Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Combined food cutting and rounding machine and method of cutting and rounding food
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Application No.: US15086996Application Date: 2016-03-31
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Publication No.: US10207419B2Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Zac Harder , Rodney McCalley , Christopher E. Fournier , Ralph A. Stenvik
- Applicant: General Mills, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
- Current Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC
- Agent Gregory P. Kaihoi, Esq.
- Main IPC: A21C7/06
- IPC: A21C7/06 ; A21C3/10 ; B26D7/27 ; A23P30/20 ; A47J44/00 ; B26D1/28 ; A21C3/06

Abstract:
A combined food cutting and rounding machine comprises a supply opening through which edible material passes, a stator located adjacent the supply opening and a rotor configured to rotate relative to the stator. The stator includes a stator forming channel. The rotor includes a plurality of rotor forming channels and a plurality of blades, at least one of the plurality of blades being located adjacent to each of the plurality of rotor forming channels. The stator forming channel and each of the plurality of rotor forming channels are arcuate in length. The supply opening, stator and rotor are configured such that, during operation as the rotor rotates relative to the stator, edible material exiting the supply opening is cut by one of the plurality of blades and formed into a ball by simultaneous contact with the stator forming channel and one of the plurality of rotor forming channels.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170282396A1 Combined Food Cutting and Rounding Machine and Method of Cutting and Rounding Food Public/Granted day:2017-10-05
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