FILLED DOUGH PRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD

摘要

Filled dough producing method and apparatus is disclosed for making a food product, such as baozi, a traditional Chinese food, by folding and constricting close a circular dough wrapper around a filling in an apparatus including a pocket assembly made of pliable fabric layer with an upper surface and lower surface, a flexible frusto-conical annular member connected to the lower surface of the pliable fabric layer, and draw strings for making a pouch, wherein the frusto-conical annular member is configured to be alternately inverted from a first rigid position to a second rigid position.

主权项

1. A filled dough producing apparatus, comprising:
a) a pliable fabric layer with an upper surface and lower surface; b) a flexible frusto-conical annular member defining a hole therein with a radially inner periphery and a radially outer periphery, the frusto-conical annular member being connected along the radially inner periphery thereof to the lower surface of the pliable fabric layer, forming a filled dough receiving pocket on the upper surface of the pliable fabric layer, the pocket having a circular outer edge corresponding to the radially inner periphery of the frusto-conical annular member, wherein the frusto-conical annular member is corrugated and configured to be alternately inverted from a first rigid position in which the radially inner periphery is on a first side and a second rigid position in which the radially inner periphery is on a second side opposing the first side; c) means for causing the radially inward movement of the circular outer edge of the filled dough receiving pocket; and d) means for causing the frusto-conical annular member to move from the first rigid position to the second rigid position.