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US 4,241,649 AGranted
Apparatus for making filled food product
AssigneeMars, Incorporated
InventorsRichard L. Nelson, Walter P. Nelson
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Abstract
The apparatus for making a filled tubular food product in which tubular dough pieces are extruded onto a supporting die member which maintains the internal diameter of the cavity in the dough piece fixed during raising and baking after which the cavity in the baked dough piece is filled with another relatively softer food product.
Claims9
Apparatus for making a tubular food product comprising;
- a dough extruder, a conveying surface movable relative to said dough extruder, a die member supported on said conveying surface for movement therewith, said die member including a plurality of elongated support members positioned to extend perpendicular to said conveying surface, said extruder being operable to deposit a tubular dough piece on each of said support members, said support members engaging and supporting the interior surface of said tubular dough pieces and leaving the exterior of said dough pieces unsupported, and means to bake said dough pieces supported on said support members to form said tubular food product, means to remove said tubular elements from said support member after said tubular elements have been baked in said oven, a conveyor having a portion moving in parallel relationship to said conveying surface, cup means mounted on said conveyor, and means to move said tubular food products from said support members to said cup means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.