Method for continuously rolling up sheets of baked cookies
US4110482A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 1977 |
| Grant date | Aug 29, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA21C15/00
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method for forming rolled sheet articles, such as cookies, which are rolled after heating, by advancing, preferably on a conveyor, the sheet tangentially into association with a roll-up roller. The roll-up roller is rotated at a slower speed than the movement advance of the surface and it engages the sheet article or cookie and causes the bending thereof around its surface. A roller board is arranged adjacent the roll-up roller and it includes a stopper which prevents complete rolling of the article around the roll-up roller and instead deflects it forwardly in the feed advance direction of the conveyor. A friction surface is arranged above the conveyor and it is either stationary so that it provides a drag on the periphery of the partially rolled up article so as to complete its rolling during the advancing movement of the conveyor or it is moved in a direction and in an amount to cause a frictional drag on the periphery of the cookie and to continue its rolling and winding movement. For rolling cookies, it is desirable sometimes to feed the cookie either with its heated surface outermost or with its heated surface innermost.
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