Abstract This invention relates to a spring-loaded mechanism adapted to cut and fold a pastry blanket having an edible filling thereon to produce danish pastry having a filling thereon. The mechanism consists of three parts, preferably made of stainless steel and consists of a cage having preferably more than one cell; a pastry folding mechanism having seperable spring-loaded flaps; and a lifter disposed over and partly through the folder mechanism for lifting the prepared folded-over danish pastry for removal. The cage is removably press fitted upon a slat of a conveyor chain consisting of a plurality of said slats, each having a cage thereon. The conveyor slats are not removable from the conveyor and are not a part of this invention. Each folder mechanism has a centrally disposed platform to which is fixed, preferably, two depending legs, which are disposed in frictional seizure relationship to co-acting apertures disposed in said slat to permit removal of the folder mechanism from the slat for cleaning. The lifter also is provided with a platform and two depending legs and is disposed over the folder mechanism platform and through apertures therein and thence into apertures in said slat for removal frictional seizure thereto.
Inventors
👤 Leonhard Schafer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-11-08 16:31
CPC Classifications
A; A21; A21C; A21C9/00; A21C9/06; A21C9/063
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
145 words
A removable sanitizable pastry folding mechanism comprising a cage of open cellular construction having a pair of longitudinal spaced-apart walls interconnected with a plurality of transverse walls therebetween forming at least one cell and adapted to frictionally and removably engage a longitudinal conveyor slat; a folder mechanism having at least one spring-loaded flap mounted swingably to a folder platform and having at least one depending leg frictionally and removably engaging the co-acting wall of an aperture disposed in said slat; and a lifter unit having a lifter platform and at least one depending leg fixed thereto and passing through aperture disposed in said folder platform and into an aperture in said slat for frictional removable engagement to it, whereby a pastry blanket having an edible filling thereon is mechanically folded over said filling and thereafter lifted to the rim of said cell for removal therefrom.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
145 words
A removable sanitizable pastry folding mechanism comprising a cage of open cellular construction having a pair of longitudinal spaced-apart walls interconnected with a plurality of transverse walls therebetween forming at least one cell and adapted to frictionally and removably engage a longitudinal conveyor slat; a folder mechanism having at least one spring-loaded flap mounted swingably to a folder platform and having at least one depending leg frictionally and removably engaging the co-acting wall of an aperture disposed in said slat; and a lifter unit having a lifter platform and at least one depending leg fixed thereto and passing through aperture disposed in said folder platform and into an aperture in said slat for frictional removable engagement to it, whereby a pastry blanket having an edible filling thereon is mechanically folded over said filling and thereafter lifted to the rim of said cell for removal therefrom.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
89 words
The folding mechanism of claim 1 wherein the transverse and forward wall of said cage are each provided with cutting edges and said flaps are each provided with depending cams having sliding curved surfaces thereon, said flaps being spring-loaded and biased continuously away from the folder platform, whereby upward movement of a pusher rod through a suitable aperture in said slat slidingly engages the cam surface of said cam to rotate said flap and the portion of the cut dough blanket thereon through an arc of about 180* .
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
71 words
The mechanism of claim 2, wherein said folder mechanism comprises a centrally disposed rectangular platform having opposed apertured protuberances at each corner thereof; a pair of flaps secured respectfully to each side of opposed protuberances of said platform and having integral pins thereon engaging the protuberances of said platform and disposed in opposed corners of a cell; whereby a two fold pastry making mechanism is made and operable in each cell.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
114 words
The mechanism of claim 2 wherein said folder mechanism is adapted to prepare single folded pastry comprising a diagonal edge triangular platform disposed diagonally in one half of the area of a square cell and having an apertured protuberance at each end of the diagonal edge of the triangular platform; and a triangular flap having a diagonal edge disposed adjacent the diagonal edge of said platform and provided with integral pins to engage the apertures of said protuberances rotationally, said flap having a cam having an extension portion extending beyond the flap diagonal edge to engage the undersurface of said platform whereby the spring-loaded flap is normally disposed in planar relationship to said platform.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
The mechanism of claim 4 wherein the platform and the flap are each provided with a recessed area to provide sealing rims for sealing in the filling of Turnover pastry.