FOOD ITEM FABRICATING APPARATUS AND METHODS - Patent 0783247

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EP 0 783 247 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	16.07.1997 Bulletin 1997/29

(21)	Application number: 94929223.0

(22)	Date of filing: 19.09.1994

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A21C 11/ 00^{( . )}

A21C 11/ 08^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1994/010476

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1996/008971 (28.03.1996 Gazette 1996/14)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	LT SI

(71)	Applicant: GENERAL MILLS, INC.
	Minneapolis, MN 55440 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BENHAM, Richard, O. New Hope, MN 55427 (US) BRUNKEN, Sheryl, S. Delano, MN 55328 (US) DECHAINE, Robert, C. Crystal, MN 55427 (US) GLUSZAK, Timothy, J. Eden Prairie, MN 55344 (US) SMETHERS, Rene, K. Crystal, MN 55427 (US) ZIMMERMANN, Craig, E. Waconia, MN 55387 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hague, Alison Jane, et al
	Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)

(54)	FOOD ITEM FABRICATING APPARATUS AND METHODS