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US 11,497,218 B2Granted
Dumpling automation machine
AssigneeGeneral Mills, Inc.
InventorsHao Gong, Xiaogang Xiong, Yihui Li, Gang Wang, Derong Wang, Ying Ren
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AssigneeGeneral Mills, Inc.
InventorsHao Gong, Xiaogang Xiong, Yihui Li, Gang Wang, Derong Wang, Ying Ren
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The present invention provides a dumpling automation machine for preparing dumpling-like food product, comprising a pressing and cutting device for dough pad, a filling injection device and a forming assembly, wherein the forming assembly comprises: a mold assembly for supporting a dough pad injected with a filling and maintaining the dough pad in an upright position; a pre-forming assembly for pre-pressing the upright dough pad to form a pre-pressed crest; and a forming assembly for pressing the pre-pressed crest to from a crest; wherein the mold assembly is configured to successively support the dough pad in different positions along a conveyor, and wherein in a pre-forming position, pre-bending portions on the two ends of the crest are formed by the pre-forming assembly, and in a forming position, the pre-bending portions are bent to form bending portion by a bending assembly.
A dumpling automation machine comprising a forming assembly for preparing a dumpling-like food product having a filled pocket, the forming assembly including a pair of reciprocating forming plates arranged opposite to each other, a crab-claw structure provided on at least one of the forming plates and including a plurality of crab-claw fingers articulated together wherein the pair of forming plates are configured to be reciprocated toward each other and pressed together, and the plurality of crab-claw fingers are configured to then pivot to press and form one or more convex ribs on the filled pocket of the dumpling-like food product.
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