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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
May. 11, 2018
Frito-lay North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Samuel Asiedu Asante, Allen, TX (US);
Rudolph L. Bazaldua, Midlothian, TX (US);
Sonny Beckman, Kankakee, IL (US);
Ajay Rajeshwar Bhaskar, Allen, TX (US);
Bhima Geera, Kankakee, IL (US);
Lori Glanz, Plano, TX (US);
Nick Ladin, Kankakee, IL (US);
V. N. Mohan Rao, Plano, TX (US);
David L. Sanchez, Plano, TX (US);
William Yang, Frisco, TX (US);
Frito-Lay North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for separating a ribbon of uncooked embossed dough into separated pieces patterned/shaped like the embossed pattern. The apparatus includes a pair of spaced apart rollers for receiving a ribbon of dough there between. One of rollers has a pattern embossed on its surface to emboss the ribbon of dough with the pattern. The surface embossing and the spacing between the rollers maintains the structural integrity of the embossed ribbon of dough. The apparatus has a two spaced apart rotating arms to receive the embossed dough ribbon there between. A plurality of spaced apart fingers extend outward along the length of each of the arms and are configured to tear the dough, without sticking, into dough pieces reflecting shapes embossed in the dough ribbon. The dough pieces can be dried, and patterned shaped pieces are separated out for expansion to three dimensions by cooking.