Apparatus and methods for fabricating food items
US8673192B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 18, 2013 |
| Grant date | Mar 18, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 18, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29C48/05
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for fabricating food items include extruding a first hot plastic food mass through multiple passages and co-extruding a second hot plastic food mass through a feed stem received in each of the multiple passages and through nozzles. Each nozzle includes a first portion in communication with the feed stem but not the passage and a second portion in communication with the passage but not the feed stem. The nozzles are rotatable in gearing relation with the drive gear of a servomotor. The co-extruded ropes are conveyed at a linear speed rate less than or equal to the discharge speed from the nozzles, cooled, and cut into individual pieces in the form of peelably separable strands.
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