Patent ID: 9668489
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A21C,A21D

Claim:
1. An apparatus for the production of a wafer, the apparatus comprising: a storage tank comprising a batter mix; an aeration device; a batter feed pump for providing the batter mix from the storage tank to a batter depositor for depositing an aerated batter mix onto a heated baking surface; a first flow line that comprises the batter feed pump and leads from the storage tank to the batter depositor; a second flow line that comprises the aeration device and leads from a storage vessel comprising one or more foaming agents to the first flow line; an in-line mixing device upstream from the batter depositor; an injection nozzle that connects the second flow line to the first flow line downstream of the batter feed pump and upstream of the in-line mixing device; and a pinch-valve downstream of the aeration device and upstream of the injection nozzle.