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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2001
Andrew A. Caridis, San Carlos, CA (US);
Daniel E. Brown, San Mateo, CA (US);
John Silvester, Hayward, CA (US);
Anthony A. Caridis, Belmont, CA (US);
Larry Klein, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Heat and Control, Inc., Hayward, CA (US);
Abstract
Cooking and simultaneously forming a tostada or taco product in a cooking oil bath by inserting a pliable tortilla between adjacent molds when opened in a clamshell action, then closing the molds and conveying them through an oil bath and then opening the molds and removing the product. While cooking, the product is captured in the space between adjacent molds and permitted to cook into the desired shape. An interchange of conveyor carried molds is disclosed whereby the cooking equipment may process different product sizes and shapes.