296 results about "Food supply" patented technology

A dietetic scale and method for calculating and tracking nutritional content information. The scale includes a bar code reader for identifying a food product from its package, with food content data per unit weight of the product being retrieved from a database. The database is a compilation of standardized nutrition facts promulgated by the FDA or other authority for the food products, with the bar code being correlated with the food products by means of their individual UPC numbers. The scale cumulatively sends the nutritional content data for servings of food products consumed over a predetermined interval of time, and then compares the summed values with a predetermined goal that includes minimums and maximums for selected contents. The information may be outputted to a digital flashcard or other electronic storage media for subsequent retrieval and analysis.

Disclosed therein is to an icebox, which has volume varying means so as to selectively vary a storage space of the icebox for storing various food supplies and to simultaneously store various portable means and household items to thereby prevent convenience in use. The icebox includes: an icebox body having a bottom and side walls, which are filled with insulating material, and a storing part opened at one side for storing foods therein; a cover for selectively opening and closing the opened side of the icebox body, the cover having a receiving part; a capacity varying part interposed between the icebox body and the cover and slidably joined to the storing part so as to vary the capacity of the storing part. Because the capacity of the storing part of the icebox is selectively varied, the icebox enables the user to utilize the space of the storing part in various ways, can accommodate various kinds of food supplies and household items, and is convenient in going long distance.

A kit for the rapid detection of pathogens in food supplies. The kit includes a microspot device and one or more indicator reagents to be applied to a well of the microspot device. The employed indicator reagent produces a detectable change upon contact with a pathogen of interest. The microspot device is fabricated from a porous membrane, such as filter paper. A substantially continuous boundary composed of a low melting temperature solid is deposited within the porous membrane extending from the top of the membrane to the bottom of the membrane and defines the peripheral sides of the well. Additionally, a barrier is applied to the bottom of the membrane, thus defining the bottom of the well. The kit can further include growth media for enriching the pathogenic bacteria and instructions for use of the kit employing the microspot device and the one or more indicator reagents.

A pet feeder for dispensing a supply of pet food includes a food dish and a food storage reservoir. The food storage reservoir is disposed adjacent the food dish and is adapted for holding a supply of the food. A top wall and a floor define the reservoir. The food dish is defined by a sidewall and a floor and has an open top to allow pets access to the food dish. The reservoir floor and the food dish floor form a continuous and downwardly sloping floor to gravitally direct pet food from the storage reservoir into the food dish. An agitator is disposed inside the reservoir. The agitator includes an arm secured to a disc for stirring the food to reduce food stagnation inside said reservoir. A food level sensor is further included in the reservoir to alert the user when the food level in the reservoir is empty or is approaching empty.

The invention discloses large intelligent small-pot continuous automatic cooker equipment, and belongs to the technical field of intelligent robots for food and beverage service. The large intelligent small-pot continuous automatic cooker equipment achieves programming, automation and standardization of vegetable matching, cooking and cleaning of large quantities of food supply. According to the adopted technical scheme, the large intelligent small-pot continuous automatic cooker equipment comprises a vegetable storage cabinet, a left cooker, a right cooker and an intelligent control system, wherein the left cooker and the right cooker are symmetrically arranged and installed on the two sides of the vegetable storage cabinet, side dishes and seasonings in the vegetable storage cabinet are conveyed to the left cooker and the right cooker through belt conveyers to be stirred and fried fully automatically and mechanically, and the intelligent control system sets programs and carries out operation. The large intelligent small-pot continuous automatic cooker equipment is mainly used for places such as dining halls of enterprises, public institutions, schools and armies and fast food restaurants, where a lot of cooked food is required, full-automatic operation is achieved, the cooked food is delicious, and labor cost is reduced.

An aquaculture or wastewater effluent water quality device to improve water quality and food supply in an aquaculture pond or body of water by incubating beneficial microbes in a temperature controlled environment and systematically releasing them to the surrounding water, allowing the beneficial microbes to perform sanitation functions and to help such systems or water bodies overcome the natural production of harmful microbial species without substantially heating or cooling the entire system any more than is required by the present state of the system or body of water or the inhabitants thereof.

An apparatus for slicing food products. The apparatus includes at least two cutter heads integrated with a common base construction and in which a food supply is provided for each cutting knife. The product flows from the cutter heads are combined into a single outflow conveyor.

