Foods and beverages: apparatus – Edible laminated product making apparatus
Reexamination Certificate
2001-04-16
2004-05-18
Yeung, George C. (Department: 1761)
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Edible laminated product making apparatus
C099S450200, C425S301000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06736053
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for producing a paste food product resembling in appearance a crab's leg meat tissue, wherein the paste food product is substantially made of a fish paste and the like, which is partitioned into a plurality of elongated segments by means of a plurality of parallel oblique slits and longitudinal slits to cause a sensation of crab's leg meat to the teeth upon eating.
BACKGROUND ART
Although various paste food products of the above-mentioned types and various methods for producing such paste food products have been previously proposed, a need exists in the art for a method and apparatus for producing a paste food product resembling in appearance a crab's leg meat tissue, in an easy manner, at low cost through the lowest possible number of process steps, wherein the paste food product is substantially made of a fish paste and the like which is partitioned into a plurality of elongated segments by means of a plurality of parallel oblique slits and longitudinal slits to cause a sensation of crab's leg meat to the teeth upon eating.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
In accordance with a first aspect of the present invention, the above object of the present invention is accomplished by providing:
A method for producing a paste food product resembling in appearance a crab's leg meat tissue, comprising the steps of:
forming a cylindrical body having a predetermined diameter winding up a paste sheet; and
forming a plurality of rows of parallel oblique slits in the cylindrical body so as to have the rows of the parallel oblique slits symmetrically arranged about a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical body, the parallel oblique slits being spaced apart from each other at predetermined narrow intervals in each of the rows to assume a feathery-branched block shape.
In accordance with a second aspect of the present invention, the above object of the present invention is accomplished by providing:
A method for producing a paste food product resembling in appearance a crab's leg meat tissue, comprising the steps of:
stacking a plurality of paste sheets into a pile;
cutting the pile into a predetermined-width piece when a width of the pile is not equal to a predetermined width;
forming a plurality of rows of parallel oblique slits in the predetermined-width piece so as to have the rows of the parallel oblique slits symmetrically arranged about a longitudinal axis of the predetermined-width piece, the parallel oblique slits being spaced apart from each other at predetermined narrow intervals in each of the rows to assume a feathery-branched block shape; and
cutting the predetermined-width piece into a plurality of feathery-branched blocks.
In accordance with a third aspect of the present invention, the above object of the present invention is accomplished by providing:
A method for producing a paste food product resembling in appearance a crab's leg meat tissue, comprising the steps of:
forming a plurality of full or partial partitioning lines in a paste sheet to extend in a direction in which the paste sheet is moved;
folding the paste sheet along the partitioning lines into a folded sheet;
intermittently or continuously feeding the folded sheet;
forming a plurality of slits in the folded sheet thus fed to form the folded sheet into a raw product resembling in appearance a crab's leg meat tissue; and
cutting the raw product into a plurality of blocks each having a predetermined length.
In accordance with a fourth aspect of the present invention, the above object of the present invention is accomplished by providing:
An apparatus for producing a paste food product resembling in appearance a crab's leg meat tissue, comprising:
a sheet cutter assembly constructed of a plurality of parallel rotary cutters which are arranged side by side and disposed under a first feed means for feeding a paste sheet;
a convergent roll assembly for forming the paste sheet into a folded sheet, the convergent roll assembly having an H-shaped cross section and being disposed under the first feed means;
a conveyor for conveying the folded sheet, the conveyor being disposed under the convergent roll assembly;
a second feed means for intermittent or continuously feeding the folded sheet, the second feed means being disposed in front of the conveyor;
a slitting machine, which is disposed under the second feed means, for forming a plurality of rows of parallel oblique slits in the folded sheet so as to have the rows of the parallel oblique slits symmetrically arranged about a longitudinal axis of the folded sheet, the parallel oblique slits being spaced apart from each other at predetermined narrow intervals in each of the rows to assume a feathery-branched block shape; and
a cutter for cutting the folded sheet provided with the parallel oblique slits into a plurality of blocks each having a predetermined length, the cutter being disposed over an end portion of the conveyor.
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Browdy and Neimark , P.L.L.C.
Yeung George C.
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