Lasagna noodle rippler
AssigneeGeneral Mills, Inc.
InventorsMichael L. Johnston, Loren J. Gordon, Dietrich E. Weinauer
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Abstract
An apparatus for shaping semolina dough ribbons into pasta products useful for lasagna. The apparatus shapes and dough ribbons to give opposite marginal edges which are undulated to provide ruffles. The apparatus comprises a frame supporting a pair of vertically spaced, transverse shafts upon which are mounted matched crimp rolls. Motor and gear means are provided to counter rotate the shafts. The crimp rolls are formed with opposite marginal, fluted edges for shaping the dough.
Claims18
An apparatus for shaping dough ribbons into lasagna strands having opposite marginal edges undulated to provide ruffles, comprising:
- A. a support structure;
- B. a first horizontally aligned shaft rotatably mounted on said support structure;
- C. a second horizontally aligned shaft vertically oriented relative to said first shaft and parallel thereto, said second shaft rotatably mounted on said support structure;
- D. means for rotating said first shaft about its longitudinal axis;
- E. means for counter rotating said second shaft about its longitudinal axis in response to rotational movement of said first shaft;
- F. a pair of matching crimp rolls, said crimp rolls each having a pair of opposite marginal peripheral edges undulated to form fluting wherein the fluting extends equidistantly within and beyond the roll radius and wherein the crimp rolls are mounted on each shaft such that the fluting of one of the rolls is both in rotational and in lateral alignment with the fluting of the other roll;
- G. means for fixedly connecting a first crimp roll to the first shaft so that it is caused to rotate about the shaft axis as the shaft rotates;
- H. means for operatively connecting a second crimp roll to the second shaft so that said second crimp roll is caused to rotate about the shaft axis as the shaft rotates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.