Tortilla forming machine
AssigneePoquito Mas, Inc.
InventorKevin T. McCarney
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Abstract
A tortilla forming machine for molding dough into a tortilla shell having a top, a bottom, a peripheral edge, and a thickness. The forming machine includes a first member having a first forming surface, a second member having a second forming surface moveable toward and away from the first forming surface, and at least one removable sizing ring. The sizing ring includes a first edge and an opposing second edge, an inner surface and a height defining a cavity between the first and second forming surfaces when the first forming surface is adjacent the first edge and the second forming surface is adjacent the second edge such that the inner surface of the ring forms the peripheral edge of the tortilla shell and the height of the ring forms the thickness of the tortilla shell.
Claims22
A tortilla forming machine for molding dough into a tortilla shell having a top, a bottom, a peripheral edge, and a thickness, said forming machine comprising a first member having a first forming surface;
- a second member having a second forming surface moveable toward and away from said first forming surface;
- and at least one removable sizing ring separate from said first forming surface and said second forming surface, said sizing ring having a first edge and an opposing second edge, an inwardly facing surface between said first edge and said second edge with a height, said sizing ring defining a cavity between said first and second forming surfaces when said first forming surfaces is adjacent said first edge and said second forming surface is adjacent said second edge;
- said inwardly facing surface of said sizing ring defining said peripheral edge of the tortilla shell and said height of said inwardly facing surface defining the thickness of the tortilla shell.
A tortilla forming machine for molding dough into a tortilla shell having a top, a bottom, a peripheral edge, and a thickness, said forming machine comprising a first member having a first forming surface;
- a second member having a second forming surface moveable toward and away from said first forming surface;
- and at least one removable sizing ring separate from said first forming surface and said second forming surface, said sizing ring having a first edge and an opposing second edge and a recess in one of said first edge or said second edge, said recess including a bottom surface contiguous with an inwardly facing surface between said first edge and said second edge, said inwardly facing surface having a height, said recess defining a cavity between said first and second forming surfaces when said first forming surfaces is adjacent said first edge and said second forming surface is adjacent said second edge;
- said inwardly facing surface of said recess defining said peripheral edge of the tortilla shell and said height of said inwardly facing surface defining the thickness of the tortilla shell.
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