Dough cutting die head
OwnerJames R. Baeten, Albert Boisvert +1inventors
InventorsJames R. Baeten, Albert Boisvert, David M. Nathan
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Abstract
A die head for cutting dough is disclosed. The die head includes a chamber defining a passageway for the flow of dough; a plurality of blades configured and arranged to extend across the chamber; each blade having a leading edge facing into the passageway of flow of dough and a trailing edge opposite the leading edge; and a plurality of serrations along at least one leading edge of one of the plurality of blades; the plurality of serrations configured and arranged to promote exposure of inclusions in the dough.
Claims18
A die head for forming and cutting dough, the die comprising:
- a chamber defining a passageway for the flow of dough;
- a plurality of blades configured and arranged to extend across the chamber;
- each blade having a leading edge facing into the passageway of flow of dough and a trailing edge opposite the leading edge;
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- a plurality of serrations along at least one leading edge of one of the plurality of blades;
- the plurality of serrations configured and arranged to break inclusions in the dough.
An apparatus for processing dough, the apparatus comprising:
- a source of pressurized dough;
- a chamber for receiving the pressurized dough, the chamber defining a passageway for the flow of dough;
- a plurality of blades configured and arranged to extend across the chamber;
- each blade having a leading edge facing into the passageway of flow of dough and a trailing edge opposite the leading edge;
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- a plurality of serrations along at least one leading edge of one of the plurality of blades;
- the plurality of serrations configured and arranged to break inclusions in the dough.
A method of processing dough, the method comprising forcing dough across an extrusion die having serrated blades.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.