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US 4,733,608 AGranted
Machine for making crepes
OwnerLeon Merdyinventor
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A machine for manufacturing cooked foodstuffs such as crepes comprises an upwardly directed rotatable concave hot plate (31) which is slightly inclined. A radially disposed pouring tube (38) is arranged above the plate (31) and has holes (78) for dispensing pre-made food mixture onto the plate (31) in a manner causing a constant quantity of mixture per surface area of the plate whereby a thin uniform disc of the mixture is formed. A heating element (33) heats the plate (31) to cook one side of the disc and the plate (31) is mounted on a hub (35) which, upon rotation inverts the plate (31) enabling the partially cooked disc to the dispensed onto a flat further hot plate (32) such that the other side is then cooked. A pump unit (37) pumps the mixture from a tank (39) to the pouring tube (38). A spatula (34) assists in dispensing the partially cooked disc from the hot plate (31). The machine operates cyclically and automatically while mixture remains in the tank (39).
A machine for manufacturing cooked foodstuffs in the form of crepes and the like, characterized in that, said machine includes a first hot plate (31) in the form of a disc rotatable about its central axis and having an upwardly directed cooking surface which is inclined to the horizontal and has a concave shape adapted to form a pre-made food mixture poured thereon into a disc-like configuration during rotation, heating means (33) associated with said first hot plate to heat said hot plate (31) so as to cause at least one side of said disc-like mixture to be cooked, and said first hot plate (31) is adapted for automatic movement to an inverted position when said one side is cooked so as said foodstuff is released therefrom.
A machine for manufacturing cooked foodstuffs in the form of crepes and the like, characterized in that, said machine includes a first hot plate (31) in the form of a rotatable disc, a pouring tube (38) over said plate for dispensing a predetermined amount of a pre-made food mixture onto an upwardly directed cooking surface of said plate, said surface is inclined to the horizontal and has a shape adapted to form said mixture thereon into a substantially disc-like configuration during rotation, said pouring tube extends substantially radially over said plate and the direction of rotation relative to said tube is such as to carry said mixture upwardly on the slope of said inclined surface, the pouring tube (38) being adapted to dispense a substantially constant quantity of mixture per surface area of the plate, whereby a substantially constant thickness of mixture is achieved on said surface, and said first hot plate (31) is adapted for movement to an inverted position, when one side of said foodstuff is cooked, wherein said partly cooked foodstuff is released so as to fall onto a second hot plate (32) for cooking the other side thereof.
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