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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2004
David N. Gallina, Nampa, ID (US);
David N. Gallina, Nampa, ID (US);
J.R. Simplot Company, Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
An improved pancake die is provided for use in a pancake production system for producing pancakes having a highly uniform weight but exhibiting a substantially random peripheral shape reflective of a desirable homemade appearance. The pancake die comprises a cavity of selected geometric shape formed in a reciprocal die plate adapted for movement between a first position underlying a batter reservoir for filling the die cavity with batter, and a second position underlying a discharge plunger for pushing the formed pancake from the die cavity onto a discharge conveyor for further processing. The die cavity is subdivided into an upper zone having the selected geometric shape, and an enlarged undercut lower zone separated therefrom by a substantially radially outwardly extending step. With this configuration, the periphery of each formed pancake distorts in a substantially random manner upon engagement by the discharge plunger, to provide a desirable homemade product appearance.