Patent ID: 6257127
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: A21C

Abstract:
An apparatus for making a printed spring-roll skin from dough, comprising:a forming drum having a circumferential heating surface adapted to heat and form the dough into a skin;a dough feeder having an inlet, and an outlet adjacent to said heating surface;a scraper disposed adjacent to said heating surface downstream of said outlet relative to a rotating direction of said forming drum and adapted to remove the skin from said heating surface;a printing roller disposed rotatably adjacent to said forming drum and having a circumferential printing surface in contact with said heating surface at a location upstream of said outlet relative to the rotating direction of said forming drum, said printing surface having at least one printing head to impart a pattern to said heating surface;a first gear disposed coaxially with said forming drum;a second gear disposed coaxially with said printing roller and meshed with said first gear; andcolor supply means connected to said printing roller and adapted to supply a coloring agent to said printing roller.