Kenneth G Schultz

US Patent:

D469691, Feb 4, 2003

Filed:

Jan 23, 2002

Appl. No.:

29/154599

Inventors:

James R. Brondyke - Finksburg MD
Kenneth R. Schultz - Baltimore MD

Assignee:

Sweetheart Cup Company Inc. - Owings Mills MD

International Classification:

0903

US Classification:

D 9431, D9422, D9423

US Patent:

52282678, Jul 20, 1993

Filed:

May 29, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/707077

Inventors:

R. Carl Blankenship - Sykesville MD
Kenneth H. Kuykendall - Westminster MD
Robert D. Heckner - Fallston MD
Kenneth L. Schultz - Baltimore MD

Assignee:

Sweetheart Cup Company Inc. - Owings Mills MD

International Classification:

B65B 1100
B65B 3554
B65B 3556
B65B 6120

US Classification:

53397

Abstract:

Frozen dessert cones made from a cooked batter capable of having lower and higher moisture contents, which respectively cause the cone to assume dimensionally contracted and expanded states, are provided with sanitary jackets while in their dimensionally contracted state. When the cooked batter forming the cone attains a higher moisture content, the cone will dimensionally expand against the walls of the sanitary jacket thereby exerting a restraining force against removal of the jacket from the cone. The sanitary jacket is applied to an interior handle region of a cone so that the sanitary jacket will nest with the exterior surface of a downstream cone handle when stacked therewithin. A chute is provided so as to align and direct the sanitary jacket with respect to the interior handle region of the cone. A stream of pressurized fluid (e. g.