ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,053, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to INCOMEC-CEREX NV (Brakel, Belgium).
"Hydraulic control for a food baking apparatus" was invented by Filip Keereman (Zwalm, Belgium), Emmanuel Petre (Ghent, Belgium) and Johan Van De Vijver (Zottegem, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to hydraulic control for carrying out a method of producing a cracker from cereals, which are pressure-baked in a heated mold and expanded afterwards. In particular the hydraulic control system, comprising of a plurality of hydraulic cylinders, will lead to an increased expansion speed or an increased speed for opening the dies, resulting...