The present invention discloses a double-effect water-protecting fertiliser and a preparation method thereof, wherein per 1000kg finished product of the double-effect water-protecting fertilizer is composed of the following components by weight: 40.0 to 80.0kg of biochemistry fulvic acid, 225.0 to 265.0kg of carbamide, 60.0 to 100.0kg of calcium ammonium nitrate, 200.0 to 250.0kg of mammonium dihydrogen phosphate, 80.0 to 120.0kg of magnesium kalium sulphuricum, 135.0 to 175.0kg of kalium sulphuricum, 0.5 to 3.5kg of borax, 2.0 to 6.0kg of copper sulfate, 10.0 to 18.0kg of zinc sulfate, 5.0 to 15.0kg of toluol methylpyrrolidine, 10.0 to 40.0kg of crosslinked polypropylene acidamide and polyacrylic acid potassium salt copolymer, and 10 to 40kg of attapulgite powder clay. the fertiliser not only meets the food supply required by the health growth of farm crops, is also capable of improving the utilization efficiency of the soil moisture and having non harm to human and animal husbandry without environment pollution.

A method and system are provided for bundling primary goods or services offered by a first entity with secondary goods or services offered by a second entity. Using the system, lodging services (such as in the form of a lodging reservation) may be bundled with food (such as food or meal vouchers), whereby a customer may make a single reservation that includes a room reservation from a lodging provider and a food / meal voucher associated with a food services provider, such as for a single price. A method and system are also provided for issuing and redeeming value vouchers, such as upon presentation of a voucher by a customer to a food vendor.

A device for feeding poultry kept in a barn, comprises at least one food supply tube (1) which is held above the floor of the barn such as to be able to be lowered or raised, with a series of branch openings, each provided with a dish device (2) hanging on the supply tube, comprising a dropping tube extending from the branch opening and a feeding dish (4) arranged below, the dropping tube with a spoked arrangement of lattice bars (5) forming the cup of the dish. The dropping tube comprises an inner cylinder (7) leading off from the branch opening and an outer cylinder (8) surrounding the inner cylinder, from which the dish hangs by means of the lattice bars, such as to be placed on the floor of the barn in the lowered state of the food supply tube. The outer cylinder runs on the inner cylinder such as to rotate, be raised or lowered and at least one stop is provided for limiting the raising and lowering stoke. The outer and the inner cylinder each comprise adjacent cylindrical sections (8′, 8, 7′, 7) coaxial to each other, whereby front face regions of the cylinder sections turned to face other are connected to each other by means of bridging bodies (9, 23), which bridge a gap region corresponding to the separation between the cylinder sections.

In the long-term space human living environment, the biological wastes from human, animals, and plants can be fully digested and recycled by rearing six kinds of recycling animals which will be nourishing feed stuff for feeding edible animals. These edible animals and their eggs combined with space plants will be various food for human. Water and nutrition left in the residues after rearing these recycling animals can be recycled and used to fertilize plants. All the animals and plants can be solidly reared in same cabin on the shelf with high densities in boxes, cages, trays and tanks which are all in minimum volume and weight. It is the basis for realizing mini space farm which provides a self-sufficient food regenerative system that enable humans to live and work in space independent of food supply from earth.

The invention discloses a self-service fast food vending machine, which consists of five parts, namely a food supply storage system, a food heat-preservation and moisture-preservation system, a food heating system, an ordering and charging system and a food sorting and output system. The self-service fast food vending machine is connected with an external power supply by a power line; an operator pre-fills fast food; a heat-preservation and moisture-preservation environment is kept; a consumer finishes ordering operation and charging operation; the selected food is sorted and enters the food heating system; the food heating system is started; a temperature controller or a delay switch controls the food heating system, so the food which accords with edible conditions is output; self-service fast food is made and supplied; the food in the machine is required to be pre-cleared or processed into semi-finished products or finished products; and the supplied food can be diversified, and a packaging mode can be diversified. The invention has the advantages that: the self-service fast food vending machine can be simplified and can be manufactured into a coin-operated food heater; a heating function can be expanded, and safety and advertisement functions can be added; and the self-service fast food vending machine can be placed in crowded areas such as office buildings, industrial parks, stations, wharfs and business circles.

In space, wastes from humans, animals, and crops can be fully recycled by rearing maggots which will be nourishing feedstuff for feeding animals. These animals and their eggs combined with crop plants will be varied food for humans in space. Water and nutrition left in the residues remaining after rearing the maggots can be recycled and used to fertilize crop plants. Rearing maggots, animals, and crop plants provides a self-sufficient food regenerative system that enables humans to live and work in space on long term missions independent of food from earth.

