公开(公告)号：US20100123262A1

公开(公告)日：2010-05-20

申请号：US12273355

申请日：2008-11-18

Applicant: Lewis Conrad Keller ,  Donald Joe Tatsch

Inventor： Lewis Conrad Keller ,  Donald Joe Tatsch

IPC: B29C47/92

CPC classification number: B29C48/345 ,  B29C48/0022 ,  B29C48/05 ,  B29C48/08 ,  B29C48/10 ,  B29C48/154 ,  B29C48/2566 ,  B29C48/30 ,  B29C48/302 ,  B29C48/304 ,  B29C48/40 ,  B29C48/92 ,  B29C2948/92085 ,  B29C2948/92438 ,  B29C2948/926 ,  B29C2948/92828

Abstract: A method for normalizing the exit velocity of multiple extrudate strands from a multiple die extruder and apparatus for producing the same. The invention describes utilizing a die with individual channels, and installing metering assembly on each individual channel. The metering assembly can then be adjusted to independently increase or decrease the velocity of product through an orifice. By independently adjusting individual velocities of extrudate strands, after successive iterations of adjusting, measuring, and readjusting, a plurality of extrudate stands can be produced having substantially uniform velocity. Further the invention can comprise a single extruder or a co-extruder used to make a co-extruded product wherein uniform velocity becomes more desirable.

Abstract translation: 用于使多个挤出物挤出机的多个挤出物线股的出口速度归一化的方法及其制造方法。 本发明描述了利用具有各个通道的模具，以及在每个单独的通道上安装计量组件。 然后可以调节计量组件以独立地增加或减少通过孔的产品的速度。 通过独立地调节挤出物股线的单个速度，在连续重复进行调整，测量和重新调整之后，可以产生具有基本均匀速度的多个挤出机架。 此外，本发明可以包括用于制备共挤出产品的单一挤出机或共挤出机，其中均匀速度变得更加期望。

公开(公告)号：US06854970B2

公开(公告)日：2005-02-15

申请号：US10623048

申请日：2003-07-18

Applicant: Lewis Conrad Keller ,  Jorge C. Morales-Alvarez ,  Edward Leon Ouellette

Inventor： Lewis Conrad Keller ,  Jorge C. Morales-Alvarez ,  Edward Leon Ouellette

IPC: A21C11/16 ,  A23L1/00 ,  A23L1/18 ,  A23P1/12 ,  B29C47/04 ,  B29C47/06 ,  B29C47/10 ,  B29C47/20 ,  A23P1/00 ,  B29C47/00

CPC classification number: B29C47/062 ,  A23G3/2015 ,  A23L7/17 ,  A23P30/25 ,  A23P30/34 ,  B29C47/0028 ,  B29C47/1063 ,  B29C47/128 ,  B29C47/70 ,  B29K2105/0005 ,  B29L2031/60

Abstract: An extruder die assembly and method for using same is disclosed which is designed for adaptation to a wide variety of commercial-grade extrusion devices common in the food industry. The extruder die assembly is inserted into an appropriate compartment within an extrusion device such that a first extrudate is directed down a coaxially aligned passageway within the forming section and combined with a fluid additive in the injection section whereupon the resulting food mass is compressed through a converging nozzle bore in the nozzle section to produce an extruded food product. The forming section and injection section are fabricated as a matching set. A novel feature of the invention is an injection nozzle which supplies fluid additives from an exterior pressurized source to a supply port formed in the extruder die assembly. The subject injection nozzle exhibits superior sealing qualities in conjunction with simplicity and flexibility. The minimal affected space required to receive the subject injection nozzle allows a single extruder die assembly to have more than one supply port fashioned therein. Thus, multiple injection nozzles may be used to supply a single extruder die assembly with multiple colors and/or flavors. The injection nozzle of the present invention also exhibits a unique dual seal characteristic, which is particularly effective in conditions involving high temperature. The subject injection nozzle is also highly flexible in that one injection nozzle may be used interchangeably with another (i.e., each injection nozzle is not unique to a particular supply port).

