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US 5,664,485 AGranted
System for producing a filled rolled dough product
AssigneeThe Pillsbury Company
InventorsJoseph C. McDilda, Kenneth Litke
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Abstract
A conveyor moves a dough sheet along a dough travel path. A filling applicator, located proximate the dough travel path, applies filling to the dough sheet. A cooler is located downstream of the filling applicator along the dough travel path. The cooler cools the filling applied to the dough sheet sufficiently to increase viscosity of the filling prior to the dough sheet being rolled to form a rolled dough product.
Claims6
A dough rolling preparation apparatus for preparing a dough product to be rolled, the apparatus comprising:
- a dough travel path;
- a conveyor moving a dough sheet along the dough travel path at a controlled speed;
- filling applicator means, located proximate the dough travel path, for applying filling to the dough sheet at a controlled temperature and a controlled mass flow rate;
- a cooling hood located downstream of the filling applicator means and defining a cooling portion of the dough travel path to cool filling on the dough sheet traveling along the dough travel path;
- coolant delivery means, operably coupled to the hood, for delivering coolant to the hood;
- and;
- controller means coupled to a controlled apparatus comprising at least one of the conveyor for controlling the speed of the conveyor, the filling applicator means for controlling at least one of the temperature and the mass flow rate, and the coolant delivery means for controlling the coolant delivery means, so that the viscosity of the filling is in a selected range that is suitable for rolling with the dough sheet into a rolled dough product as the dough sheet exits the cooling hood along the dough travel path.
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