Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dough forming and cutting apparatus and method
- Patent Title (中): 面团成型及切割装置及方法
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Application No.: US12644167Application Date: 2009-12-22
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Publication No.: US08622730B2Publication Date: 2014-01-07
- Inventor: Geoff Suski , Frank Konkle , Ed Francis , Peter A. Huberg
- Applicant: Geoff Suski , Frank Konkle , Ed Francis , Peter A. Huberg
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
- Current Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agent Everett G. Diederiks, Jr.; John L. Crimmins
- Main IPC: A21C11/10
- IPC: A21C11/10

Abstract:
An apparatus and method is provided for forming and cutting a dough sheet into a plurality of generally spherically shaped, boule-type dough products in a continuous process. The apparatus includes a rotatable drum and a plurality of cutter molds disposed on the rotatable drum for engaging, shaping and severing dough from the sheet as the dough sheet moves along the dough travel path. Each of the cutter molds including a peripheral edge portion, a base portion and a curved, annular side wall defining a concave, generally bowl-shaped internal cavity, with the peripheral edge portion establishing a cutting edge for the cutter mold.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100173052A1 DOUGH FORMING AND CUTTING APPARATUS AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2010-07-08
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