Method for making extruded food products
AssigneeTownsend Engineering Company
InventorsPetrus Johannes Kobussen, Josinus Johannes Jacobus Petrus Kobussen, Martinus Wilhelmus Hendricus Kobussen, Hendricus Franciscus Gerardus Smulders
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Abstract
A method and apparatus of continuously processing an elongated strand (1) of plastic edible material coated with a coagulated coating. A co-extruder (6) has interchangeable parts (9B) to provide strands of varying diameter. The strand is conveyed through a closed tubular conveyor (106) through which a brine fluid is simultaneously passed. The drying of the strand includes an infrared drier (3). A linker and/or crimper (2) is provided.
Claims6
A method for making an extruded food product comprising,
- forming an elongated strand of food product by simultaneously co-extruding said strand and a hardenable coating substance on the outer surface thereof and subjecting said coated strand to a source of infrared energy to harden said coating substance;
- conveying said coated strand through a serpentine-shaped conveyor, and simultaneously directing a quantity of reactive solution through said conveyor to further cure said coating material;
- controlling said infrared source so that said coating material is sufficiently dried to a tensile strength sufficient to contain said strand for linking and handling without substantially changing the structure of said strand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.