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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Frito-lay North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Timothy Allen Johnson, Plano, TX (US);
Scott Alan Richey, Plano, TX (US);
Richard James Ruegg, Coppell, TX (US);
Sidharth Sambashivan, Dallas, TX (US);
Rogers Williams, McKinney, TX (US);
Assignee:
Frito-Lay North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 37/04 (2006.01); A21D 8/06 (2006.01); A21C 9/08 (2006.01); A23P 10/10 (2016.01); A23L 19/12 (2016.01); A23L 19/10 (2016.01); A23L 5/10 (2016.01); A23L 19/00 (2016.01); A23L 7/117 (2016.01); A23L 19/18 (2016.01); A23P 30/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A21D 8/06 (2013.01); A21C 9/08 (2013.01); A21C 9/081 (2013.01); A21C 9/083 (2013.01); A21C 9/085 (2013.01); A21C 9/088 (2013.01); A23L 5/15 (2016.08); A23L 5/17 (2016.08); A23L 7/117 (2016.08); A23L 19/09 (2016.08); A23L 19/10 (2016.08); A23L 19/12 (2016.08); A23L 19/18 (2016.08); A23L 19/19 (2016.08); A23P 10/10 (2016.08); A23P 30/10 (2016.08);
Abstract
The invention is an improved process and system for producing a shaped snack chip. A shaping oven, which uses a chain edge conveyor having transverse slats with at least one spring affixed to the slats, is used to convert dough pieces into shaped pre-forms, which can optionally be further dehydrated to form shaped snack chips.