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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 1978
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter W de Ruyter, St. Bruno, Quebec, J3V 4P2, CA;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426506 ; 264202 ; 425208 ; 426516 ; 426517 ; 426802 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a process and apparatus for texturizing protein products wherein a protein dough containing a heat coagulable protein is passed through a screw conveyor that has an internal conveying section which changes in configuration such that the dough is stretched during passage through the conveyor, while at the same time is heated to a temperature above the heat coagulation temperature of the protein to ultimately provide a meat-like fiber structure wherein the fibers are aligned.