Patent · US Expired

Cutting coextruded thermoplastic food products

US5198257A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 5, 1991
Grant dateMar 30, 1993
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Expiry dateNov 5, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA23P30/25
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Extrusion cooked coextruded food products having a cereal-based outer envelope in a thermoplastic state are cut by passing the product between two parallel counter-rotating cylinder surfaces which define male and female impression elements configured and positioned so that upon rotation, the impression elements of one surface converge with the elements of the other surface in a male to female relation for cutting the product into discrete pieces.

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