Method and apparatus for severing a coextrusion for making an enrobed food piece
US4882185A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 13, 1987 |
| Grant date | Nov 21, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 13, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA23P30/25
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses are described for manufacturing, from a coextrusion, food pieces wherein an inner food is fully or partially enrobed by an outer food. In one embodiment the inner food is a dough that is enrobed by an outer dough by severing the outer dough with a blunt severing edge on a severing element which, as it enters the coextrusion, simultaneously draws the outer dough over the inner dough on both sides of the element to form the food piece. A coextrusion of an inner dough inside an outer dough is formed below a die with the extrusion of the inner dough periodically interrupted to form a region in the coextrusion where there is a greater amount of outer dough. A pair of severing elements are operatively located at a predetermined distance below the die where convergence of the severing elements cuts the extrusion in a region having a greater amount of outer dough while simultaneously drawing the outer dough over the inner dough above and below the severing elements. Several embodiments are described.
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