01); A23G 3/0068 (2013.01); A23G 3/0097 (2013.01); A23G 3/0242 (2013.01); A23G 3/0289 (2013.01); A23G 3/2007 (2013.01); A23G 3/2015 (2013.01); A23G 3/2092 (2013.01); A23G 3/50 (2013.01); A23G 3/54 (2013.01); A23G 4/18 (2013.01); A23G 4/20 (2013.01); A23P 1/00 (2013.01); A23P 1/10 (2013.01); B05B 12/02 (2013.01); B05B 13/0447 (2013.01); B05C 11/1002 (2013.01); B41J 3/407 (2013.01); A23P 2001/089 (2013.01); B05C 5/004 (2013.01); B05C 5/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure provides systems, apparatuses, methods and products directed to non-contact printing of confectionery products. The confectionery products may include an edible substrate having a surface and an edible ink printed on the edible surface. The edible ink may cover at least about 5% of the surface. An apparatus of the present disclosure may include a removal device for removing at least a portion of a rolling compound from a confectionery material and a printing device for non-contact printing an edible ink-indicia on the confectionery material. An apparatus of the present disclosure may also include a detection device detecting the presence of confectionery material at a predetermined position.

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