Patent ID: 8282379
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: A23L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for producing thin, irregularly shaped, scallop-edged baked chips, comprising: a pair of counterrotating gauge rolls for producing a thin dough sheet, wherein the nip or gap between the counterrotating gauge rolls is less than or equal to about 0.035 inches, and a rotary cutter for cutting said thin dough sheet into a plurality of differently shaped dough pieces without producing interstitial dough between the pieces, each of the pieces having scalloped edges; said rotary cutter having a plurality of circumferential rows of cutting elements which extend circumferentially around the rotary cutter, wherein adjacent cutting elements within each circumferential row produce a differently shaped dough piece, and adjacent cutting elements within adjacent circumferential rows produce a differently shaped dough piece.