Pasta-making kitchen appliance with a drying arrangement
US4415323A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 27, 1981 |
| Grant date | Nov 15, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA21C11/16
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A kitchen appliance for producing pasta or dough products, such as spaghetti, noodles, macaroni and similar cross-sectionally solid or tubular products, or sheets of farinaceous material includes an air blower which directs a stream of air against the respective products as they emerge from the respective orifices of an extrusion die, so that at least the surfaces of such products are dried and their original tackiness is removed, with the result that such products cannot adhere to one another any longer even if they are wetter at the moment of leaving the extrusion orifices than heretofore customary. The air blower is mounted in rotatable relationship with the output shaft of the motor, which powers the mixing and extruding screw accommodated in the housing of the appliance, for rotation thereof relative to the output shaft, and a step-up transmission is provided which rotates the blower at an angular speed considerably exceeding that of the output shaft. A guiding duct is mounted on a frame rigid with the housing in a removable manner and has an inclined section which diverts the substantially horizontal stream of air emerging from the housing in an upward direction and toward th…
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