Patent ID: 8287265

Claim:
A low cost curved vented food embosser/debosser configured to form raised/embossed/impressed images in a surface of food products, such as pizzeria name or logo, wherein said embosser/debosser comprising: a housing ( 2 ) having handle ( 6 ); wherein said housing ( 2 ) holding a removable, vented message image pad ( 3 ) containing at least one image piece ( 11 ) with a food contact bottom portion adapted to emboss or deboss said image into the surface of the food product; a hollow venting chimney ( 20 ) located above said at least one image piece ( 11 ), wherein said hollow chimney configured to vent excess food product away from said food product bearing the image; said at least one image piece ( 11 ) being surrounded by a suppressing wall configured to suppress adjacent food product from being inadvertently squashed too much; said at least one image piece ( 11 ) being sharp at is respective edge with a pointy tip; said housing ( 2 ) having a lower message pad receiving housing chamber ( 4 ); wherein said message pad ( 3 ) configured to glide laterally into a side of said lower message pad receiving housing chamber ( 4 ); wherein said lower message pad receiving housing chamber ( 4 ) has open section; wherein said lower message pad receiving housing chamber ( 4 ) has a plurality of side grooves ( 15 ) at respective inner sides near a bottom of said lower message pad receiving housing chamber ( 4 ); and a lower edge groove ( 17 ) extending along a lower curved edge of a back of said lower message pad receiving housing chamber ( 4 ), wherein said side grooves ( 15 ) and said lower edge groove ( 17 ) configured to receive said message pad ( 3 ); wherein said message pad ( 3 ) has a front vertical flange which is configured to be received in a front edge ( 18 ) of said lower message pad receiving housing chamber ( 4 ); wherein said message pad ( 3 ) has rail extensions ( 22 , 23 ) along respective sides and back of a bottom wall surface of said message pad ( 3 ), which fit into respective said grooves of said lower message pad receiving housing chamber ( 4 ); wherein said side surface of said message pad ( 3 ) has a molded bump ( 24 ) which is configured to receive in a molded recess ( 28 ) of said housing ( 2 ), and configured to form retention latch for retaining said message pad ( 3 ) within the housing ( 2 ).