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US 4,789,555 AGranted
Apparatus and method for preparing patterned baked goods
AssigneeGriffith Laboratories U.S.A., Inc.
InventorVirginia L. Judd
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method for preparing a patterned baked good by cutting a dough piece and impressing a pattern on the dough piece.
Claims15
An apparatus for preparing a patterned baked good from dough comprising:
- means for cutting a dough piece from the dough;
- and
- means, affixed to said cutting means, for impressing a spiral pattern on the dough piece, said impressing means comprising a pattern member having a leading edge set back from said cutting means such that when said cutting means is used to cut a dough piece, said impressing means will cut a spiral pattern into but not through the dough piece;
- whereby, upon baking, the dough piece becomes a patterned baked good.
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An apparatus for preparing a patterned baked good from sheeted dough comprising:
- a generally upstanding collar having a continuous first leading edge for cutting a dough piece from sheeted dough;
- and
- a pattern member, affixed to said cutting means having a second leading edge, said second leading edge being a continuous spiral circumscribed by and set back from said first leading edge, for cutting a spiral pattern into but not through the sheeted dough when said apparatus is used to cut a dough piece from the sheeted dough;
- whereby, upon baking, the dough piece becomes a patterned baked good.
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A method for preparing a patterned baked good from sheeted dough comprising:
- preparing a dough mass and forming a sheeted dough therefrom;
- cutting a dough piece from said sheeted dough and impressing a spiral pattern through the surface of said dough piece;
- and
- baking said impressed dough piece to form a spiral domed patterned baked good.
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A method for preparing a patterned baked good from a dough portion pulled away from a dough mass comprising
- preparing a dough mass and pulling away a dough portion therefrom;
- cutting a dough piece from said dough portion and impressing a spiral pattern through the surface of said dough piece;
- and
- baking said impressed dough piece to form a spiral domed patterned baked good.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.