APPARATUS FOR MAKING EDIBLE CONTAINERS

摘要

The present disclosure provides an apparatus for making edible containers which includes a hollow female mold for holding a flowable food product and a male mold insertable into the hollow female mold. The two molds when assembled define a gap of preselected thickness so that when assembled with the food product in the female mold, the gap is filled with the food product in the shape of the final edible container produced once the food product is cooked or baked. An alignment and positioning mechanism is provide that keeps the two mold sections aligned but allows them to move with respect to each other during heating so that when the food product expands, the two molds can move with respect to each other while still keeping the two mold sections aligned with each other so the final edible container keeps its same general shape before and after cooking.

主权项

1. An apparatus for making an edible container, said apparatus comprising:
at least one female mold having a hollow body and an entrance into said hollow body; at least one male mold having a body with a first end portion adapted for insertion into the hollow body of the female mold and a second end located exterior to said hollow body when said first end portion is inserted into said hollow body, said at least one female mold and said at least one male mold having a shape and size such when said at least one male mold is inserted into said at least one female mold, a gap of preselected width is formed between an inner surface of said hollow body of said female mold and an outer surface of said male mold; an alignment and positioning mechanism for aligning said at least one female mold and said at least one male mold for assembling said at least one female mold and said at least one male mold together; and wherein in operation, a flowable food product is placed into said hollow body of said female mold, and upon aligning and positioning said at least one male mold said male mold is inserted into said at least one female mold whereupon said at least one male mold displaces the flowable food product between said at least one female and male mold with said flowable food product located in said gap for defining a wall thickness of an edible container formed by heating said flowable food product located in said gap, and wherein, and wherein said alignment and positioning mechanism is configured to permit unrestricted movement of said at least one male and female molds with respect to each other while maintaining an alignment between said at least one male mold and said at least one female mold upon heating and expansion of said flowable food product.