Method for processing an expandable food product

US5367856A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Pillsbury Company · US

Inventors

• David A. Kirk · Brooklyn Park, US
• Raymond Tucker · Bloomington, US
• Michael R. Perry · Plymouth, US
• Steve Reil · Brooklyn Park, US
• Larry M. Dugan · Uniontown, US
• Michael Dreher · Prospect, US
• Paul H. LeFevre · Golden, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 3, 1992
• Grant date: Nov 29, 1994
• Expiry date: Sep 3, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D83/76
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a container suitable for pressurized non-flowable consumer goods such as refrigeratable bread doughs and the like. In a first embodiment, the container includes a removable lid, a shell having sidewalls, and a piston plate. The bottom of the container includes an access port therethrough to permit access to the piston plate, which may be urged upwardly to remove product from the container. In a second embodiment, the container includes a removable lid, a shell having sidewalls and a bottom, and a removable liner. The liner may include manually graspable flanges and a stirrup extending beneath the product. The product may be removed from the container by grasping the flanges of the liner and withdrawing the liner and the product through the open top of the shell.