公开(公告)号：US20050019466A1

公开(公告)日：2005-01-27

申请号：US10891381

申请日：2004-07-14

申请人： Jorge Morales-Alvarez ,  Eugenio Bortone ,  Lewis Keller ,  Edward Ouellette ,  Scott Richey

发明人： Jorge Morales-Alvarez ,  Eugenio Bortone ,  Lewis Keller ,  Edward Ouellette ,  Scott Richey

IPC分类号： A23G1/20 ,  A23G3/02 ,  A23G3/34 ,  A23L1/00 ,  A23L1/18 ,  A23P1/12 ,  B29C47/04 ,  B29C47/06 ,  B29C47/10 ,  B29C47/20 ,  A01J1/00

CPC分类号： B29C47/0028 ,  A23G1/202 ,  A23G3/0023 ,  A23G3/0042 ,  A23G3/0242 ,  A23L7/17 ,  A23P30/25 ,  A23P30/34 ,  B29C47/062 ,  B29C47/1063 ,  B29C47/128 ,  B29K2105/0005 ,  B29L2031/60

摘要： The present invention comprises an improved extruder die assembly and method for using same to impart a distinct colored and/or flavored pattern into an extrudable food mass during the extrusion process while improving the quality of dimensional design aspects of the resulting extruded, complexly shaped, direct expanded food products. The improved system includes an improved extruder die assembly comprising a converging nozzle section having axially aligned ridgelines which gradually project into the bore of the nozzle as the nozzle converges to gradually disrupt the axial flow of an extrudate at specific peripheral points thereby altering the extrudate's velocity profile. By gradually disrupting the axial flow the extrudate in close proximity to the projecting ridgelines in the converging nozzle prior to its extrusion, the dimensional quality of the resulting direct expanded food piece is greatly improved. Moreover, by carefully positioning the capillary channels of the injection section into that portion of the flowing extrudate not affected by the axially aligned ridgelines, a distinct colored and/or flavored pattern may be imparted into the extrudable food mass during the extrusion process while improving the quality of dimensional design aspects of the resulting extruded, complexly shaped, direct expanded food products.

摘要翻译： 本发明包括改进的挤出机模头组件及其使用方法，以在挤出过程中将不同的着色和/或调味图案赋予可挤出的食物块中，同时提高所得挤出的，复杂形状的直接的尺寸设计方面的质量 膨化食品。 改进的系统包括改进的挤出机模具组件，其包括具有轴向对准的脊线的会聚喷嘴部分，其随着喷嘴收敛而逐渐伸入喷嘴的孔中，以逐渐破坏在特定周边点处的挤出物的轴向流动，从而改变挤出物的速度分布 。 通过在挤出之前将挤出物在收敛喷嘴中靠近突出的脊线逐渐破坏轴向流动，从而大大提高了所得到的直接膨胀食品的尺寸质量。 此外，通过将喷射部分的毛细通道仔细地定位在不受轴向对准的脊线影响的流动挤出物的那部分中，可以在挤出过程期间将不同的着色和/或调味图案赋予可挤出的食物，同时改善 质量尺寸设计方面的挤出，复杂形状，直接膨胀的食品。