Method of shaping potato dough
AssigneeJ. R. Simplot Company
InventorsMichael L. Hamann, Nicholas C. Guidinger, Wayland I. Fisher
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Abstract
A method of shaping potato dough into elongated strips comprises feeding a mass of dough from a hopper between a feed roller and a parallel die roller of a continuous rotary shaper. The feed roller forces the dough into annular channels in the die roller to form a plurality of dough strips. The dough strips are continuously released from the die roller onto a conveyor belt driven by an adjustable pressure roller in direct rolling pressure commnication with the die roller.
Claims22
A method of shaping potato dough into elongated strips for use in simulating strips of natural potato, comprising the steps of:
- forming a mass of potato dough, having a moisture content of about 62-74 percent by weight, to include edible oil in an amount by weight up to about 4.0 percent;
- feeding the dough into a rotary shaper having a feed roller with axially extending teeth positioned for rotation in close parallel relation with a rotatable die roller having a plurality of continuous annular channels formed therein;
- rotatably driving the feed and die rollers in a direction to draw the mass of dough between the rollers so that the teeth of the feed roller force the dough into the channels of the die roller to convert the mass of dough into a plurality of dough strips;
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- passing a conveyor belt in rolling pressure contact with the die roller and the dough strips in the channels for release of the dough strips from the channels onto the conveyor belt.
A method of shaping potato dough into elongated strips for use in simulating strips of natural potato, comprising the steps of:
- forming a mass of potato dough, having a moisture content of about 62-74 percent by weight, to include edible oil in an amount by weight up to about 4.0 percent;
- feeding the dough from a hopper generally downwardly into a rotary shaper having a feed roller and a die roller mounted on parallel generally horizontal axes for rotation with respect to each other;
- forming the feed roller to have a plurality of axially extending, radially outwardly projecting teeth;
- forming the die roller to have a plurality of axially spaced, continuous annular channels;
- adjusting the position of the feed roller with respect to the die roller;
- rotatably driving the feed and die rollers at respectively controlled speeds to draw the mass of dough downwardly between the rollers and to cause the feed roller teeth to force the dough into the die roller channels and thereby convert the mass of dough into a plurality of dough strips;
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- moving a conveyor belt at a controlled speed in rolling and adjustable pressure contact relation with the die roller generally at the lower extent thereof for direct pressure contact with the dough strips in the channels for release of the dough strips directly from the channels onto the conveyor belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.