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Method for applying grated cheese to pizza shells

US4264634A · kind A · utility

15Cited by
3References
6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 18, 1978
Grant dateApr 28, 1981
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Expiry dateDec 18, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA23P20/12
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for application of grated cheese to pizza shells is provided including feeding of cheese to a grating station, intermittent grating of the cheese to produce a predetermined quantity of grated cheese particles in a selected pattern and permitting the particles to freely drop, receiving the grated particles in a plane in the pattern as dropped and then discharging the particles from that plane, along a fixed line while transporting a pizza shell relative to the fixed discharge line in a direction perpendicular thereto to thereby collect the particles in the same specific pattern on the pizza shell. This method enables forming of the particles at a stationary point and to then place those particles in the same pattern on a pizza shell which is continuously moving.

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