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Apparatus and method for the preparation of a food product

CA 1114229 A · Owner: General Foods Corporation · Inventors: Bardsley, Robert F.; Schoonmaker, Charles D.; Bortkevicius, Jonas

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An apparatus and method for the automatic rapid and, continuous preparation of generally friable or fragile readyto-eat food product bacon analog strips of predetermined configuration, simulating natural, cooked bacon wherein a, slab or bulk material of the food product is sliced by a cutting device into individual strips basically having the dimensions of sliced natural bacon strips and conducted by, means of a first endless conveyor arrangement from the cutting device towards a cooking installation. Ahead of the cooking installation, a second endless conveyor mounts a series of strip-engaging members adapted to sequentially contact the sliced strips and to conduct the strips from the …

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  • Granted December 15, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 15, 1998.
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FiledMay 23, 1979
GrantedDecember 15, 1981
Term endedDecember 15, 1998
Patent numberCA 1114229 A
Classification (IPC)A47J37/12

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedMay 23, 1979Patent grantedDec 15, 1981Term endedDec 15, 1998

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