Abstract translation: 公开了一种挤出机模具组件及其使用方法，其设计用于适应食品工业中常见的各种商业级挤出装置。 将挤出机模具组件插入到挤出装置内的合适的隔室中，使得第一挤出物沿着成形部分内同轴排列的通道向下引导，并与注入部分中的流体添加剂组合，从而通过会聚 喷嘴部分中的喷嘴孔以产生挤出的食品。 形成部分和注射部分被制作为匹配组。 本发明的一个新颖特征是将流体添加剂从外部加压源提供给形成在挤出机模头组件中的供给口的喷嘴。 主题注射喷嘴结合简单性和灵活性显示出优异的密封性能。 接收目标喷嘴所需的最小受影响的空间允许单个挤出机模头组件在其中形成多于一个的供应端口。 因此，可以使用多个注射喷嘴来供应具有多种颜色和/或香料的单个挤出模头组件。 本发明的注射喷嘴还具有独特的双重密封特性，其在涉及高温的条件下特别有效。 主体注射喷嘴也是高度柔性的，因为一个注射喷嘴可以与另一个注射喷嘴互换使用（即，每个注射喷嘴不是特定供应口所特有的）。

公开(公告)号：US06555153B1

公开(公告)日：2003-04-29

申请号：US10171727

申请日：2002-05-30

Applicant: Lewis Conrad Keller ,  Joseph William Kelly ,  Nancy J. Moriarity

Inventor： Lewis Conrad Keller ,  Joseph William Kelly ,  Nancy J. Moriarity

IPC: A21D600

CPC classification number: A23L7/17 ,  A23L7/13 ,  A23L7/135 ,  A23L7/165

Abstract: The method for producing extruded, farinaceous pellets includes extruding a mixture so that it expands upon exiting an extruder. This prepuffed ribbon is then subjected to stretching and cutting steps to produce pellets. The prepuffing reduces the moisture content of the ribbon so that cut pellets made from the ribbon can be immediately processed without the need for a moisture conditioning and/or dehydration step. In stretching, the extrudate ribbon is passed through a set of rollers to increase the extrudate ribbon's velocity thereby causing the ribbon to stretch. Stretching the extrudate ribbon causes a reduction in thickness along with an increase in density. After cutting, the pellets can then be expanded in a puffing stage to produce a product that has a desirable light and crunchy texture.

Abstract translation: 用于生产挤出的，粉粒料的方法包括挤出混合物，使得它在离开挤出机时膨胀。 然后对该预填充带进行拉伸和切割步骤以产生颗粒。 预充填减少了色带的含水量，使得可以立即处理从色带制成的切割颗粒，而不需要湿度调节和/或脱水步骤。 在拉伸时，挤出物带通过一组辊，以增加挤出物带的速度，从而使带拉伸。 拉伸挤出物带导致厚度的减小以及密度的增加。 在切割之后，然后可以在膨化阶段中将颗粒膨胀以产生具有理想的光和松脆质地的产品。

公开(公告)号：US08062685B2

公开(公告)日：2011-11-22

申请号：US11696016

申请日：2007-04-03

Applicant: Ashish Anand ,  Lewis Conrad Keller ,  V. N. Mohan Rao

Inventor： Ashish Anand ,  Lewis Conrad Keller ,  V. N. Mohan Rao

IPC: A23P1/14

CPC classification number: A23L7/165 ,  A23P30/34

Abstract: A method for making a direct expanded snack piece shaped like a peanut is disclosed. Ingredients comprising peanut flour, ground corn product, rice flour and oat flour are introduced into an extruder. The ingredients are hydrated and extruded through an orifice adapted to produce a puffed snack piece shaped like a peanut and cut into puffed snacks. The puffed snacks are dried and seasoned.

Abstract translation: 公开了一种用于制造形状如花生的直接膨胀的零食片的方法。 将包含花生粉，玉米粉，米粉和燕麦粉的成分引入挤出机中。 成分被水合并通过孔口挤出，适于产生形状如花生的膨化的小吃片并切成膨化的小吃。 膨化的零食干燥和调味。

公开(公告)号：US20080248180A1

公开(公告)日：2008-10-09

申请号：US11696023

申请日：2007-04-03

Applicant: Michelle Latrese Barnett ,  Akhilesh Gautam ,  Lewis Conrad Keller ,  Dimitrious Lykimitros ,  Jorge C. Morales-Alverez ,  Scott Alan Richey

