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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2009
Mihaelos N. Mihalos, Palisades Park, NJ (US);
Jessica H. Schwartzberg, Maplewood, NJ (US);
Theodore N. Janulis, Randolph, NJ (US);
Barbara E. Baumann, Bedminster, NJ (US);
Stephanie M. Ferguson, Montclair, NJ (US);
Zena E. Forte, Blairstown, NJ (US);
Mihaelos N. Mihalos, Palisades Park, NJ (US);
Jessica H. Schwartzberg, Maplewood, NJ (US);
Theodore N. Janulis, Randolph, NJ (US);
Barbara E. Baumann, Bedminster, NJ (US);
Stephanie M. Ferguson, Montclair, NJ (US);
Zena E. Forte, Blairstown, NJ (US);
Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC, Northfield, IL (US);
Abstract
A dough sheet for producing thin, baked chips is obtained continuously by compressing a dough sheet to a thickness of less than or equal to about 0.035 inch between counter-rotating gauge rolls while maintaining the surface of each gauge roll at a temperature of about 85° F. to about 95° F. Maintaining the gauge roll surface temperature at about 85° F. to about 95° F. avoids sticking, tearing, and shredding of the thin dough sheet as it is compressed and transferred by the gauge rolls, even at high production rates or line speeds. A rotary cutter is employed to obtain thin, irregularly shaped, scallop-edged snacks in a variety of shapes from a single dough sheet without producing dough scraps between the pieces.