A21C 13/02
Provers, i.e. apparatus permitting dough to rise: with endless conveyors
Official title: with endless conveyors {, e.g. for moving the dough pieces progressively through the prover}
A21C13/02 (Provers, i.e. apparatus permitting dough to rise: with endless conveyors) appears on 66 US grants and 37 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A21C- Granted patents
- 66
- Published applications
- 37
- Assignees
- 46
- Inventors
- 90
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Serpentine conveyor-based dough proofing system and method for continuous baking processes28 Jul 2026US 12,690,598 B1
- Apparatus and method for the final proofing of dough30 Jun 2026US 12,667,108 B2Kaak Groep B.V.
- Braided soft pretzel apparatus and method29 Apr 2025US 12,285,020 B1
- Automated pizza-making system11 Feb 2025US 12,219,963 B2
- Measuring device and method for a contactless analysis of a food product in a production line12 Mar 2024US 11,927,583 B2Kaak Groep B.V.
- Modular Vertical Helix Rack7 May 2026US 2026/0125216 A1Lab2Fab, LLC
- System and method for weighing dough portions before proofing29 Jan 2026US 2026/0026511 A1Bakery Systems, Inc.
- Automated pizza-making system22 May 2025US 2025/0160340 A1
- Automated vertical transport3 Apr 2025US 2025/0107537 A1Lab2Fab, LLC
- System and method for weighing dough portions during proofing13 Feb 2025US 2025/0049043 A1Bakery Systems, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multi-conveyor processing system49US 4,610,886 AKnud Simonsen Industries Limited · 1986
- Continuous fermenting chamber for dough products33US 5,203,256 AWerner & Pfleiderer · 1993
- Continuous proof and bake apparatus having improved conveyor system30US 4,882,981 AStewart Systems, Inc. · 1989
- Conveyor system for use in a continuous proofing and baking apparatus24US 4,760,911 AStewart Systems, Inc. · 1988
- Multi-conveyor processing system16US 4,717,572 AKnud Simonsen Industries Limited · 1988