The invention discloses a large-scale cultivation method for marine floating harpacticoida for improving the cultivation efficiency, reducing the production cost, and providing reliable food supply for grow seedlings of marine economic animals. The method comprises the following steps that: the salinity of water for cultivating the harpacticoida is 20ppt, the temperature is 24 DEG C, the dissolved oxygen of the water is more than 5 milligrams per liter, the pH is between 7 and 8, the bait is at least one of isochrysis zhanjiangensis, dunaliella salina and chaetocetros muelleri, the initial density of the harpacticoida cultivation is 50 to 100 ind. / l cultivation water, the supply amount of the bait is 5 to 10 liters every day, 300 liters of cultivation water is updated every day, and the harpacticoida is cultivated till the density of the harpacticoida is at least 1,500 ind. / ml; and the harpacticoida in 500 liters of water is harvested every day and the fresh cultivation water is supplied, the using amount of the bait is 10 to 15 liters every day, and the harpacticoida is continuously cultivated for 30 to 50 days.

The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions for the detection of infectious proteins or prions in samples, including the diagnosis of prion related diseases. One embodiment is an ultrasensitive method for detecting PrP-res (PrPSc) that allows the use of recombinant PrP-sen (rPrP-sen) as a substrate for seeded polymerization. A sample is mixed with purified rPrP-sen to make a reaction mix which is incubated to permit aggregation of the rPrP-sen with the PrP-res that may be present in the sample. Any aggregates are intermittently disaggregated by agitation (for example by sonication) and the reaction allowed to proceed to amplify target substrate. Any rPrP-res(Sc) in the reaction mix is detected to indicate the presence of PrP-res in the original sample. This assay, which is called rPrP-PMCA, is surprisingly much faster than existing PMCA methods, yet it still retains sufficient sensitivity to detect extremely low levels of PrP-res. An alternative of rPrP-PMCA is the QUIC method in which shaking of the reaction mixture is substituted for sonication. The surprising speed and efficiency of the method permits the rapid identification and diagnosis of prion disease, which can limit the transmission of prion diseases, particularly through the food supply.

The present invention relates to a method for controlling invertebrate pests which method comprises treating the pests, their food supply, their habitat or their breeding ground or a plant, seed, soil, area, material or environment in which the pests are growing or may grow, or the materials, plants, seeds, soils, surfaces or spaces to be protected from pest attack or infestation with a pesticidally effective amount of a pyrazole compound of formulae I or II or a salt or an N-oxide thereof, wherein A is a pyrazole radical of the formulae A1 or A2, wherein # denotes the binding; D is a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic radical fused to the pyrazole moiety; Rp1, Rp2 and Rpx are H, halogen, CN, NO2, C1-C10-alkyl, C2-C10-alkenyl, C2-C10-alkynyl, etc.; n is 0 to 4; or two radicals Rpx bound to the same ring-member may form an oxo substituent, or two radicals Rpx bound to adjacent ring-members may form a 3- to 7-membered fused cyclic radical; B is N or CR4, wherein R4 is H, halogen, CN, NO2, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, etc.; X1 is S, O or NR1a, wherein R1a is H, C1-C10-alkyl, etc.; X2 is O2a, NR2bR2c or S(O)mR2d, wherein m is 0, 1 or 2; R2a is C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, etc.; R2b, R2c are H, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, etc.; R2d is C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, etc.; R1 is H, CN, C1-C10-alkyl, C1-C10-haloalkyl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl, etc.; R2, R3 and R5 are H, halogen, CN, NO2, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, etc., to a method for protecting plant propagation material and / or the plants which grow threfrom, to plant propagation material comprising at least one compound of formulae I or II, to a method for treating or protecting and animal from infestation or infection by parasites, to novel pyrazole compounds of formulae I or II and agricultural composition containing those compounds.

A manually operated dog treat dispensing machine capable of dispensing dog treats one at a time, the dispenser having a rectangular housing with a hinged housing door and hinged capital that serves as a food supply reservoir which is gravity fed into a spring loaded spindle chamber mounted on an axel and hand crank. Treats exit the dispenser through a chute output consisting of a hinged chute lid, two side walls and a base block and a retaining plate mounted in the end of the chute lid and adjacent to the spindle chamber acts as a stop preventing dispensing of more than one dog treat at a time. The dispenser also can function using a magazine that is inserted inside the rectangular housing area. Magazine stop tabs at the base of the magazine along with the retaining plate mounted on the chute lid prevent the dispenser from dispensing more than one dog treat at a time. Operation of the dispenser is performed by manually turning the hand crank mounted on the spindle axel, which rotates the spindle chamber forward, thus dispensing a dog treat through the output chute, with a return spring pulling the spindle chamber back to the upright position and ready for a new treat.

