Patent ID: 6083545
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: A21C

Abstract:
A method of sealing pasta seams in filled pasta pocket comprising the steps of:a) providing first and second sheets of pasta dough to a filled pasta pocket assembly conveyor line, each sheet having an opposed surface facing the other sheet;b) applying dry steam to the opposed surface of one of the sheets of pasta dough;c) applying a filling between the opposed surfaces of the first and second sheets of pasta dough; andd) sealing the opposed surfaces of the first and second sheets of pasta dough together wherein the dry steam applied to the sheet of pasta dough results in a degree of adhesion between the sheets of pasta dough such that separation of the sheets results in at least partial tearing of the dough from one sheet to the other when a seam is intentionally separated after the pasta sheets are adhered together and the surface of pasta dough exposed to the steam has increased tack to enhance adhesion with the other sheet of pasta dough.