Wafer baking machine
US4274331A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 10, 1974 |
| Grant date | Jun 23, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 10, 1994 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA21B5/02
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A machine for baking thin wafers of the type which are foldable to form fortune cookies includes an oven, a parallel chain conveyor that moves continuously in a plurality of horizontal runs through the oven, and a plurality of baking units carried by the conveyor. Each baking unit consists of two associated platens mounted in movable face-to-face parallelism. The wafers are baked in cupped containers which are carried by one of the platens and which are sealed by the other platen during baking. Following a baking period, the platens are inverted. A mechanism is provided to remove baked wafers from the inverted platens. Finally, a mechanism is provided to carry the removed wafers to discharge from the machine.
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