Patent ID: 6199346
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: A01J,A23G,A23P

Abstract:
An apparatus for manufacturing, on a moving platform, a food product having a plurality of sections having different characteristics, said apparatus comprising:a moving platform;a first non-rotatable nozzle positionable relative to said platform, for extruding a first stream of a first liquid food product having a first characteristic onto said platform, said first stream having a height and a width with respect to said platform, said first nozzle being constructed and positionable relative to said platform so as to cause said first stream, under the influence of gravity, to spread out on the platform such that said height decreases and said width increases; anda second non-rotatable nozzle adjacent to said first nozzle and positionable relative to said first nozzle and to said platform, for extruding a second stream of a second liquid food product having a second characteristic on to said platform adjacent and separate from said first stream, said second stream having a height and a width with respect to said platform, and said second nozzle being constructed and positionable relative to said platform and relative to said first nozzle so as to cause said second stream, under the influence of gravity, to spread out on the platform such that said height decreases and said width increases, and such that said increasing width of said first stream abuts said increasing width of said second stream on the platform, and wherein a first viscosity of said first stream and a second viscosity of said second stream inhibit substantial mixing of said first stream with said second stream.