French fry cut potato dough piece
Abstract
Abstract A machine for forming from potato dough elongate bodies that resemble potato pieces suitable for french frying. The machine is arranged to move the dough through spaces between parallel wires, which wires are spaced from one another by an amount corresponding to the width of the piece. The length of the spaces determines the length of the potato piece. A second set of 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 whose piece is characterized by an uncompressed surface.
Inventors
- 👤 R Beck
- 👤 J Harmon
- 👤 J Lach
- 👤 M Shatila
- 👤 D Richins
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