Crimper Roller
AssigneeGeneral Mills, Inc.
InventorsEmilien Esteve, Yves Marchionini, Pierre Vigier
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Abstract
The present invention concerns an apparatus and method utilizing a crimping roller which itself comprises a plurality of radially extending separating blades, with each blade comprising a central triangular cutting edge and two sealing portions extending from opposing sides of the base of the triangular cutting edge.
Claims15
A co-extruded food product separating apparatus comprising a separating roller having a circular outer forming surface and a plurality of radially extending separating blades, each separating blade extending across a width of the separating roller, wherein each separating blade comprises a central triangular cutting edge and two sealing portions extending from opposing sides of the base of the triangular cutting edge.
A method of manufacturing a co-extruded food product with a co-extruded food product separating apparatus comprising a separating roller having a circular outer forming surface and a plurality of radially extending separating blades, each separating blade extending across a width of the separating roller, wherein each separating blade comprises a central triangular cutting edge and two sealing portions extending from opposing sides of the base of the triangular cutting edge and a second roller against which the separating roller is arranged to rotate, said method comprising
- supplying a stream of food product between the separating roller and the second roller to form a plurality of individual food items from the stream of food product.
A co-extruded cereal manufacturing apparatus comprising a pair of opposing rollers which are arranged in use to rotate in opposing directions, at least one of said rollers comprising a plurality of cutting blades configured to cut a stream of foodstuff into a plurality of discrete parcels, wherein each cutting blade comprises:
- (a) a first radially extending portion defining a cutting edge arranged in use to cut and separate adjacent parcels;
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- (b) a pair of circumferentially extending edges on opposing sides of the first radially extending portion arranged in use to compress the foodstuff along an edge of the parcel to create a seal;
- and wherein each cutting blade has portions arranged at alternating angles creating a non-linear cut and seal for each of said parcels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.