Adjustable mechanical stop for a food baking apparatus
AssigneeIncomec Cerex NV
InventorsJohan Van de Vijver, Filip Keereman, Emmanuel Petre
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Abstract
The invention relates to a system and method for improvingly controlling the production of food products from granular raw materials such as for instance cereal rice formed into crackers. More in particular, the invention relates to an adjustable mechanical stop mechanism for better controlling the distance between the dies where pressure-baking of food occurs, and to provide the possibility of adjustable distance between the dies in case of multiple compressions of the food material, for which different die spacings can then be installed, leading to very repeatable and unchanging food processing conditions and thus an improved and much more constant quality of end product such as a cracker.
Claims15
An adjustable mechanical stop for controlling the die spacing of a food baking apparatus, the mechanical stop comprising:
- a supporting system and at least one mounting element mounted onto the supporting system
- wherein the supporting system and/or the at least one mounting element are adjustable in spatial position, being movable for translation and/or rotation;
- wherein each of the at least one mounting element comprises one or more protrusions, and wherein per mounting element the one or more protrusions are adjustable in amount of protrusion, and/or the protrusions differ in amount of protrusion amongst each other.
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