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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 1985
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1984
Andrew A Caridis, Foster City, CA (US);
Clark K Benson, Millbrae, CA (US);
Lawrence F Klein, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Heat and Control, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A machine forms tortillas into cooked taco shells using a conveyor with a plurality of complementary, vertically extending forming elements which shift from a nested to an open condition as the conveyor sprockets are traversed for feeding and discharging the product. On the lower conveyor run the forming elements pass through a channel of cooking oil and then on to a station where cooked taco shells are discharged. A loading conveyor feeds tortillas in a spaced column towards the forming elements and an acceleration conveyor operates between the loading conveyor and forming conveyor for positioning the tortilla for engagement with a forming element.