Inventor： Michelle Latrese Barnett ,  Akhilesh Gautam ,  Lewis Conrad Keller ,  Dimitrious Lykimitros ,  Jorge C. Morales-Alverez ,  Scott Alan Richey

IPC: A23L1/20

CPC classification number: A23L19/09 ,  A23L11/05 ,  A23P30/34

Abstract: An extruded legume snack food comprising an extruded puff product based on a dried legume powder having a shape that is a facsimile of the natural starting material, such as a pea pod. A legume powder is mixed with a starch, extruded, and then shaped. The extrudate can be shaped by a number of forming devices or, in an alternative embodiment, by the orifice shape of an extrusion die when the extrudate is face cut from the extruder.

Abstract translation: 一种挤出的豆类快餐食品，其包含基于干燥的豆类粉末的挤出的泡沫产品，其具有诸如豌豆荚的天然起始原料的传真形状。 将豆类粉末与淀粉混合，挤出，然后成型。 当挤出物从挤出机面切割时，挤出物可以通过多个成形装置成形，或者在替代实施例中，通过挤出模头的孔口形状。

公开(公告)号：USD459052S1

公开(公告)日：2002-06-25

申请号：US29147773

申请日：2001-09-04

Applicant: Lewis Conrad Keller ,  Janette Marie Pool

Designer： Lewis Conrad Keller ,  Janette Marie Pool

公开(公告)号：US20080248179A1

公开(公告)日：2008-10-09

申请号：US11696016

申请日：2007-04-03

Applicant: Ashish Anand ,  Lewis Conrad Keller ,  V.N. Mohan Rao

Inventor： Ashish Anand ,  Lewis Conrad Keller ,  V.N. Mohan Rao

IPC: A21D13/00

CPC classification number: A23L7/165 ,  A23P30/34

Abstract: A method for making a direct expanded snack piece shaped like a peanut is disclosed. Ingredients comprising peanut flour, ground corn product, rice flour and oat flour are introduced into an extruder. The ingredients are hydrated and extruded through an orifice adapted to produce a puffed snack piece shaped like a peanut and cut into puffed snacks. The puffed snacks are dried and seasoned.

Abstract translation: 公开了一种用于制造形状如花生的直接膨胀的零食片的方法。 将包含花生粉，玉米粉，米粉和燕麦粉的成分引入挤出机中。 成分被水合并通过孔口挤出，适于产生形状如花生的膨化的小吃片并切成膨化的小吃。 膨化的零食干燥和调味。

公开(公告)号：US07252847B2

公开(公告)日：2007-08-07

申请号：US10622400

申请日：2003-07-18

Applicant: Lewis Conrad Keller ,  Jorge C. Morales-Alvarez

Inventor： Lewis Conrad Keller ,  Jorge C. Morales-Alvarez

IPC: A23P1/12

CPC classification number: B29C47/362 ,  A23P30/25 ,  A23P30/34 ,  B29C47/0028 ,  B29C47/062 ,  B29C47/1063 ,  B29C47/128 ,  B29K2105/0005 ,  B29L2031/60

Abstract: An extruder die assembly and method for using same is disclosed that may be adapted to a wide variety of commercial-grade extrusion devices common in the food industry. The disclosed method comprises extruding a known composition of a farinaceous food product through the extruder die assembly of the present invention to produce a flavored direct-expanded food product exhibiting enhanced flavor characteristics, but requiring no post-extrusion drying or seasoning process. The injection section of the extruder die assembly is used to impart flavoring additives into the extrudate mass shortly before expansion, thereby preserving the flavoring characteristics of the additive by minimizing the heat exposure of the flavoring additive. The extruder die assembly may also include static mixing elements downstream from the injection section to homogenize the flavoring or seasoning media into the flowing mass of extrudate.

