Apparatus and method for making stackable snack food chips

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A21B 5/08 (2006.01) A21B 5/00 (2006.01) A21C 11/00 (2006.01) A21D 13/00 (2006.01) A23L 1/164 (2006.01) A23P 1/00 (2006.01)

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CA 2399455

An apparatus and method for making uniformly shaped snack food chips which can be stacked for packaging, e.g., in a cylindrical canister or a canister which conforms to the contour or perimeter of the snack food chips. The apparatus features two-part mold cavities in which chip preforms are restrained and transported through hot oil to be cooked. Preferably, the mold cavities are defined between a pair of rotating belts, one lower belt and one upper belt, which together "encase" or "sandwich" and thereby restrain the chips. According to the method, a continuous sheet of dough is toasted and then proofed before being cut into individual chip preforms. The preforms are then placed into the mold cavities and transported through hot oil to be cooked. Vacuum transfer rollers are used to facilitate placement of the chip preforms into the mold cavities and extraction of the cooked chips from the mold cavities.

Cette invention concerne un dispositif et un procédé permettant de fabriquer des chips comestibles de forme identique qui peuvent être empilées en vue de leur conditionnement, par exemple dans une boîte cylindrique ou dont la forme épouse le contour ou le périmètre desdites chips. Le dispositif présente des cavités de moulage en deux parties dans lesquelles des préformes de chips sont immobilisées et acheminées à travers un bain d'huile bouillante. Ces cavités sont de préférence définies par une paire de courroies tournantes, l'une inférieure, l'autre supérieure, qui enveloppent et prennent les chips en sandwich, ce qui immobilisent ces dernières. Selon ce procédé, une feuille ininterronpue de pâte de cuisson est grillée, puis traitée en surface avant d'être découpée en préformes de chip. Ces préformes sont ensuite disposées dans des cavités de moulage et cuites dans un bain d'huile bouillante. Des galets de transfert sous vide facilitent la mise en place des préformes dans les cavités de moulage, puis leur extraction.

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