An automated animal feeder may have a pair of traditional pet bowls, one for food and one for water, and the water bowl may be physically lifted and dumped on a timed schedule as the water bowl may be mounted upon a hinged plate which swings up to empty the water bowl at programmed intervals controlled by a programmed logic controller, and the water bowl may be refilled whenever the weight of the bowl is light enough to indicate that the bowl is not full. Food may be metered by means of a portion control hopper located beneath the food supply hopper. The programmed logic controller (PLC) allows the timing of feeding and watering to be controlled by the user.

A system and method monitor the progress of a meal and provide course menus in synchronization with the monitored progress of the meal. The system includes a menu application for retrieving course menus and sending them to a patron communicator located at a table in a restaurant. The patron communicator displays the course menu for viewing by the patrons seated at a table. When an attendant receives orders from the patrons, an attendant service indicator is activated to provide an attendant service signal to the patron communicator. The attendant service signal is provided to the menu application so the meal status may be updated and the next course menu corresponding to the updated meal status retrieved. The menu application may insert advertising in the course menus. The advertisements may also include special offers and discounts generated from food supply data so that dishes prepared with food approaching freshness expiration dates may be timely offered. In an alternative embodiment, the patron communicators may receive selection data for identifying menu items for an order so attendants may limit their presence at a table to the delivery of the ordered food.

Food service tongs and a mold and method for making them, the tongs having first and second arms connected to a fulcrum end, and first and second grasping ends on the arms disposed in a mutually opposing and spaced-apart relationship and moveable in a common plane to a closed position for grasping food there between, and a transverse bridge disposed proximate to the fulcrum end and extending from the first arm to the second arm, with a longitudinal rib extending from the transverse bridge to the fulcrum end, the flow path through the longitudinal rib section of the mold resulting in reduction or displacement of fault lines caused by abutting flow fronts during mold filling. Articles of the invention can be coated with a thin metallic layer to impart a metal-like appearance to these articles.

The invention discloses a snake breeding method. The method comprises the first step of selecting and building a breeding base, the second step of breeding snakes outside and conducting quarantine, wherein the healthy snakes are cleaned, made to have a medicated bath and placed into an open breeding place, the third step of feeding the snakes with food and bait, wherein the snakes are fed every 10-12 days, the fourth step of conducting overwintering and oversummering management, wherein cold water is sprayed onto the open breeding place and fresh water is injected into water troughs every day in summer, the food supply quantity to the snakes is increased before the hibernation period of the snakes comes, and during the hibernation period of the snakes, at least four 100-W incandescent lamps are arranged in an underground activity region, the fifth step of conducting sanitation and safety management, wherein gaps between cobblestones are filled with fermentation beds, and the sixth step of conducting breeding, wherein isolated snake rooms are arranged in the open breeding place and pregnant female snakes are individually placed in the snake rooms. By means of the method, the advantages of a traditional open breeding method and the advantages of a snake room breeding method are combined, the suitable temperature and good ventilation of the living environment of the snakes are both guaranteed, and excrement of the snakes does not need cleaning.

The invention provides a food tracing and query analysis system and method based on an HACCP system, and relates to the technical field of food quality control. The system comprises a registration andlogin module, an information input module and a query and analysis module, The registration login module provides login, registration and user classification functions for users; The information input module provides an information input function for a product production and sales related party; The query analysis module provides a product information query function for a product purchaser, analyzes the key nodes of the food supply chain network based on the HACCP system, finds out the key nodes needing key monitoring, and provides reference for product production and transportation parties.The invention further provides a specific method for analyzing the key nodes of the food supply chain network based on the HACCP system. According to the food tracing and query analysis system and method provided by the invention, the problem product source can be traced more conveniently, the problem node can be found out, the problem product can be recalled, and decision support can be providedfor determining the key control point in the HACCP system.

