A21C 15/002
Apparatus for spreading granular material on, or sweeping or coating the surface
Official title: {Apparatus for spreading granular material on, or sweeping or coating the surface of baked articles (of pieces of dough A21C9/04; for confectionary A23G3/28)}
A21C15/002 (Apparatus for spreading granular material on, or sweeping or coating the surface) appears on 292 US grants and 249 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A21C- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Foodstuff crafting apparatus, components, assembly, and method for utilizing the same6 Oct 2026US 12,752,452 B2Cricut, Inc.
- Apparatus and method for flipping and positioning articles16 Jun 2026US 12,654,953 B2Steck Depositors Limited
- Cake decorating tool24 Mar 2026US 12,582,139 B2
- Piping bag for dispensing a viscous mass of foodstuff3 Feb 2026US 12,540,012 B2Timo Seine B.V.
- Partially transparent disposable piping bag2 Dec 2025US 12,484,588 B2One Way Plastics B.V.
- Apparatus and method for forming a cover layer for a cake1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293915 A1
- System for forming layered flat baked goods with viscous edible material10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262659 A1Royal Houdijk B.V.
- Method and apparatus for producing a filled biscuit18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165331 A1Soremartec S.A.
- System for forming sandwich products from flat baked goods with an intermediate layer of viscous edible material30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114459 A1
- Method for making a plurality of wafer bodies30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114460 A1Soremartec S.A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Icing set99US 5,758,802 ADart Industries Inc. · 1998
- Printing of foods91US 4,578,273 AKeebler Company · 1986
- Cake decorating system89US 5,505,775 A1996
- Method and apparatus for decorating cakes and other foods86US 4,910,661 A1990
- Rapid prototyping and fabrication method for 3-D food objects69US 6,280,785 B1Nanotek Instruments, Inc. · 2001