Patent SG-11201805310U-A (SG)
Title: Apparatus and method for producing flake-like cereal without the use of a flaking mill
Inventor: NORBERT GIMMLER
IPC: A23P30/34
Filed: 2017-01-18
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau „ (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ^ WO 2017/127416 A1 27 July 2017 (27.07.2017) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: A23P 30/34 (2016.01) A23L 7/17 (2016.01) A21C11/16 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2017/013919 (22) International Filing Date: 18 January 2017 (18.01.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/279,898 18 January 2016 (18.01.2016) US (71) Applicant: KELLOGG COMPANY [US/US]; One Kel­ logg Square, P.O. Box 3599, Battle Creek, MI 49016-3599 (US). (72) Inventors: GIMMLER, Norbert; 6326 High Pointe Circle, Portage, MI 49024 (US). LAUBENTHAL, Kevin J.; 9190 Huntington Road, Battle Creek, MI 49017-9730 — (US). — (74) Agent: DOYLE, Kathryn D.; Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, 350 East Michigan Avenue, Suite 300, Kalamazoo, MI 49007-3800 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available)'. AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available)'. ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (54) Title: APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLAKE-LIKE CEREAL WITHOUT THE USE OF A FLAKING MILL i-H •t l> CJ o CJ o & FIG. 1 (57) : An extruder system (100) comprising a cooking extruder (110) configured to extrude a food material, a die (300) connected to the cooking extruder comprised of one or more orifices (200), each orifice (200) comprising an inlet configured to ac - cept the food material, a breaker screen (210) connected to the inlet and comprised of one or more holes, an expansion chamber (220) connected to the breaker screen (220), wherein the expansion chamber (220) has an expansion chamber cross-sectional area and an exit orifice (230) connected to the expansion chamber (220) and configured to output the food material, wherein the exit ori­ fice (230) has an exit orifice cross-sectional area and a cutting knife assembly (120) connected to the exit orifice (230) configured to cut the food material at a rate to create a slice thickness, as well as a method utilising such an extruder system (100) for producing a food product.