Abstract:
This method for producing stuffed food(s), each stuffed food including an outer envelope in a first food product, and an inner stuffing in a second food product, includes the following steps: providing a sheet of the first food product, and a roller of the second food product, and winding the sheet around the roller.
Abstract:
A system and method for extrusion of dough is disclosed. The system includes an auger for moving the dough; a metering pump comprising an input; a first motor for actuating the auger to transfer dough to the input of the metering pump; a first encoder for reading a position or speed of the first motor and for transmitting a signal associated with the position or speed of the first motor; and a controller configured to receive the signal from the first encoder to control operation of the first motor. The controller operates the first motor to at least partially counteract a variance in a pressure of dough at the metering pump based signals from the encoder and/or the pressure sensor.
Abstract:
A system and method for extrusion of dough is disclosed. The system includes an auger for moving the dough; a metering pump comprising an input; a first motor for actuating the auger to transfer dough to the input of the metering pump; a first encoder for reading a position or speed of the first motor and for transmitting a signal associated with the position or speed of the first motor; and a controller configured to receive the signal from the first encoder to control operation of the first motor. The controller operates the first motor to at least partially counteract a variance in a pressure of dough at the metering pump based signals from the encoder and/or the pressure sensor.
Abstract:
In an extruder-type noodle maker comprising a casing constituted as a cylindrical body, a screw, a nozzle unit, a connector, a hopper, and a drive unit, the nozzle unit is formed with many holes tapered in the outlet direction, an inner peripheral surface of the nozzle unit is provided with multiple engaging protrusions and depressions, an end surface of the distal end periphery of the cylindrical casing is provided at corresponding locations with multiple receiving depressions and protrusions for insertion into the engaging protrusions and depressions, and the cylindrical casing is constituted by forming a proximal end section thereof positioned under the hopper of resin and forming a distal end thereof near an outlet of metal, whereby it has a structure comprising a resin portion and a metal portion joined together.
Abstract:
An embodiment of the invention is a twin-screw device for an extruder system that includes a first shaft, a second shaft, a first intake element coupled to the first shaft and including a first flight, and a second intake element coupled to the second shaft adjacent the first intake element and including a second flight. The first flight and the second flight are adapted to cooperatively act as a positive displacement pump to convey material when the first intake element and the second intake element are rotated in the same direction. This action, which is a function of the rotational speed of the intake elements, transforms the use of the extruder system from “feed limited” to “torque limited”.
Abstract:
A device to mix and extrude various ingredients including pastas, pastries, baked goods, hors d'oeuvres, and cookies. The device includes novel measuring, mixing and extrusion arrangements including: an automatic measuring cup; a way to continuously mix and extrude ingredients without intervening cleanings; a mixing and extrusion feed for handling different consistencies of ingredients; an integrated automatic cutter; motor cooling and extruded ingredient drying; as well as various safety devices.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for the continuous preparation of pellets intended for the production of crusty and honeycombed snack-type food products from a natural starchy raw material having a starch content that is equal to or greater than 60% and a protein content below 13%. According to the invention, the raw material is preconditioned; said raw material is fed continuously into an extrusion machine with two co-rotary and co-penetrating screws; a supply and transport step, a cooking step, a degassing step and a cooling step are performed in the extrusion machine; a continuous bead of cooked dough having a moisture content of between 20 and 30% is formed; the dough is oriented in a vertical direction and pushed through a multiple-outlet mould to form several continuous beads; the beads are cut transversely to form pellets. The pellets are subsequently dried to produce pellets having a moisture content of between 10 and 12%. The invention also relates to an installation for the continuous preparation of pellets.
Abstract:
The auger dough pump of the present invention provides for the uniform dividing of a single stream of dough into a plurality of uniform sub-streams of dough by providing an auger that will present to a dough divider in the dough transport device substantially equal portions of dough to different portions of the dough divider, thus helping ensure that each of the sub-streams created by the divider are uniform with respect to each other, without substantially increasing resistance to the dough.
Abstract:
A rice tub-shaped sushi ball-forming apparatus comprises a rice tub-shaped container (1) and a sushi ball-forming mechanism A. The sushi ball-forming mechanism A includes a conveying mechanism (13) disposed in a hopper in the rice tub-shaped container (1), for conveying sushi rice (a) from an inside of the hopper, a compression-conveying mechanism (29) for pushing up and compression-conveying the sushi rice (a) supplied from the hopper, from a lower portion to an upper portion of the container, a compression-forming mechanism (33) for compression-forming the sushi rice (a) pushed up and compression-conveyed by the compression-conveying mechanism (29), into a predetermined shape through a forming hole (33b), and a cutting mechanism (35) for cutting an upper end (a.sub.2) of the sushi rice compression-formed through the forming hole (33b) in a predetermined amount (length) to produce a sushi ball (a.sub.3) having a predetermined shape, size, and hardness.
Abstract:
A noodle machine has a housing with an upper opening, a receptacle deposited in the housing for receiving flour and water for making dough for noodles by stirring them by rotation of a stirring shaft positioned horizontally in the receptacle and rotated by a motor. A front cap with a center cylindrical portion for a screw portion of the stirring shaft fits therein to squeeze out dough to go out through a sieve with holes fixed at the front of the cylindrical portion to become noodles. And a shutter hangs at a notch at an upper side edge of the receptacle for closing an opening of a U-shaped plate of the front cap for hampering dough from moving into the screw portion and removed to let dough move through the opening of the U-shaped plate to be squeezed out of the sieve to become noodles by rotation of the screw portion.