Abstract translation: 公开了一种挤出机模具组件及其使用方法，其可适用于食品工业中常见的各种各样的商业级挤出设备。 所公开的方法包括通过本发明的挤出机模具组合挤出已知的造纸食品的组合物，以产生显示出增强的风味特性但不需要后挤出干燥或调味过程的调味的直接膨胀的食品。 挤出机模头组件的注射部分用于在膨胀之前不久将赋形添加剂赋予挤出物，从而通过最小化调味添加剂的热暴露来保留添加剂的调味特性。 挤出机模具组件还可以包括从注射部分下游的静态混合元件，以将调味剂或调味剂均质化成流动的挤出物质。

公开(公告)号：US06620448B2

公开(公告)日：2003-09-16

申请号：US10047503

申请日：2001-10-29

Applicant: Lewis Conrad Keller ,  Jorge C. Morales-Alvarez ,  Edward Leon Ouellette ,  V.N. Mohan Rao ,  Vanessa Suzanne Terry

Inventor： Lewis Conrad Keller ,  Jorge C. Morales-Alvarez ,  Edward Leon Ouellette ,  V.N. Mohan Rao ,  Vanessa Suzanne Terry

IPC: A23P100

CPC classification number: B29C47/70 ,  A23G3/2015 ,  A23P30/25 ,  A23P30/34 ,  B29C47/0028 ,  B29C47/062 ,  B29C47/1063 ,  B29C47/128 ,  B29K2105/0005 ,  B29L2031/60

Abstract: An extruder die assembly and method for using same is disclosed which is designed for adaptation to a wide variety of commercial-grade extrusion devices common in the food industry. The extruder die assembly is inserted into an appropriate compartment within an extrusion device such that a first extrudate is directed down a coaxially aligned passageway within the forming section and combined with a fluid additive in the injection section whereupon the resulting food mass is compressed through a converging nozzle bore in the nozzle section to produce an extruded food product. The forming section and injection section are fabricated as a matching set. The matched set, comprising the forming section and the injection section, when properly aligned and coupled form an internal peripheral reservoir manifold through which a fluid additive may be supplied to at least one and more preferably a plurality of capillary channels which in turn impart a distinct cross-sectional design into a flowing mass of a first extrudate.

Abstract translation: 公开了一种挤出机模具组件及其使用方法，其设计用于适应食品工业中常见的各种商业级挤出装置。 将挤出机模具组件插入到挤出装置内的合适的隔室中，使得第一挤出物沿着成形部分内的同轴排列的通道向下引导并与注射部分中的流体添加剂组合，从而通过会聚 喷嘴部分中的喷嘴孔以产生挤出的食品。 形成部分和注射部分被制作为匹配组。 匹配组件包括成形部分和注射部分，当适当地对准和联接形成内部周边储存器歧管时，流体添加剂可以通过该内部容器歧管提供给至少一个，更优选多个毛细通道， 横截面设计成为第一挤出物的流动块体。

公开(公告)号：US20100074981A1

公开(公告)日：2010-03-25

申请号：US12627594

申请日：2009-11-30

Applicant: Jorge C. Morales-Alvarez ,  Eugenio Bortone ,  Lewis Conrad Keller ,  Edward Leon Ouellette ,  Scott Alan Richey

Inventor： Jorge C. Morales-Alvarez ,  Eugenio Bortone ,  Lewis Conrad Keller ,  Edward Leon Ouellette ,  Scott Alan Richey

IPC: A23P1/12 ,  B29C47/00

CPC classification number: A23G1/202 ,  A23G3/0023 ,  A23G3/0042 ,  A23G3/0242 ,  A23L7/17 ,  A23P30/25 ,  A23P30/34 ,  B29C48/11 ,  B29C48/19 ,  B29C48/29 ,  B29C48/30 ,  B29C48/304 ,  B29K2105/0005 ,  B29L2031/60

Abstract: The improved apparatus includes an improved extruder die assembly comprising a forming section, an injection section, and 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 in close proximity to the projecting ridgelines 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 is 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.

Abstract translation: 改进的设备包括改进的挤出机模具组件，其包括成形部分，注射部分和具有轴向对准的棱线的会聚喷嘴部分，当喷嘴收敛时，该喷嘴部分逐渐突出到喷嘴的孔中，以逐渐地破坏挤出物的轴向流动 从而改变挤出物的速度分布。 通过在挤出之前使突出的脊线的轴向流动逐渐中断，所得到的直接膨胀食品的尺寸质量大大提高。 此外，通过将注射部分的毛细通道仔细地定位在不受轴向排列的脊线影响的流动挤出物的那部分中，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中，同时提高质量 的尺寸设计方面的挤出，复杂形状的直接膨胀食品。