Patent ID: 9572352
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: A21C

Claim:
1. A method of producing a filled dough product comprising: mounting and supporting a folding assembly on top of a tubular guide chute, wherein said folding assembly comprises a pocket assembly layer and a frustro-conical shaped corrugated edge stiffener having a radially inner periphery and a radially outer periphery; said radially inner periphery corresponding to the diameter of said tubular guide chute; said corrugated edge stiffener is connected to the lower surface of said pocket assembly layer along the edge of said radially inner periphery such that said pocket assembly is centrally located within said corrugated edge stiffener; and wherein said folding assembly further comprises at least two drawstrings threaded in a circular formation between said inner and outer peripheries of said corrugated edge stiffener; said folding assembly is mounted on said tubular guide chute such that said edge of said radially inner periphery is axially above the edge of said radially outer periphery relative to said tubular guide chute, placing a circular dough wrapper on said folding assembly; placing a filing on said circular dough wrapper; moving said circular dough wrapper laterally downward into the interior of the chute; re-positioning said folding assembly such that said edge of said radially inner periphery is axially below said edge of said radially outer periphery with respect to said tubular guide chute; pulling said drawstrings to further enclose said filling in said circular dough wrapper to form a filled dough wrapper; lifting said folding assembly containing said filled dough wrapper away from the guide chute; and releasing said filled dough wrapper from said folding assembly by releasing the drawstrings and allowing said folding assembly to open.