Recot Inc.

Alexa W Williams

Richard James Ruegg

Daniel Eugene Orr

Edward Leon Ouellette

Steven Theodore Chandler

Terry Dale Klockenga

Joseph H Gold

Perry Hanson

Eric P Farabaugh

Scott L Robinson

Brian Keith Bell

The process for making a shaped snack chip uses various components to form a chip having depth such as a bowl-shaped tortilla chip. The chips are formed by sheeting into an initial flat shape. The chips are then passed along for shaping by a mold and plunger conveyor. Once plunged to the mold shape, the chips are reduced in moisture content by baking and frying. After frying, oil is evacuated from the chips whereafter salt and flavoring is applied, if desired, prior to being packaged.

Process for making a shaped snack chip

The system and method for molding a shaped snack chip use various components to form chips having depth such as a bowl-shaped tortilla chip. Essentially flat chip preforms are fed to a series of molds disposed about a mold conveyor. The preforms are then passed along for shaping by a mold and plunger conveyor. A continuous conveyor with plungers extending outward is synchronized to operate in conjunction with the mold conveyor. At desired and determined intervals, a multiple of plungers extend downward and into the molds thereby molding the chip preforms into shaped chips. The shaped chips are evacuated from the molds and subjected to additional processing.

System and method for molding a snack chip

Snack piece mold

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Alexa W Williams