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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2023
General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Aaron Baumgartner, Savage, MN (US);
Roberta Marie Langenfeld, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Dalton Sherrill, Loretto, MN (US);
Michael Snyder, Stacy, MN (US);
Andrew Friend Souder, Joplin, MO (US);
Kiara Cristina Camareno Vargas, Minneapolis, MN (US);
General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A system and method for detecting and compensating for deformities or other irregularities in sheeted dough being delivered to a rotary cutter in order to preemptively avoid cutter wrap-up is provided. The detection system includes one or more sensors capable of identifying and monitoring irregularities in the dough upstream of the rotary cutter. Signals from the sensor(s) are sent to a controller which, upon detecting a dough irregularity which could cause cutter wrap-up, automatically raises the rotary cutter until the irregularity passes the cutter.