Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Processes – Molding – casting – or shaping
Patent
1995-09-27
1996-06-18
Yeung, George
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Processes
Molding, casting, or shaping
264212, 425363, 425371, 425404, 426517, A01J 2500, A23P 100, B29D 700
Patent
active
055275516
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for forming a continuous sheet of molten, moldable or plasticized material, especially a food product such as cheese. The invention may also be used to form a continuous sheet of other food products, such as noodles, peanut butter, jellies and the like. The apparatus comprises at least two sets of opposed rollers and a pair of endless belts. At least one of the first set of rollers, defined as forming rollers for purposes of distinction, has a concave surface. Each of another set of rollers, defined as discharge rollers for purposes of distinction, is disposed downstream from the first set of rollers and has a substantially flat surface. Each endless belt circulates about a group of rollers comprised of a forming roller and a discharge roller. In the region between opposed roller sets, the endless belts cooperate with each other and with the rollers to form a pocket that receives and maintains the cheese. The distance between the outer surfaces of the belts corresponds to the desired thickness of the sheet of cheese. A motor causes the forming and discharge rollers to spin about their longitudinal axes and the first and second endless belts to revolve about the rollers.
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Fager Orville C.
Stenzel Matthew T.
Schreiber Foods, Inc.
Yeung George
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