Pre-Scored Frozen Dough Sub and Steak Rolls
AssigneeGeneral Mills, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Crosby, Ryan D. Gifford, Todd A. Rasmussen, Jeffrey David Reinke, Geoffrey P. Suski, Kara M. Hobart
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AssigneeGeneral Mills, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Crosby, Ryan D. Gifford, Todd A. Rasmussen, Jeffrey David Reinke, Geoffrey P. Suski, Kara M. Hobart
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A plurality of dough pieces are produced using a rotary dough cutter comprises an annular cutter body configured to be rotatably driven, a plurality of arcuate sidewalls extending circumferentially about the cutter body, a plurality of radial divider walls extending across respective sidewalls, and a plurality of interior blades extending radially relative to the body between the sidewalls. The plurality of walls define a plurality of dough cutter molds. During conveying of a sheet of dough to the rotary dough cutter, the plurality of dough pieces are cut by the plurality of walls and scored with the plurality of interior blades. After being cut and scored, the dough pieces are removed from within the dough cutter molds with the assistance of a sequentially timed, regulated and adjustable fluid ejection system, and then frozen.
A method of continuously producing a plurality of dough pieces using a rotary dough cutter including a main body and a plurality of dough cutter molds provided about the main body, with each dough cutter mold being defined by a respective pair of spaced, substantially parallel side walls extending circumferentially about the main body, multiple spaced divider walls interconnecting the pair of the side walls at circumferentially spaced locations so as to establish multiple ones of the dough cutter molds between pairs of the adjacent said side walls, and an interior blade extending radial between the pair of side walls and circumferentially successive ones of said divider walls, the method comprising:
The method of claim 2, wherein the fluid is sequentially injected at leading portions within the sets of dough cutter molds followed by trailing portion within the sets of dough cutter molds.
The method of clam 3, wherein each of the first set of outlets and the second set of outlets includes at least one outlet on opposite sides of a respective one of the interior blades.
A rotary dough cutter assembly comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.