Rolled Food Product and Apparatus
OwnerWarren Tathaminventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for preparing a rolled food product, such as sushi. The apparatus has a container having a first end and a second end, wherein at least the first end has one aperture. The container is positionable between a closed position, defining a hollow interior space, and an open position, presenting a plurality of cavities. Each of the cavities can receive food material such as rice. There is also a plunger assembly that passes the aperture when the container is in the closed position. The plunger assembly is then used to compress the food material in the hollow interior space to form a roll having a desired consistency.
Claims40
An apparatus for preparing a rolled food product, the apparatus comprising:
- (i) a container having a first end and a second end, at least the first end having an aperture, the container being positionable between a closed position defining a hollow interior space and an open position presenting a plurality of cavities, each cavity adapted to receive food material therein;
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- (ii) a plunger assembly configured to pass through the aperture when the container is in the closed position and compress the food material when present in the hollow interior space to form a roll having a desired consistency.
A method of preparing a rolled food product, the method comprising:
- (i) opening a container from a closed position defining an interior space to an open position to expose a plurality of cavities;
- (ii) filling the plurality of cavities with a desired food material;
- (iii) compressing down the food material with a rod of a plunger assembly to form a longitudinal channel in the food material disposed in each of the plurality of cavities;
- (iv) withdrawing of the plunger assembly from each of the longitudinal channels;
- (v) filling each of the longitudinal channels with a suitable edible filling;
- (vi) placing the plunger assembly at least partially in one of the plurality of cavities;
- (vii) combining the plurality of cavities together to place the container into the closed position;
- (viii) pressing the plunger assembly at least partially through the interior space of the now filled and closed container to compress the food material and edible filler into a firm roll;
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- (ix) placing the container into the open position and removing the firm roll from the container.
An apparatus for preparing a rolled food product, the apparatus comprising:
- (i) a container defining an interior space, said container having two ends;
- (ii) wherein each of said ends has an aperture;
- (iii) wherein the container has a closed position defining the interior space and an open position presenting a plurality of cavities, said cavities being adapted to accommodate food material;
- (iv) a plunger assembly having a head portion adapted to sweep at least partially through the interior space and an elongate rod coupled to the head portion for driving the head portion through the interior space, the elongate rod having a length exceeding a length of the container;
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- (v) wherein at least a portion of each of the apertures are adapted to simultaneously receive the rod when the container is in the open position.
A method of preparing a rolled food product comprising:
- (i) opening a container from a closed position defining a hollow interior space to an open position to expose a plurality of cavities;
- (ii) filling the cavities with food material;
- (iii) compressing down the food material in each cavity by pressing a rod into each cavity to form a channel in the food material disposed in each cavity;
- (iv) withdrawing the rod from each cavity;
- (v) filling each channel with an edible filling;
- (vi) inserting a removable barrier at one end of one of the cavities, the removable barrier having at least one aperture of a diameter sufficient to expel trapped air;
- (vii) placing the rod at least partially in one of the cavities;
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- (viii) combining the cavities together to place the container into its closed position;
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- (ix) pressing the rod through the interior space of the container to compress the contents of the container into a firm roll.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.