公开(公告)号：US06506401B1

公开(公告)日：2003-01-14

申请号：US09238415

申请日：1999-01-28

申请人： Richard J. Rothamel ,  Lawrence Hawley ,  Donald Barnvos ,  Davor Juravic ,  Jeffrey Rabe ,  Bill Keehn ,  Steven Bautista

发明人： Richard J. Rothamel ,  Lawrence Hawley ,  Donald Barnvos ,  Davor Juravic ,  Jeffrey Rabe ,  Bill Keehn ,  Steven Bautista

IPC分类号： A23K113

CPC分类号： A21C11/10 ,  A21C11/163 ,  A23K40/20 ,  A23K40/25 ,  A23K50/40 ,  A23P30/25 ,  Y10S426/805

摘要： An edible product in accordance with the present invention involves an edible inner component made from a first material and an edible outer cover component substantially completely encapsulating the edible inner component. In one form of the invention, the inner component is in the form of a hairball treatment for cats and the outer component is a dough-like material. A system for producing the edible product includes a first material source for supplying a first edible material to form the inner component of the edible product, a second material source for supplying a second edible material to form the outer component of the edible product, and an extruder for continuously coextruding the first edible material and the edible second material to produce an elongated rope of edible product. A crimping apparatus receives the longitudinal rope extruded from the extruder for crimping the longitudinal rope to separate the longitudinal rope into individual edible products. A method for producing the edible product involves supplying the first and second edible materials to the extruder, and continuously coextruding the first and second materials as a longitudinal rope in which the first material is positioned within and surrounded by the second material. The longitudinal rope is cut at spaced apart locations as it is being extruded from the extruder to produce individual edible products each containing an inner component comprised of the first material and an outer cover component comprised of the second material that substantially completely surrounds the inner component, with the edible products being sealed at opposite ends.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的可食用产品包括由第一材料制成的可食用内部组件和基本上完全包封可食用内部组件的可食用外覆盖组件。 在本发明的一种形式中，内部组件是用于猫的毛球处理的形式，外部组件是面团状材料。 一种用于生产可食用产品的系统包括用于供应第一可食用材料以形成可食用产品的内部组分的第一材料源，用于供应第二可食用材料以形成可食用产品的外部组分的第二材料源，以及 挤出机，用于连续共挤出第一可食用材料和可食用的第二材料以产生细长的可食用绳索。 压接装置接收从挤压机挤出的纵向绳索，用于卷曲纵向绳索以将纵向绳索分离成单独的可食用产品。 一种生产可食用产品的方法包括将第一和第二可食用材料提供给挤压机，并将第一和第二材料连续共挤出为纵向绳索，其中第一材料位于第二材料内并被第二材料包围。 纵向绳索在间隔开的位置处被切割，因为它从挤出机挤出以产生各自的可食用产品，每个可食用产品包含由第一材料组成的内部部件和由基本上完全围绕内部部件的第二材料组成的外部覆盖部件， 食品在相对端被密封。