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US 5,510,135 AGranted
Apparatus and method for connected forming and controlled stacking of material
OwnerJohn Galderinventor
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An apparatus and method for connected forming and controlled stacking of material having a form (12). The form (12) includes at least two molds (14) connected to each other by a web (16). The introduction of material into the form (12) results in the material generally assuming the shape of the molds (14) and the web (16). As a result, when the material is pressed out of the molds (14), the material is held together in the preselected position by the resultant web (16). This enables the stacking of material on top of each other in a controlled and certain manner since the forms pressed from the molds (14) will retain their chosen spaced apart distance and fall consistently and uniformally on top of each other until such time as the desired height of stacked material is achieved. In particular, in the cookie industry, uncooked cookie dough can be formed by utilization of a plurality of molds (14) interconnected to each other by a web of cookie dough so that uncooked, unfrozen, cookie dough can be stacked to desired a height and desired numbers in preselected economically sized boxes. Once stacked, the cookies can then be allowed to age, prior to being frozen, thus enhancing the taste of the resulting baked cookie.
In a cookie forming device wherein raw, soft, cookie dough is introduced into forms so that a layer of more than one cookie of dough is pressed out on a previously formed layer, an apparatus for ensuring each layer is accurately and consistently stacked on top of the other layer without having to first freeze or cook the raw, soft, cookie dough, the device comprising:
A method of forming raw, soft, material to be stacked so that it can be controlled and stacked uniformally while still raw and soft comprising the steps of:
A method of forming cookie dough wherein the cookie dough is introduced into forms so that a layer of more than one cookie of dough is pressed out onto previously formed layers while ensuring that each layer is accurately and consistently stacked on top of the other without having to first cook or freeze the cookie dough comprising the steps of:
An apparatus for connected forming and controlled stacking of material comprising:
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