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EP0249993A2
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Method of and apparatus for making bread
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1987-06-19
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2007-06-19
Abstract
Abstract Bread ingredients and water are kneaded at the start of a bread making process, and the dough is rested. Susequently, dry yeast is added to the dough, and the dough with the added dry yeast is kneaded again. The dough is then allowed to ferment during which time a gas is released from the dough several times, the fermentation stage being followed by baking the dough. An automatic bread making apparatus has a yeast charger (54) for charging dry yeast into a kneading container (43). Thus, dry yeast can automatically be added to the kneaded dough without manual intervention.
Inventors
- 👤 Hirofumi Nakakura
- 👤 Morio Shibata
- 👤 Haruo Ishikawa
- 👤 Akihisa Nakano
- 👤 Hiromi Hirota
- 👤 Hajime Oyabu
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
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2026-11-03 17:11
CPC Classifications
A; A21; A21D; A21D8/00; A21C; A21C1/00; A21C1/006; A21B; A21B7/00; A21B7/005; A21C1/02; B; B01; B01F; B01F35/00; B01F35/30; B01F35/32; B01F35/321; B01F35/3213; B01F35/90; B01F2035/99; B01F27/00; B01F27/80
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
73 words
A method of making bread, comprising the steps of: (a) kneading bread ingredients and water into a first dough; (b) adding dry yeast to said first dough; (c) kneading said first dough and said dry yeast into a second dough; (d) fermenting said second dough; (e) releasing a gas from said second dough while the second dough is being fermented; and (f) baking said second dough after the second dough has been fermented.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
73 words
A method of making bread, comprising the steps of: (a) kneading bread ingredients and water into a first dough; (b) adding dry yeast to said first dough; (c) kneading said first dough and said dry yeast into a second dough; (d) fermenting said second dough; (e) releasing a gas from said second dough while the second dough is being fermented; and (f) baking said second dough after the second dough has been fermented.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
25 words
A method according to claim l, further including the step of resting said first dough between said kneading step (a) and said adding step (b).
Claim 4
Independent Claim
52 words
A method according to claim l, further including the step of pre-heating said first dough to a preset temperature between said kneading step (a) and said adding step (b) when the temperature of said first dough as detected a prescribed time period before said adding step (b) is below said preset temperature.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
40 words
A method according to claim l, wherein said kneading step (a) comprises the steps of first intermittently kneading said first dough for a prescribed period of time and then continuously kneading said first dough after said prescribed period of time.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
23 words
A method according to claim l, further including the step of releasing the gas from said second dough during said fermenting step (d).
Claim 7
Independent Claim
65 words
A method according to claim l, wherein the temperature of said first dough kneaded in said first kneading step (a) is detected, and when the detected temperature is higher than a preset temperature, the time of adding said dry yeast in said adding step (b) is delayed from the adding time which is the case when the detected temperature is lower than the preset temperature.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
25 words
A method according to claim l, wherein the proportion of water to the other bread ingredients in said kneading step (a) is about 75 %.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
153 words
An apparatus for making bread, comprising: (a) a housing: (b) a baking container disposed in said housing and having a source of heat, said baking container having an opening; (c) a kneading container detachably mounted in said baking container for containing bread ingredients and water therein; (d) an openable lid assembly positioned above said kneading container and normally covering said opening of the baking container; (e) a kneading blade movably disposed in said kneading container; (f) a motor for operating said kneading blade to knead the bread ingredients and water into a dough in said kneading container; (g) means for detecting the temperature of said dough kneaded in said kneading container; (h) a yeast charger for charging dry yeast into said kneading container; and (i) a control unit for controlling said source of heat and said motor to successively kead, ferment, release a gas from, and bake said dough in said kneading container.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
153 words
An apparatus for making bread, comprising: (a) a housing: (b) a baking container disposed in said housing and having a source of heat, said baking container having an opening; (c) a kneading container detachably mounted in said baking container for containing bread ingredients and water therein; (d) an openable lid assembly positioned above said kneading container and normally covering said opening of the baking container; (e) a kneading blade movably disposed in said kneading container; (f) a motor for operating said kneading blade to knead the bread ingredients and water into a dough in said kneading container; (g) means for detecting the temperature of said dough kneaded in said kneading container; (h) a yeast charger for charging dry yeast into said kneading container; and (i) a control unit for controlling said source of heat and said motor to successively kead, ferment, release a gas from, and bake said dough in said kneading container.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
80 words
An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said yeast charger comprises a yeast container mounted in said lid assembly, said yeast container having an upper opening which opens at an upper surface of said lid assembly and a lower opening which opens into said baking container, a closure plate positioned at said lower opening above said kneading container, and a drive unit mounted in said lid assembly for driving said closure plate to selectively open and close said lower opening.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
37 words
l0. An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said upper opening has an area greater than that of said lower opening, said yeast container having a smooth surface extending from said upper opening toward said lower opening.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
109 words
An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said lid assembly has a detachable inner lid for normally closing said baking container, said yeast charger comprising a yeast container fixed to said inner lid, said yeast container having an upper opening which opens at an upper surface of said lid assembly and a lower opening which opens into said baking container, said baking container being of an inverted conical shape between said upper and lower openings, a closure plate positioned at said lower opening above said kneading container, and a drive unit mounted in said lid assembly for driving said closure plate to selectively open and close said lower opening.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
56 words
An apparatus according to claim ll, wherein said inner lid is supported on said lid assembly by an attachment screw and vertically slidably movable with respect to said lid assembly while being guided by said attachment screw, further including a resilient member through which said lid assembly and said yeast container are held against each other.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
89 words
An apparatus according to claim ll, wherein said yeast charger further includes a rotatable shaft disposed between asid yeast container and said inner lid, said closure plate being integral with said rotatable shaft, said rotatable shaft having an L-shaped end, a spring for normally pressing said closure plate against said yeast container at said lower opening to close the same, and an actuator bar drivable by said drive unit for angularly moving said L-shaped end of said rotatable shaft to swing said closure plate to open said lower opening.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
56 words
An apparatus according to claim ll, wherein said yeast charger further includes means for normally urging said closure plate to close said lower opening, a non-sticky member interposed between said lower opening and said inner lid, at least one of said closure plate and said inner lid having an inner surface covered with a non-sticky material.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
100 words
An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said lid assembly includes a partition and a lower lid cover which jointly define an isolated chamber in said lid assembly, said drive unit being disposed in said idolated chamber, said yeast charger further including an actuator bar operable by said drive unit for actuating said closure plate, said actuator bar having a pivoted portion pivotally disposed in said isolated chamber and having an outer periphery fitted substantially hermetically in a cylindrical boss contiguous to said partition and another cylindrical boss on said lower lid cover which covers said drive unit from below.
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