Apparatus and method for molding and baking dough
AssigneeBakamold, Inc.
InventorDon H. Savage
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Abstract
A cup-shaped mold for the shaping and baking of bread or cookie dough comprises an upper cupped molding member and a lower, slightly larger, cupped molding member. Each molding member has a flange horizontally extending from its edge. When the molding members are placed together with the dough between them, thereby forming the dough into cup-shaped, the flanges are in continuous contact along their length. During heating of the mold for baking, a plurality of clamps press the flanges together at between 0.5 and 1 p.s.i. to prevent escape of the dough from the mold while allowing partial escape of moisture from the mold.
Claims21
An apparatus for forming and baking dough in a predetermined shape comprising:
- a first mold having a first flange extending from its perimeter;
- a second mold having a concave first side which is adapted to receive the first mold and an opposite second side which is darkly colored with respect to the first side and the first mold and a second flange extending from its perimeter, the second flange being substantially co-extensive with the first flange, wherein a closed cavity for placement of the dough is formed when the first and second molds are placed together;
- pressure means extrinsic to the molds and flanges for pressing the first and second flanges together to a predetermined degree when the first and second mold members are placed together;
- wherein the darkly colored outer surface of the second mold increases the heat retained by the second mold relative to the heat retained by the first mold when heat is applied to the apparatus.
A pan for molding dough into a desired shape and baking the dough in that shape upon the application of heat comprising:
- a first mold, including a perimeter, having first and second opposing surfaces, the first surface being shaped to mold a first side of the dough;
- a second mold, including a perimeter, having third and fourth opposing surfaces, the third surface being shaped to mold a second side of the dough and being adapted to receive the first surface in nesting engagement forming a shaped enclosure therebetween and the fourth surface being darkly colored with respect to the other three surfaces to increase the heat retained by the second mold relative to the heat retained by the first mold when heat is applied to the pan;
- a first flange extending from the perimeter of the first mold, said first flange and said perimeter of the first mold defining an intersection therebetween;
- a second flange extending from the perimeter of the second mold approximately parallel to the first flange when the first and second molds are in nesting engagement, said second flange and said perimeter of the second mold defining an intersection therebetween;
- the first flange being adapted to lie upon he second flange when the first and second molds are in nesting engagement;
- pressure means extraneous to the first and second molds and flanges for pressing the first and second flanges together at a predetermined pressure.
An apparatus for shaping dough into a cup-shape and baking it in that shape while providing for partial release of moisture and preventing escape of the dough from the apparatus comprising:
- an upper, cup-shaped mold having a perimeter;
- a first flange, having a length, extending approximately perpendicularly from the perimeter of the upper mold;
- a lower, cup-shaped, mold into which the dough is placed, the lower mold having a darkly colored outer surface relative to the other surfaces of the upper and lower molds and which is opposite the cup portion and being shaped similarly to and sized slightly larger than the upper mold and adapted to receive the upper mold in nesting position and thereby form a cup-shaped cavity of predetermined thickness between the upper and lower molds and force the dough to conform to the shape of the cavity;
- a second flange, having a length, substantially coextensive with the first flange extending approximately perpendicularly from the perimeter of the lower mold;
- wherein the first flange lies upon the second flange along the entire lengths of the first and second flanges when the upper mold is nested into the lower mold;
- pressure means, extraneous to the mold and flanges, for pressing the flanges together at a precisely determined pressure
- wherein the darkly colored outer surface of the lower mold increases the heat retained by the lower mold relative to the heat retained by the upper mold when heat is applied to the apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.