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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2016
General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Hao Gong, Shanghai, CN;
Xiaogang Xiong, Shanghai, CN;
Yihui Li, Shanghai, CN;
Gang Wang, Shanghai, CN;
Derong Wang, Shanghai, CN;
Ying Ren, Shanghai, CN;
General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a dumpling automation machine for preparing dumpling-like food product, comprising a pressing and cutting device for dough pad, a filling injection device and a forming assembly, wherein the forming assembly comprises: a mold assembly for supporting a dough pad injected with a filling and maintaining the dough pad in an upright position; a pre-forming assembly for pre-pressing the upright dough pad to form a pre-pressed crest; and a forming assembly for pressing the pre-pressed crest to from a crest; wherein the mold assembly is configured to successively support the dough pad in different positions along a conveyor, and wherein in a pre-forming position, pre-bending portions on the two ends of the crest are formed by the pre-forming assembly, and in a forming position, the pre-bending portions are bent to form bending portion by a bending assembly. The present invention does not need the participation of people in the forming of the dumpling-like food product, thus it can replace the traditional manufacturing mode of manual dumpling process and thus the productivity effect can be significantly increased. Moreover, the formed dumpling-like food product has a compact crest, a full pocket, a unique shape and is easy to be put into the box.