US Patent Issued to Societe des Produits Nestle on June 17 for "Process and device for application of particles onto frozen confectionery" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,179, issued on June 17, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Process and device for application of particles onto frozen confectionery" was invented by Thomas Aloisius Valentinus Amend (Bakersfield, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an apparatus for decorating frozen confectionery on sticks, the apparatus having: a coating station for applying coating material onto the frozen confectionery, a particle dispensing station for applying particles onto the coated frozen confectionery, a conveyor for moving the frozen confectionery past the coating station and the particle dis...