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US 7,950,916 B2Granted
Apparatus for production of rolled dough food piece
AssigneeSabritas, S. de R.L. de C.V.
InventorsJoaquín Fernández Baumeister, Armando Sedano Hernández, Elizabeth Quintana Romero, Irene Cruz Leyva
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Abstract
An improved apparatus for producing a rolled snack piece using an extruder having typically a plurality of orifices through which an extrudate exits the extruder. Each of these orifices is spiral shaped. When a desired length of extrudate stream or rope protrudes from an orifice, it is cut at its base, thus producing individual snack pieces that appear to have been rolled after being sheeted.
Claims7
An apparatus for producing a rolled shaped food piece, said apparatus comprising:
- an extruder comprising an extruder die, wherein said extruder die comprises at least one orifice, wherein said orifice extends entirely through said extruder die from the front of said extruder die to the rear of said extruder die, wherein extrudate exits the extruder through said at least one orifice and wherein further said orifice comprises a spiral shape and a concave end portion.
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