Abstract:
APPARATUS FOR SPLITTING, WATER-SPRAYING AND SEEDING THE UPPER SURFACES OF BAKERY PRODUCTS PRELIMINARY TO BAKING THEM IS MOUNTED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE OVEN. IT INCLUDES A TRACK, A CARRIAGE, AND A CARRIAGE DRIVE FOR MOVING THE CARRIAGE ACROSS THE BAKERY PRODUCTS. MOUNTED ON THE CARRIAGE ARE CUTTERS, A SPRAY, AND A SEEDER ARRANGED, RESPECTIVELY, FOR SPLITTING, SPRAYING, AND SEEDING THE UPPER SURFACES OF THE BAKERY PRODUCTS. THESE UNITS
WORK DURING A CONTINUOUS PASSAGE OF THE CARRIAGEE ACROSS THE OVEN DOOR. THE PROCESSED PRODUCTS THEN MAY BE INTRODUCED IMMEDIATELY INTO THE OVEN FOR BAKING.
Abstract:
Raisin bread, fruit cake, and other sugary bakery products are sliced by applying a film of moisture continuously to a slicing blade and traversing the products and the blade relative to each other in a cutting path. The moisture film may be applied by subjecting the blade to an aqueous mist or by directing against the blade a spray of steam. In the latter case, a sufficient temperature differential is maintained between the blade and steam to cause the steam to condense on the blade, thereby producing the desired moisture film. Additionally, a lubricating and cleansing oil film may be applied by subjecting the blade to a mist of an edible oil suspended in a gaseous vehicle therefor.