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US 4,511,318 AGranted
Dough rolling apparatus for laminated cookies
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsMichael S. Kolodesh, Edward L. Peters, Raymond J. Madgett
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Abstract
An apparatus for making a generally spherical laminate dough preform that has a first inner dough substantially uniformly encapsulated by one or more outer doughs. If the preform contains morsels such as flavored chips, the appparatus will distribute and optimize the visibility of the morsels in the final baked product.
Claims10
An apparatus for making a generally spherical laminate dough preform that has a first inner dough substantially uniformly encapsulated by at least one outer dough, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) means for creating a laminate dough preform comprising a first inner dough having a layer of a second outer dough covering a substantial portion of said first inner dough, said layer of outer dough being of non-uniform thickness;
- (b) a closed-top cavity of generally circular shape;
- (c) means for supporting said laminate dough preform beneath said closed-top cavity;
- (d) suspension means for moving said closed-top cavity in a predetermined direction about a predetermined axis of rotation without rotating said cavity relative to said suspension means;
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- (e) drive means for moving said suspension means in said predetermined direction, whereby said laminate dough preform is caused to rotate about the interior surfaces of said closed-top cavity, thereby substantially uniformly distributing said outer dough about the entire surface of said first inner dough.
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