The invention discloses a safety control method and device of reception and departure train, especially relates to a transport business center safety control system. The invention comprises watcher control mainframe, safety control software, data base, exchanger, recorder, assistant watcher, signaler, patrolman, train examinator, car number, broadcasting room, watcher of passenger transport, waiting room, commodity inspection, water-supply of passenger transport, railroad grade crossing safety protection, exit, dispatching station, entry, luggage house, food supply and control subset, local area network. The watcher control mainframe is connected with the data base, recorder, exchanger, each control subset by local area network and the safety control software runs in the system. In the said invention, the computer system replaces the artificial reception and departure train. In order to ensure the safety system can automatically recognize the maloperation, the operation of post sites immediately reacts on the safety control special interface and each post site has voice cue system. The recorder can provide reliable foundation to the safety administration.

A device which has been designed and tested to improve the ease and cleanliness of transporting food portions from one place to another. The one-handed operation is simple and intuitive. Portions of food may be sliced from an original whole with the slicing edge and the cutting teeth on the spatula. Food portions may also be freed from being stuck to a serving plate or pan when the wedge shaped risers on the bottom of the spatula portion are slid underneath the food portion. A clamp bar operated by a thumb or a forefinger applies clamping pressure to the food portion while it is being transported, preventing the food from falling off of the spatula and eliminating the need for another device or the use of a finger of the server's other hand to insure that the food portion remains on the spatula while being moved. Especially useful for difficult to serve foods such as pizza, where cheese strings remain attached to the piece being removed and pull it from the spatula. Additionally, with pizza, the topping is not always firmly attached to the underlying crust and often will slide off of the crust with even a small amount of tilting away from level. This food serving device eliminates those two problems specifically associated with serving pizza type foods. This food serving device is the quickest and most sanitary means of serving food portions available and clearly advances the state of the art of spatulas as food serving devices. <heading lvl="1">CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS < / heading> Not applicable.

The invention is suitable for the technical field of food supply, and provides a food supply system, a device and a method. The food supply system comprises the storage device, a server and a food supply terminal. The storage device is arranged on a user side where food is used and is used for storing food, monitoring the use condition of the food, sending a food booking request to the server according to the use condition of the food and / or sending information of the use condition of the food to the server. The server is in communication with the storage device and the food supply terminal and used for receiving the booking request sent by the storage device, sending the booking request to the food supply terminal and / or sending the food booking request to the food supply terminal when judging that food needs to be supplemented to the storage device according to the information of the use condition of the food. The food supply terminal is arranged on a food supplier side and used for receiving the food booking request sent by the server and prompting a food supplier to distribute food to the user side. In this way, booking is conducted in time when food needs to be supplemented.

An aquaculture or wastewater effluent water quality device to improve water quality and food supply in an aquaculture pond or body of water by incubating beneficial microbes in a temperature controlled environment and systematically releasing them to the surrounding water, allowing the beneficial microbes to perform sanitation functions and to help such systems or water bodies overcome the natural production of harmful microbial species without substantially heating or cooling the entire system any more than is required by the present state of the system or body of water or the inhabitants thereof.

The invention provides a fractured end micro-movement and blood supply based fracture healing simulation system, relating to the field of biomedical engineering. The system is used for predicting a complicated process of fracture healing and exploring undetermined mechanisms in fracture healing. The system comprises a fracture healing simulation sub-system, an input module and a display module. The fracture healing simulation sub-system (1) comprises a geometry modeling module, a grid partition module, an environment initialization module, a biomechanical calculation module and a biological environment module. The biological environment module is used for creating a biochemical environment of callus in fracture healing so as to finish tissue differentiation in the callus. According to the system, blood supply is used as a dynamic variable and is introduced to the fracture healing simulation system, so that the fracture healing process can be simulated more accurately. The system can perform experiment simulation repeatedly, thereby helping to find out the best fractured end micro-movement value and the impact of blood on fracture healing.

The invention relates to a fully-digital intelligent restaurant system and a catering method. The fully-digital intelligent restaurant system mainly comprises a servo food supply system, an automatic dish distributing system, an automatic transmission system, a catering robot, a rack, a food taking channel and a lateral push rod. The fully-digital intelligent restaurant system is characterized in that the catering robot is installed on the rack; the automatic transmission system is arranged below the rack and passes through the rack; the servo food supply system is arranged below the catering robot; the food taking channel is arranged at the tail end of the automatic transmission system; and the lateral push rod is arranged at the tail end of a transmission channel. With the fully-digital intelligent restaurant system and the catering method adopted, fully unattended operation can be realized; catering efficiency can achieve 8 to 5 dishes per minute; environment can be safe and hygeian; and core requirements for pre-customization and remote operation can be satisfied.