EP 3253219 A4 20181107 - AN IMPROVED CONTINUOUS PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A PITA CHIP
Title (en)
AN IMPROVED CONTINUOUS PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A PITA CHIP
Title (de)
VERBESSERTES KONTINUIERLICHES VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES PITA-CHIPS
Title (fr)
PROCÉDÉ CONTINU ET APPAREIL AMÉLIORÉS POUR LA FABRICATION DE CROUSTILLES DE PITA
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 201514615026 A 20150205
- US 2016016398 W 20160203
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2016126840A1] A method and apparatus for forming chips, for example, pita chips, from a continuous mass of dough. In a first aspect, the apparatus comprises a first conveyor, a second conveyor, and a first trimmer. The first conveyor and the second conveyor are spaced apart a distance to form a gap. The first trimmer, which can comprise a liquid jet nozzle, is positioned above the gap. In a second aspect, the method comprises using a first conveyor to convey a continuous mass of dough to a first trimmer positioned over a gap between the first conveyor and a second conveyor. The method also comprises using the first trimmer to longitudinally trim a first portion of the continuous mass of dough to form thinner strips of the continuous mass of dough. The thinner strips can be integral with the first portion.
IPC 8 full level
A21C 3/10 (2006.01); A21C 3/02 (2006.01); A21C 11/10 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A21C 3/02 (2013.01); A21C 3/10 (2013.01); A21C 11/10 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [XA] EP 0722661 A2 19960724 - WERNER & PFLEIDERER LEBENSMITT [DE]
- [X] GB 1287585 A 19720831 - CADBURY BROS LTD [GB]
- [X] US 4735566 A 19880405 - SQUICCIARINI ALEX J [US]
- [X] EP 0219420 A2 19870422 - NABISCO BRANDS INC [US]
- [X] WO 2010127561 A1 20101111 - SHANGHAI YI CHEN INFORMATION T [CN], et al
- [A] US 2014037789 A1 20140206 - BERNARD DONALD CASIMIR [US], et al
- See references of WO 2016126840A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2016126840 A1 20160811; EP 3253219 A1 20171213; EP 3253219 A4 20181107
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 2016016398 W 20160203; EP 16747203 A 20160203