公开(公告)号：EP0557425B1

公开(公告)日：1997-04-16

申请号：EP92900526.2

申请日：1991-11-13

申请人： PIZZA HUT, INC.

发明人： MCDONALD, Jane, M. ,  BINGHAM, Lynn, R. ,  HIGGINS, Lori, B. ,  JENNINGS, Kathryn, M. ,  KOEPPE, Susan ,  O'NEILL, Edward ,  MOSHIER, Mark W., c/o Tyson R. & T. Center ,  BEHM, Larry, R. ,  JAAX, Susan, L. Rural Route 1

IPC分类号： A21C9/04 ,  A23P1/08 ,  A21D13/00

CPC分类号： A21C9/04

摘要： A pizza toppings disk (10), a method and apparatus for making said disk and a pizza using a pizza toppings disk are disclosed. A pizza toppings disk is made by combining cheese with pizza toppings (18) into a layer (14) that is shaped to be placed on a pizza shell (26). The cheese and pizza toppings are fused together to form a pizza toppings disk that may be stored for subsequent use in assembling a pizza. The apparatus includes a conveyor means for transporting forming surfaces, and a plurality of depositing means for depositing onto forming surfaces cheese and pizza toppings. A fusing means is also included which fuses the quantity of chees and pizza toppings to form a pizza toppings disk. In making a pizza in accordance with the present invention a pizza toppings disk is placed on an uncooked pizza shell which are then baked to produce a cooked pizza (28).