公开(公告)号：US4191517A

公开(公告)日：1980-03-04

申请号：US909141

申请日：1978-05-24

申请人： Alan E. Byrd ,  John S. Amneus ,  Malcolm B. Lucas ,  Robert H. Van Coney ,  James E. Van Loan

发明人： Alan E. Byrd ,  John S. Amneus ,  Malcolm B. Lucas ,  Robert H. Van Coney ,  James E. Van Loan

IPC分类号： A21C11/00 ,  A23G9/28 ,  A47J43/20 ,  A47J43/28 ,  B28B7/12

CPC分类号： A47J43/282 ,  A21C11/00 ,  A47J43/20

摘要： Method and apparatus for imparting a predetermined shape to discrete units of product of dough-like consistency. In a preferred embodiment, said method comprises filling an image containing cavity exhibiting said shape with said dough-like product and thereafter removing said product from said cavity without substantially altering its shape by causing said cavity to assume an image substantially symmetrical to its original image. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the image containing cavity is lined with a resiliently deformable diaphragm, and the cavity is turned inside out by applying fluid pressure to the surface of the diaphragm opposite the product.

摘要翻译： 将预定形状赋予面团状稠度的分立单位的方法和装置。 在优选实施例中，所述方法包括用所述面团状产品填充呈现所述形状的图像容纳空腔，然后通过使所述空腔呈现与其原始图像基本对称的图像而从所述空腔中移除所述产品而基本上不改变其形状。 在特别优选的实施例中，包含图像的腔体衬有可弹性变形的隔膜，并且通过向与产品相对的隔膜的表面施加流体压力而将空腔向内转动。