Method and apparatus for continuous producing of tortilla chips
US4978548A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 21, 1989 |
| Grant date | Dec 18, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 21, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA23L7/13
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Method and apparatus for continuous production of tortilla chips, including mixing tortilla flour and water to form a dough, rolling the dough into a coninuous sheet, cutting tortilla shapes from the sheet, moving the tortilla shapes continuously through a baking oven to produce baked products, moving the baked products continuously along an equilibration conveyor to substantially equalize the moisture content of each baked product throughout the product to form an equilibrated product, moving the equilibrated product continuously through a refrigeration unit to cool the product to form a cooled product, cutting the cooled products into chip shapes, and moving the chip shapes to a fryer to produce the tortilla chips. The frying step may be continuous or batch as desired.
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