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US 5,289,761 AGranted
Device for making a snack
AssigneeMora B.V.
InventorsLeon Marie F. Spierts, Gerard Matheus H. Lemmerling, Sibbelina Marijke Berg, Rene Louis De Fielliettaz-Goethart
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Abstract
A snack, such as an egg roll with a substantially block shape, can be made by employing a method and device for making such a snack. The snack has a filling enclosed in at least one pancake wrapping with at least one pancake wrapping edge fused and the pancake is further folded around the pancake wrapping.
Claims18
A device for making a snack having a substantially block shape with a filling packed in a pancake, comprising:
- i) a pancake station including a rotary heated drum for delivering a pancake having a plurality of edges including at least one free wrapping edge, and a leading edge;
- ii) a filling station for placing a filling on a portion of the pancake such that said free wrapping edge and said leading edge extend adjacent to the filling;
- iii) a wrapping station for wrapping the pancake by wrapping the leading edge about the filling whereby a portion of the wrapped pancake creates a pancake wrapping about the filling and a portion of the pancake extends beyond the filling to form a pancake flap;
- iv) a closing station for fusing said free wrapping edge formed from the wrapped pancake edge, whereby the filling is enclosed in said pancake wrapping;
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- v) a folding station for folding the pancake flap around said pancake wrapping.
3 more elements
A device for making a snack having a substantially block shape, comprising:
- i) delivery means for delivering a pancake having a plurality of edges including at least one free wrapping edge, and a leading edge, wherein said delivery means includes a rotary heated drum;
- ii) means for wrapping a portion of said pancake around the filling, such that said free wrapping edge and said leading edge extend adjacent to the filling;
- iii) means for fusing at least one said free wrapping edge while closing said pancake wrapping;
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- iv) means for folding said flap around said pancake wrapping.
2 more elements
A device for making a snack having a substantially block shape with a filling packed in a pancake, comprising:
- i) a pancake station for delivering a pancake having a plurality of edges including at least one free wrapping edge, and a leading edge;
- ii) a filling station for placing a filling on a portion of said free wrapping edge and such that said leading edge extends adjacent to the filling;
- iii) a wrapping station for wrapping the pancake by the leading edge about the filling whereby a portion of the wrapped pancake creates a pancake wrapping about the filling and a portion of the pancake extends beyond the filling to form a pancake flap;
- iv) a closing station including at least one cutting member which cuts off part of said free wrapping edge adjacent the filling and closes said pancake wrapping for fusing said free wrapping edge formed from the wrapped pancake edge, whereby the filling is enclosed in said pancake wrapping;
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- v) a folding station for folding the pancake flap around said pancake wrapping.
3 more elements
A device for making a snack having a substantially block shape with a filling packed in a pancake, comprising:
- i) a pancake station for delivering a pancake having a plurality of edges including at least one free wrapping edge, and a leading edge;
- ii) a filling station for placing a filling on a portion of the pancake such that said free wrapping edge and said leading edge extend adjacent to the filling and a pancake edge extends on both sides of the filling;
- iii) a wrapping station for wrapping the pancake by the leading edge about the filling whereby a portion of the wrapped pancake creates a pancake wrapping about the filling and a portion of the pancake extends beyond the filling to form a pancake flap;
- iv) a closing station including two cutting members for fusing said free wrapping edge formed from the wrapped pancake edge, whereby the filling is enclosed in said pancake wrapping;
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- v) a folding station for folding the pancake flap around said pancake wrapping.
3 more elements
A device for making a snack having a substantially block shape with a filling packed in a pancake, comprising:
- i) a pancake station for delivering a pancake having a plurality of edges including at least one free wrapping edge, and a leading edge;
- ii) a filling station for placing a filling on a portion of the pancake such that said free wrapping edge and said leading edge extend adjacent to the filling;
- iii) a wrapping station including a vacuum beam for wrapping the pancake by the leading edge about the filling whereby a portion of the wrapped pancake creates a pancake wrapping about the filling and a portion of the pancake extends beyond the filling to form a pancake flap;
- iv) a closing station for fusing said free wrapping edge formed from the wrapped pancake edge, whereby the filling is enclosed in said pancake wrapping;
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- v) a folding station for folding the pancake flap around said pancake wrapping.
3 more elements
A device for making a snack having a substantially block shape with a filling packed in a pancake, comprising:
- i) a pancake station for delivering a pancake having a plurality of edges including at least one free wrapping edge, and a leading edge;
- ii) a filling station for placing a filling on a portion of the pancake such that said free wrapping edge and said leading edge extend adjacent to the filling;
- iii) a first wrapping station for wrapping the pancake by the leading edge about the filling and a second wrapping station for folding a second pancake around said pancake wrapping wherein said second wrapping station is a tumbling wrapper;
- iv) a closing station connected to said second wrapping station for fusing said free wrapping edge formed from the wrapped pancake edge, whereby the filling is enclosed in said pancake wrapping;
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- v) a folding station for folding the pancake flap around said pancake wrapping.
3 more elements
A device for making a snack having a substantially block shape with a filling packed in a pancake, comprising:
- i) a pancake station for delivering a pancake band having a plurality of edges including at least one free wrapping edge, and a leading edge;
- ii) a filling station for placing a filling on a portion of the pancake such that said free wrapping edge and said leading edge extend adjacent to the filling;
- iii) a wrapping station for wrapping the pancake by the leading edge about the filling whereby a portion of the wrapped pancake creates a pancake wrapping about the filling and a portion of the pancake extends beyond the filling to form a pancake flap;
- iv) a closing station for fusing said free wrapping edge formed from the wrapped pancake edge, whereby the filling is enclosed in said pancake wrapping;
- v) a folding station for folding the pancake flap around said pancake wrapping;
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- vi) a cutting station located upstream of said wrapping station for cutting said pancake band.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.