US4004035A
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Method and apparatus for producing lapped shredded food articles
Assignee: Kellanova
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Filing: 1975-07-28
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Granted: 1977-01-18
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Expires: 1995-07-28
Abstract
Abstract A shredded food article in the form of a biscuit is produced by depositing a web of longitudinally shredded food transversely across a moving bed in a uniform overlapping zigzag configuration to produce a wider, continuous, multiple layer sheet. The sheet is first cut longitudinally and is then cut transversely to produce a plurality of files and rows of lapped shredded biscuits on the moving bed. The process may include two separate lapping operations in which a flavorful filling is deposited between laps to produce a composite biscuit having an interior filling.
Inventors
- 👤 Rudolph W. Hirzel
- 👤 Albert W. Olmstead
- 👤 Winship C. Howard
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 01:21
CPC Classifications
A; A21; A21D; A21D8/00; A21D8/02; A21C; A21C3/00; A21C3/02; A21C3/022; A21C9/00; A21C9/04; A21C9/045; A21D13/00; A21D13/30; A21D13/32
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
88 words
Method of preparing a shredded food article comprising the steps of shredding food into the form of a first web comprised of parallel strands of shredded food, lapping the first web back and forth transversely across a moving support bed to produce a second web composed of layers of shredded food strands, lying in an overlapping zigzag configuration on said bed, said second web having a width and thickness greater than that of the first web, and then dividing said second web into a plurality of separate articles.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
88 words
Method of preparing a shredded food article comprising the steps of shredding food into the form of a first web comprised of parallel strands of shredded food, lapping the first web back and forth transversely across a moving support bed to produce a second web composed of layers of shredded food strands, lying in an overlapping zigzag configuration on said bed, said second web having a width and thickness greater than that of the first web, and then dividing said second web into a plurality of separate articles.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
71 words
The method of claim 1 comprising the further steps of shreddding food into the form of a third web comprised of parallel strands of shredded food, and lapping said third web in a zigzag configuration transversely back and forth across said second web prior to the division thereof to produce a composite web of shredded food strands having a width and thickness greater than those of the first and third webs.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method according to claim 2 comprising the additional step of applying a separate food fill material to said second web before applying said third web thereto.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
111 words
Method of preparing a shredded food article comprising the steps of first shredding the food into a first web comprised of longitudinally continuous parallel strands of shredded food that is of a given width and at least one shred layer of thickness, continuously depositing said web back and forth transversely across a moving support bed in an overlapping zigzag fashion to produce a second web of shredded food strands that is wider and thicker than said first web, then cutting said second web longitudinally into a plurality of longitudinal portions while carried on said bed, and then repeatedly cutting said portions transversely to form a plurality of individual shredded food articles.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
111 words
Method of preparing a shredded food article comprising the steps of first shredding the food into a first web comprised of longitudinally continuous parallel strands of shredded food that is of a given width and at least one shred layer of thickness, continuously depositing said web back and forth transversely across a moving support bed in an overlapping zigzag fashion to produce a second web of shredded food strands that is wider and thicker than said first web, then cutting said second web longitudinally into a plurality of longitudinal portions while carried on said bed, and then repeatedly cutting said portions transversely to form a plurality of individual shredded food articles.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
77 words
The method of claim 4 comprising further steps of shredding food into a third web comprised of longitudinally continuous parallel strands of shredded food that is of given width and at least one shred layer of thickness, and then, prior to any cutting operation, continuously depositing said third web back and forth transversely across said second web in an overlapping zigzag fashion to add at least one additional layer of shredded food strands onto said second web.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 5 comprising the further steps of applying a food filling to said second web prior to the deposition thereon of said third web.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 6 wherein the filling is applied in the form of narrow ribbons on said second web, such that individual ribbons are enclosed within individual ones of said longitudinal portions upon completion of said longitudinal cutting operation.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 4 comprising the additional step of removing side edge portions of said second web after completion of the longitudinal cutting step.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
176 words
Method of preparing a shredded food article comprised of a given number of layers of shredded food strands comprising the steps of shredding food at each of no more than a number of shredding stations comprising an even fraction of said given number of layers in the article and laying the shredded food from said shredding stations into the form of a first web comprised of parallel strands of shredded food of a thickness no more than a number of shred layers comprising an even fraction of said given number of layers in the article, continuously depositing the first web back and forth transversely across a moving support bed in an overlapping zigzag configuration in which the number of overlaps is equal to said given number of layers in the article divided by the number of layers in said first web to form a second web of shredded food strands of a thickness equal to said given number of shred layers in the article, and then dividing said second web into a plurality of individual articles.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
176 words
Method of preparing a shredded food article comprised of a given number of layers of shredded food strands comprising the steps of shredding food at each of no more than a number of shredding stations comprising an even fraction of said given number of layers in the article and laying the shredded food from said shredding stations into the form of a first web comprised of parallel strands of shredded food of a thickness no more than a number of shred layers comprising an even fraction of said given number of layers in the article, continuously depositing the first web back and forth transversely across a moving support bed in an overlapping zigzag configuration in which the number of overlaps is equal to said given number of layers in the article divided by the number of layers in said first web to form a second web of shredded food strands of a thickness equal to said given number of shred layers in the article, and then dividing said second web into a plurality of individual articles.
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