Device and method for preparing extrudable food products
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsJian Zhang, Tao Tao Song
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Abstract
A device for preparing extrudable food products includes a working chamber configured to house ingredients in operation of the device, an extrusion die, a rotation shaft configured to stir the ingredients and extrude the food products through the extrusion die, and a driving system by which the rotation shaft is driven. The driving system is configured to separate the extrusion by at least one time period during which the rotation shaft rotates in a first direction which is opposite to a second direction in which the rotation shaft rotates to extrude the food products. Therefore, build-ups inside the working chamber can be removed by the sticky dough hit and/or lifted by the stirring bars on the rotation shaft when the rotation shaft rotates reversely.
Claims10
A device for preparing extrudable food products, comprising:
- a working chamber configured to house ingredients in operation of the device;
- an extrusion die;
- a rotation shaft configured to stir the ingredients and extrude the food products into an extrusion through the extrusion die;
- a driving system by which the rotation shaft is driven;
- and
- a controller configured to control the driving system to separate the extrusion by at least one time period during which the rotation shaft rotates in a first direction for at least one of mixing the ingredients to form the food products and forcing the food products from the extrusion die back to the working chamber, the first direction being opposite to a second direction in which the rotation shaft rotates to extrude the food products through the extrusion die, and
- wherein the controller is further configured to control the driving system to drive the rotation shaft in the first direction directly before ending operation of the device when the extrusion is finished where a remaining food product remaining in the working chamber is not extrudable by the rotation shaft rotating in the second direction.
A device for preparing extrudable food products, comprising:
- a working chamber configured to house ingredients in operation of the device;
- an extrusion die;
- a rotation shaft configured for stirring the ingredients and extruding the food products into an extrusion through the extrusion die;
- and
- a driving system by which the rotation shaft is driven,
- wherein the driving system is configured to separate the extrusion by at least one time period during which the rotation shaft rotates in a first direction which is opposite to a second direction in which the rotation shaft rotates to extrude, and
- wherein the driving system is coupled to an end of the rotation shaft by a connector, a strength of the connector is such configured that the connector is broken if a load of the driving system is higher than a preset load value.
A device for preparing extrudable food products, comprising:
- a working chamber configured to house ingredients in operation of the device;
- an extrusion die;
- a rotation shaft configured to stir the ingredients and extrude the food products into an extrusion through the extrusion die;
- a driving system by which the rotation shaft is driven, wherein the driving system is configured to separate the extrusion by at least one time period during which the rotation shaft rotates in a first direction which is opposite to a second direction in which the rotation shaft rotates to extrude;
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- a container arranged entirely below the working chamber, wherein the container is configured to receive dies which are not in use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.