Patent ID: 9028733
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: A21C,A23G,A23L,A23P

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a non-homogenously mixed extrudate comprising: supplying a first product mass substream by disposing the first product mass substream within a first subpassageway having an interior surface; supplying a second product mass substream spaced and different from the first product mass substream by disposing the second product mass substream within a second subpassageway having an interior surface; directing the first product mass substream into a first channel at a non-parallel angle to the first product mass substream; directing the first product mass substream from the first channel through a first set of spaced subpassages in communication with a static mixer; directing the second product mass substream into a second channel at a non-parallel angle to the second product mass substream; and directing the second product mass substream from the second channel through a second set of spaced subpassages in communication with the static mixer, with each of the first and second sets of subpassages and the first and second channels being formed in a transition element, with the first channel not being in communication with the second channel and the second set of spaced subpassages, and with the second channel not being in communication with the first channel and the first set of spaced subpassages, wherein directing the first product mass substream from the first channel through the first set of spaced subpassages and directing the second product mass substream from the second channel through the second set of spaced subpassages is performed within a die head within which the transition element is provided.