French fry potato bodies and method and apparatus for forming such bodies
Abstract
Abstract A MACHINE FOR FORMING FROM POTATO DOUGH ELONGATE BODIES THAT RESEMBLED POTATO PIECES SUITABLE FOR FRENCH FRYING. THE MACHINE IS ARRANGED TO MOVE THE DOUGH THROUGH SPACE BETWEEN A SET OF PARALLEL WIRES, WHICH WIRES ARE SPACED FROM ONE ANOTHER BY AMOUNT CORRESPONDING TO THE WIDTH OF THE PIECE. THE LENGTH OF THE SPACES DETERMINES THE LENGTH OF THE POTATO PIECE. A SECOND SET OC PARALLEL WIRES IS SUPPORTED IN REGISTRY WITH THE FIRST MENTIONED SET DURING DOUGH MOVEMENT, AFTER THE DOUGH IS MOVED BY AN AMOUNT CORRESPONDING TO THE THICKNESS OF A FRENCH FRY BODY, THE WIRES OF THE SECOND SET ARE MOVED ACROSS THE DOUGH TO SEPARATE POTATO PIECES SUITABLE FOR FRENCH FRYING. A MACHINE FOR AUTOMATICALLY SYNCHRONIZING THE MOVEMENT OF THE DOUGH AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE SECOND SET OF WIRES. A FRENCH FRY POTATO PIECE FORMED BY THE APPARATUS WHICH PIECE IS CHARATERIZED BY AN UNCOMPRESSED SURFACE.
Inventors
- 👤 Roderick G Beck
- 👤 James F Harmon
- 👤 Mounir A Shatila
- 👤 David A Richins
- 👤 John H Lach
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