# US 2014/0014688 A1 · Preserving seasoning flavour profiles during the manufacturing of food-seasoning sheets

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- Number: US 2014/0014688 A1
- Document ID: US20140014688A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/998,036
- Filed: 2013-09-25
- Published: 2014-01-16
- Earliest claimed: 2011-07-25
- Assignees: Transform Pack Inc.
- Applicants: Transform Pack Inc.
- Inventors: Hans J. Meier; Jeff Dude
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140014688A1

## CPC

- B67D 3/0022: {provided with heating arrangements}
- A23L 27/79: {in the form of films}
- A23P 10/10: Securing foodstuffs on a non-edible supporting member
- G05D 5/03: characterised by the use of electric means
- A23V 2002/00: Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs
- B67D: DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F)
- A23L: FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PREPARATION OR TREATMENT THEREOF (preservation thereof A23B)
- A23P: SHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS
- G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
- A23V: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND LACTIC OR PROPIONIC ACID BACTERIA USED IN FOODSTUFFS OR FOOD PREPARATION

## Abstract

A method and an installation are provided for preserving desired seasoning flavour profiles during the manufacturing of food-seasoning sheets. The method includes the steps of; laying a thin layer of adhesive on a base sheet; removing air from the adhesive prior to the step of laying; reducing free moisture from the adhesive during the step of laying, and depositing food-seasoning ingredients onto the thin layer of adhesive. The installation for manufacturing food-seasoning sheets includes an adhesive dispenser having a reservoir and a delivery slot communicating with the reservoir for dispensing adhesive. The dispenser has a heating element mounted thereto for heating the adhesive. The adhesive is made under a partial vacuum and it is conveyed to the dispenser in a partial vacuum.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An adhesive dispenser for dispensing adhesive onto a moving base sheet, comprising;
a slot die;
a reservoir formed in said slot die for receiving liquid adhesive therein under pressure;
a delivery slot in said slot die communicating with said reservoir for dispensing said adhesive there through;
a valve mounted thereto for periodically creating a partial vacuum in said reservoir and for removing air from said liquid adhesive when said liquid adhesive is in said reservoir; and
a heating element mounted to said slot die for heating said liquid adhesive in said reservoir and for removing free moisture from said liquid adhesive when said liquid adhesive is in said reservoir.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The adhesive dispenser as claimed in claim 1, wherein said valve is mounted to said slot die.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The adhesive dispenser as claimed in claim 1, wherein said valve has a valve body and a valve spool movable in said valve body; and said valve spool has a stroke length which is selected to prevent air from entering into said reservoir through said slot die when said valve spool is moved.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The adhesive dispenser as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a vacuum box mounted adjacent said delivery slot for removing air from said base sheet prior to dispensing said liquid adhesive to said base sheet.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The adhesive dispenser as claimed in claim 3, wherein said stroke length is also selected for withdrawing said liquid adhesive from said delivery slot and for creating a break in a delivery of said adhesive through said slot when said valve spool is moved.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

The adhesive dispenser as claimed in claim 3, wherein said valve comprises a pneumatic actuator and said valve spool is operable by said pneumatic actuator.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The adhesive dispenser as claimed in claim 1, wherein said slot die has a template mounted therein and said template has a dado edge extending in said delivery slot for locally obstructing a flow of adhesive through said delivery slot.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The adhesive dispenser as claimed in claim 7, wherein said template is removably mounted in said slot die.

### Claim 9

(canceled)