Method and apparatus for making cereal flakes
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    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for making cereal flakes 有权
    制作谷物片的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08968816B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-03-03

    申请号:US13372977

    申请日:2012-02-14

    IPC分类号: A23L1/164

    摘要: Visually distinct, flaked Ready-to-Eat (“R-T-E”) cereal products with varied texture and thickness are produced by forming a cereal dough and forcing the same through an extrusion die assembly including various spaced openings which establish a plurality of dough streams which are merged prior to reaching a die outlet. Directly at the die outlet, a resulting dough extrudate is sliced by a cutter unit to form dough discs which are then dried and cooled, during which the discs curl and form cereal flakes having varying textures defined, at least in part, by distinct sets of surface bumps. The number and configuration of the bumps can be altered by changing the number, shape and/or position of the various spaced openings of the die assembly, while the thicknesses of the resulting cereal flakes can be varied by just altering an operational speed of the cutter unit.

    摘要翻译: 通过形成谷物面团并通过包括各种间隔开口的挤出模具组件迫使其形成具有不同质地和厚度的片状的即食即食(“RTE”)谷物产品,其形成多个面团流, 在到达模具出口之前合并。 直接在模具出口处,通过切割器单元将生成的面团挤出物切片以形成面团片,然后将其干燥并冷却,在此期间,盘卷曲并形成具有不同纹理的谷物片,至少部分地由不同的组 表面凹凸 可以通过改变模具组件的各种间隔的开口的数量,形状和/或位置来改变凸起的数量和构造,而所得到的谷物薄片的厚度可以通过改变切割器的操作速度来改变 单元。