Apparatus for making sopaipillas and the like

Claim 1

An apparatus for making sopaipillas and the like including: a. a plurality of linearly spaced pairs of opposed roll members, the periphery of each set of roll members in a given pair being spaced from each other so as to engage and pass a strip of dough therebetween, b. the surfaces of successive pairs of roll members moving at greater pheripheral velocities to contract, squeeze and stretch the dough strip moving therebetween under tension and at a progressively greater speed, c. air supply means adjacent each of the roll members for supplying a continuous stream of air along the periphery of each roll member for maintaining the entire periphery thereof in a dry condition and thereby preventing particles of the strip of dough from sticking to the roll members, d. means for cutting dough sections from the lengthened strip of dough after the dough strip has passed through the plurality of linearly spaced pairs of opposed roll members, e. an elongated bath of heated cooking oil contained in an elongated receptacle into which the cut dough sections are dropped at one end of the receptacle, f. means for moving the dough sections through the bath of heated cooking oil from said one end of the receptacle to the far end thereof, g. means for removing the cooked dough sections from the bath of heated cooking oil at the far end.

Claim 2

An apparatus for making sopaipillas and the like including: a. a plurality of linearly spaced pairs of opposed roll members, the periphery of each set of roll members in a given pair being spaced from each other so as to engage and pass a strip of dough therebetween, b. the surfaces of successive pairs of roll members moving at greater pheripheral velocities to contract, squeeze and stretch the dough strip moving therebetween under tension and at a progressively greater speed, c. air supply means adjacent each of the roll members for supplying a continuous stream of air along the periphery of each roll member for maintaining the entire periphery thereof in a dry condition and thereby preventing particles of the strip of dough from sticking to the roll members, d. means for cutting dough sections from the lengthened strip of dough after the dough strip has passed through the plurality of linearly spaced pairs of opposed roll members, e. an elongated bath of heated cooking oil contained in an elongated receptacle into which the cut dough sections are dropped at one end of the receptacle, f. means for moving the dough sections through the bath of heated cooking oil from said one end of the receptacle to the far end thereof, g. means for removing the cooked dough sections from the bath of heated cooking oil at the far end.