US 4,382,768 A · Apparatus for making dough envelopes containing filling

Abstract

An improved apparatus for making dough envelopes containing filling. The apparatus is molded from plastic and includes a frame structure having a plurality of interconnected hexagonal molds so as to form a honeycomb type structure. Each hexagonal mold includes six inclined cutting edges which are connected around a central inverted conical chamber. The inverted conical chamber partially supports the dough envelope during formation to produce uniformly shaped and aesthetically pleasing envelopes. Further, horizontal pasting faces are provided in the corners of each mold between the conical chamber base and cutting edges lower edges. These horizontal pasting faces in combination with the cutting edges provide a strong and uniform seal around the dough envelope edges.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for forming regular dough envelopes containing filling comprising:

a frame having a plurality of through dough-forming mold openings, each of said mold openings being in the form of a frustoconical chamber, the included angle of walls defining said frustoconical chamber being between about 20 degrees and 60 degrees;
said frame having means for securing the edges of said dough products together, including generally horizontally extending pasting surfaces within each of said mold openings said chamber being of continuously reduced cross-section except for said pasting surfaces;
and said frame further having means for cutting said dough envelopes apart, including sharp cutting ridges extending upwardly around said mold openings, said ridges terminating in cutting edges extending around each of said openings, said ridges being straight or curved and being being triangular in cross-section, with the included angle from said cutting edges being of the order of from about 60 degrees to 120 degrees, and said ridges being about 1/8 of and inch in height above said pasting surfaces.

An apparatus for forming regular dough envelopes containing filling comprising:

a plastic injection molded frame having a plurality of dough-forming through mold openings, each of said mold openings being in the form of a frustoconical chamber, the included angle of walls defining said frustoconical chamber being between about 20 degrees and 60 degrees;
said frame including means for pasting the edges of said dough envelopes together, including generally horizontally extending pasting surfaces within each of said mold openings;
said frame further including means for cutting said dough envelopes apart, including cutting ridges extending upwardly around said mold openings, said ridges being triangular in cross-section and terminating in straight sharp cutting edges forming regular hexagons around each of said openings, with the about 60 degrees to 120 degrees;
said cutting edges being located about one-eight of an inch above said horizontal pasting surfaces;
and
said frame having a continuous flange extending downwardly at a slight downwardly directed angle around the periphery of said apparatus, said chamber being of continuously reduced cross-section except for said horizontally extending pasting surfaces.

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Apparatus for making dough envelopes containing filling

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