Apparatus and methods for fabricating food items include extruding a first hot plastic food mass through multiple passages (14) and co-extruding a second hot plastic food mass through a feed stem (22) received in each of the multiple passages (14) and through nozzles (42). Each nozzle (42) includes a first portion (42b) in communication with the feed stem (22) but not the passage (14) and a second portion (42a) in communication with the passage (16) but not the feed stem (22). The nozzles (42) are rotatable in gearing relation with the drive gear (70) of a servomotor (72). The co-extruded ropes are conveyed at a linear speed rate less than or equal to the discharge speed from the nozzles (42), cooled, and cut into individual pieces in the form of peelably separable strands.
申请公布号
WO2008042750(A3)
申请公布日期
2008.09.04
申请号
WO2007US79837
申请日期
2007.09.28
申请人
GENERAL MILLS, INC.;WEINSTEIN, JAMES N.;OLIVE, JAMES M.;HUBERG, PETER A.;BURGESS, LAURIE;LEUHRS, THOMAS;MAACK, JENNIFER M.
发明人
WEINSTEIN, JAMES N.;OLIVE, JAMES M.;HUBERG, PETER A.;BURGESS, LAURIE;LEUHRS, THOMAS;MAACK, JENNIFER M.