US 12,262,727 B2
Systems to fabricate food aggregate from food elements and related methods
Ezekiel Kruglick, Poway, CA (US); and Benjamin William Millar, New South Wales (AU)
Assigned to The Quaker Oats Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Appl. No. 17/415,058
Filed by XINOVA, LLC, Seattle, WA (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 18, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/066189
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/131028, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0061374 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A23P 10/28 (2016.01); A23P 30/10 (2016.01); B30B 15/00 (2006.01); B30B 15/26 (2006.01)
CPC A23P 10/28 (2016.08) [A23P 30/10 (2016.08); B30B 15/0052 (2013.01); B30B 15/26 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
 
1. A system to fabricate a food aggregate from food elements, the system comprising:
a first press body;
a container having an outer surface such that at least a portion of the outer surface of the container defines a second press body positioned and oriented opposite to the first press body, the second press body being reconfigurable from a first configuration to a second, non-planar configuration differing from the first configuration; and
a pressure regulator operably coupled to the container and configured to selectively reduce or increase pressure in the container;
wherein at least one of the first press body or the second press body is configured to compress the food elements and form the food aggregate.