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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2018
General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Shivakumar Elayedath, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
John J Fenske, Shoreview, MN (US);
Sean Igo, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Andrew David King, St Neots, GB;
David Morrison Russell, Sheffield, GB;
Samuel Whitmore, Cambridge, GB;
Mark Anthony Zentile, Heidelberg, DE;
General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A taco shell is produced using a rotary cutter including a shaft, an outer blade extending radially outward from the shaft and a first inner blade extending radially outward from the shaft. The outer blade defines an interior area, enclosed by the outer blade, and an exterior area. The first inner blade is located in the interior area and includes a plurality of teeth. A dough piece is cut from a dough sheet with the outer blade, and a first arcuate line of depressions is created in the dough piece with the plurality of teeth. The dough piece is folded to form a shaped dough piece, and the shaped dough piece is baked to produce a hard taco shell.