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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2011
Stanley N. Lowry, Kernersville, NC (US);
Deborah R. Lowry, Kernersille, NC (US);
Christopher T. Roth, Kernersville, NC (US);
Stanley N. Lowry, Kernersville, NC (US);
Garcie M. McCall, Rural Hall, NC (US);
Christopher T. Roth, Kernersville, NC (US);
HDN Development Corporation, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for cutting dough are described. One described dough cutting apparatus comprises a barrel having two ends, a removable die comprising a shaped opening, the removable die adapted to be coupled to a first end of the barrel, and a knife adapted to cut dough extruded from the shaped opening. In one illustrative method for making doughnuts, dough is extruded and cut using such a dough cutting apparatus and the dough is then cooked.