Method and apparatus for making cereal flakes

    公开(公告)号:US10575531B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-03

    申请号:US15913129

    申请日:2018-03-06

    Abstract: Visually distinct, flaked Ready-to-Eat 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 thickness of the resulting cereal flakes can be varied by just altering an operational speed of the cutter unit.

    Method and apparatus for making cereal flakes

    公开(公告)号:US09924724B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-27

    申请号:US14602807

    申请日:2015-01-22

    Abstract: 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.

    Apparatus and methods for fabricating food items
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    Apparatus and methods for fabricating food items 有权
    用于制造食品的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US08673192B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-03-18

    申请号:US13846233

    申请日:2013-03-18

    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.

    Abstract translation: 用于制造食品的装置和方法包括通过多个通道挤出第一热塑料食物块,并且通过接收在每个多个通道中的进料杆和通过喷嘴共同挤出第二热塑料食物块。 每个喷嘴包括与进料杆连通而不是通道的第一部分和与通道连通而不是进料杆的第二部分。 喷嘴可以与伺服电动机的驱动齿轮传动关系。 共挤出的绳索以小于或等于从喷嘴的排出速度的线速度输送,冷却,并以可剥离的可分离的股线的形式切割成单独的片。

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