Patent ID: 8151700
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: A21C,A23L

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for manufacture of frozen elongated pasta bundles comprising: (i) a weigher upstream of a plurality of dosing devices; (ii) the plurality of dosing devices being attached to rotating endless chains, the plurality of dosing devices each comprising a perforated tube and perforated cup; (iii) a blancher into which said plurality of dosing devices are submergible and for re-hydration of the dried elongated pasta after the pasta has been loaded into the plurality of dosing devices, the perforated tube and perforated cup being positioned to form a retaining means within the blancher by virtue of their attachment to the separate rotating endless chains; and (iv) a freezer, said apparatus providing for avoidance of cutting as means of dividing the re-hydrated elongated pasta.