Joseph John Fierro

US Patent:

D497702, Nov 2, 2004

Filed:

Nov 25, 2003

Appl. No.:

29/194527

Inventors:

Mihaelos Nicholas Mihalos - Palisades Park NJ
Theodore Nicholas Janulis - Randolph NJ
Chris E. Robinson - Sparta NJ
Carol Wines - Longmont CO
Allison Antonini - Union NJ
Joseph Fierro - Warwick NY

Assignee:

Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc. - Northfield IL

International Classification:

0101

US Classification:

D 1123, D1128, 426144

US Patent:

D536508, Feb 13, 2007

Filed:

Apr 8, 2005

Appl. No.:

29/227291

Inventors:

Mihaelos N. Mihalos - Palisades Park NJ, US
Domenico Cassone - Branchburg NJ, US
Zena E. Forte - Blairstown NJ, US
Joseph Fierro - Warwick NY, US
Henry Fernandes - Marietta GA, US

Assignee:

Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc. - Northfield IL

International Classification:

0101

US Classification:

D 1128, D1125

US Patent:

D552826, Oct 16, 2007

Filed:

Sep 27, 2006

Appl. No.:

29/266747

Inventors:

Mihaelos N. Mihalos - Palisades Park NJ, US
Domenico Cassone - Branchburg NJ, US
Zena E. Forte - Blairstown NJ, US
Joseph Fierro - Warwick NY, US
Henry Fernandes - Marietta GA, US

Assignee:

Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc. - Northfield IL

International Classification:

0101

US Classification:

D 1128, D1125

US Patent:

7332189, Feb 19, 2008

Filed:

Dec 1, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/724665

Inventors:

Mihaelos Nicholas Mihalos - Palisades Park NJ, US
Theodore Nicholas Janulis - Randolph NJ, US
Chris E. Robinson - Sparta NJ, US
Carol Wines - Longmont CO, US
Allison Antonini - Union NJ, US
Joseph Fierro - Warwick NY, US

Assignee:

Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc. - Northfield IL

International Classification:

A21C 15/02

US Classification:

426497, 426512, 426549, 426660

Abstract:

Thin snack chips having a curved or wave shape are obtained by forming, shaping or curling baked chips into a curved or wave configuration before they become too cold and rigid so as to result in breakage during forming. The essentially flat, malleable baked chips, still hot from baking in an oven may be continuously transported on a conveyer belt into a nip or gap formed between the conveyer belt and a rotating forming roller to curve or curl the malleable baked chips around the roller. The malleable baked chips are subjected to a guided curtain of air to cool and set the chips in a curved or wave configuration and to remove or blow the curved or wave chips off of the rotating forming roller onto the conveyor belt.

US Patent:

7820220, Oct 26, 2010

Filed:

Apr 8, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/101701

Inventors:

Mihaelos Nicholas Mihalos - Palisades Park NJ, US
Domenico Cassone - Branchburg NJ, US
Zena E. Forte - Blairstown NJ, US
Joseph Fierro - Warwick NY, US
Henry Fernandes - Marietta GA, US

Assignee:

Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC - Northfield IL

International Classification:

A21D 13/00

US Classification:

426549, 426496, 426808

Abstract:

Thin, baked fermented chips having an irregular shape and surface bubbles are produced by cutting a fermented, wheat-based compressed dough sheet into a plurality of pieces having different shapes and notches with a single rotary cutter so that the dough pieces form an interlocking pattern and the notches extend around the periphery of each piece. The notches are spaced around the periphery of each piece and facilitate separation of the dough pieces from each other while at least substantially avoiding tearing and breaking of the dough pieces. A plurality of notches of each piece are aligned or contiguous with notches of any adjacent piece in the interlocking pattern.

US Patent:

8241689, Aug 14, 2012

Filed:

Sep 20, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/886172

Inventors:

Mihaelos Nicholas Mihalos - Palisades Park NJ, US
Domenico Cassone - Branchburg NJ, US
Zena E. Forte - Blairstown NJ, US
Joseph Fierro - Warwick NY, US
Henry Fernandes - Marietta GA, US

Assignee:

Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC - Northfield IL

International Classification:

A21D 10/00

US Classification:

426549, 426496

Abstract:

Thin, baked fermented chips having an irregular shape and surface bubbles are produced by cutting a fermented, wheat-based compressed dough sheet into a plurality of pieces having different shapes and notches with a single rotary cutter so that the dough pieces form an interlocking pattern and the notches extend around the periphery of each piece. The notches are spaced around the periphery of each piece and facilitate separation of the dough pieces from each other while at least substantially avoiding tearing and breaking of the dough pieces. A plurality of notches of each piece are aligned or contiguous with notches of any adjacent piece in the interlocking pattern.

US Patent:

20080118608, May 22, 2008

Filed:

Dec 10, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/953509

Inventors:

Mihaelos Nicholes MIHALOS - Palisades Park NJ, US
Theodore Nicholas Janulis - Randolph NJ, US
Chris E. Robinson - Sparta NJ, US
Carol Wines - Longmont CO, US
Allison Antonini - Union NJ, US
Joseph Fierro - Warwick NY, US

Assignee:

KRAFT FOODS HOLDINGS, INC. - Northfield IL

International Classification:

A21D 13/00
A21C 15/02

US Classification:

426103, 99485, 994502, 426560

Abstract:

Thin snack chips having a curved or wave shape are obtained by forming, shaping or curling baked chips into a curved or wave configuration before they become too cold and rigid so as to result in breakage during forming. The essentially flat, malleable baked chips, still hot from baking in an oven may be continuously transported on a conveyer belt into a nip or gap formed between the conveyer belt and a rotating forming roller to curve or curl the malleable baked chips around the roller. The malleable baked chips are subjected to a guided curtain of air to cool and set the chips in a curved or wave configuration and to remove or blow the curved or wave chips off of the rotating forming roller onto the conveyor belt.

US Patent:

20100297302, Nov 25, 2010

Filed:

Jul 29, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/846343

Inventors:

Mihaelos Nicholas MIHALOS - Palisades Park NJ, US
Theodore Nicholas JANULIS - Randolph NJ, US
Chris E. ROBINSON - Sparta NJ, US
Carol WINES - Longmont CO, US
Allison ANTONINI - Union NJ, US
Joseph FIERRO - Warwick NY, US

Assignee:

KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLC - Northfield IL

International Classification:

A21D 13/00
A23P 1/00

US Classification:

426 94, 426560

Abstract:

Thin snack chips having a curved or wave shape are obtained by forming, shaping or curling baked chips into a curved or wave configuration before they become too cold and rigid so as to result in breakage during forming. The essentially flat, malleable baked chips, still hot from baking in an oven may be continuously transported on a conveyer belt into a nip or gap formed between the conveyer belt and a rotating forming roller to curve or curl the malleable baked chips around the roller. The malleable baked chips are subjected to a guided curtain of air to cool and set the chips in a curved or wave configuration and to remove or blow the curved or wave chips off of the rotating forming roller onto the conveyor belt.