Patent ID: 6477943
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: A21C,A21D

Abstract:
An apparatus for manufacturing a food product, the apparatus comprising:a first conveyor belt, the first conveyor belt having a first end and second end and a middle portion between the two ends; a second conveyor belt, the second conveyor belt having a first end and second end and a middle portion; a hopper for containing a liquid mix, the hopper positioned over the first end of the first conveyor belt and for depositing a liquid mix on the first conveyor belt; an oven positioned over the middle portion of the first conveyor belt for heating a liquid mix on the first conveyor belt; a bar member, situated perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the first conveyor belt for contacting a mix on the first conveyor belt, and cutting the mix perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the first conveyor belt; and, a multiplicity of cutters placed above the conveyor belt and adjacent thereto for slicing the mix after it comes out of the oven; wherein the second end of the first conveyor belt is positioned over the second conveyor belt so that a food product on the first conveyor belt will drop onto the second conveyor belt.