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Single mold form fryer with product centering elements

A fryer, food technology, applied in the field of forming fryer device for manufacturing snack food, can solve the problem that it is difficult to provide bottom conveyor belt for cooked products

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-03-01
FRITO LAY NORTH AMERICA INC
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[0013] Another problem faced by prior art shaped fryers is the difficulty in providing a bottom conveyor that can accommodate cooked products that vary in shape

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[0038] The formed fryer for frying snack products according to one embodiment of the present invention is figure 2 shown in . Fryer apparatus 100 receives snack products to be fried at input area 102 . The snack product exits the fryer device 100 at an output area 104 after frying. Between the input area 102 and the output area 104 is a fryer housing 112 having a port 114 for controlling the fryer environment for cooking snack products. Although a single port is shown in the figure, the port 114 is only a representative of multiple ports, and these ports can be provided as required to realize other embodiments. As shown, the fryer apparatus 100 may be used to cook snack chips made primarily of potatoes, such as a dough comprising thinly sliced ​​dehydrated potatoes. However, snack chips formed using the present invention may optionally consist of a starch-containing mixture.

[0039] The dough intended to be used to form the desired snack chips is formed and cut into pref...

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A mold form fryer utilizing a top conveyor that transports snack pieces through a constant velocity oil stream without the need of a bottom mating mold or conveyor. Herein, the form fryer is provided with a top conveyor disposed above a fryer oil pan positioned longitudinally through the fryer. Uncooked snack pieces are provided to the fryer oil pan by a bottom entrance conveyor. Snack pieces, once in oil within the fryer, meet with molding surfaces on the top conveyor. At the exit portion of the fryer, a bottom exit conveyor receives the cooked snack pieces from the top conveyor. As no continuous bottom conveyor is utilized, the fryer oil pan may be provided with a reduced volume segment situated between the bottom entrance and exit conveyors. Additionally, the molding surfaces may be selected to produce uniformly shaped snack pieces that are either convexly or concavely shaped when viewed upon the bottom exit conveyor.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a deep fryer device for making snack foods. In particular, the present invention relates to a formed fryer apparatus for the manufacture of snack foods in which product input and output conveyors replace a continuous bottom conveyor. Background technique [0002] Snack chips are known to be prepared using a deep fryer. Generally, snack chips, such as prepared potato chips, are formed by sheeting dough and then cutting into discrete slices (preforms) for further processing. This process involves cooking the preform in a fryer to produce cooked snack chips. There are several types of fryers in the prior art that are typically used in the snack food industry for frying snack food products that require uniform frying on all sides of the product. These fryers generally fry the product as it passes through a stream of hot oil. [0003] Forming fryers are particularly beneficial for frying potato chips because the preforms...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A23L1/01A47J37/12A23L5/10A23L19/18
CPCA47J37/1214
Inventor 凯瑟琳·梅利莎·多芬威廉姆·道格拉斯·汉森波纳图·库里安·约瑟夫唐纳德·乔·塔池
Owner FRITO LAY NORTH AMERICA INC
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