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System for applying fluid strip to dough

US5862744A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 27, 1996
Grant dateJan 26, 1999
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Expiry dateSep 27, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA21C9/063
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus applies a strip or stream of fluid to a moving dough sheet. The apparatus has a fluid flow regulator coupled to a fluid source providing positive pressure, and a nozzle coupled to the fluid flow regulator and disposed proximate the dough sheet such that drops of fluid emerging from the nozzle contact the dough sheet before falling from the nozzle.

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