Method and apparatus for forming and baking flat, thin discs of dough
US4838153A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 15, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jun 13, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 15, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA21C11/02
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A combination pressing and initial baking system is provided for converting balls of dough into thin, flat discs, such as tortillas. A box-like support structure is provided having a portion of its frontal wall open and defining a mounting for a first heated pressing plate with its dough contacting face facing downwardly and disposed at a substantial angle to the horizontal. A second heated pressing plate is mounted on horizontal pivots in the box-like support structure for pivotal movement between a pressing position adjacent to and parallel with the downwardly facing surface of the first pressing plate, and a feeding position where the upper ends of the pressing plates are spaced apart to permit the insertion of a ball of dough therebetween. Movement of the second pressing plate to its pressing position effects the pressing and initial baking of the dough in a flat disc shape. The heat input to the dough disc during pressing determines the peripheral area and thickness of the resulting disc. The angle of the second pressing plate relative to the horizontal is always sufficiently large to effect the gravitationally induced sliding of the pressed disc of dough off the second pressi…
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