Apparatus and method for form-frying snack food product

Apparatus and method for cooking snack food pieces features a drum-type fryer which transports individual, die-cut piece preforms through hot oil contained within a cooking tank defined between the periphery of the drum and a housing in which the drum is contained. Vacuum transfer and feed rollers t...

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Hauptverfasser: JOSEPH PONNATTU KURIAN, MCNEEL TODD CHARLES, DICKINSON EDWARD L, FORTI STEPHEN N, COPPOLA PATSY ANTHONY, GRAHAM LAWRENCE, TAYLOR MALCOLM E, BROCKER KENNETH R, GOLDMAN EDWARD J, TERRAZZANO RICHARD F, HARVEY ANDREW C
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Apparatus and method for cooking snack food pieces features a drum-type fryer which transports individual, die-cut piece preforms through hot oil contained within a cooking tank defined between the periphery of the drum and a housing in which the drum is contained. Vacuum transfer and feed rollers transfer the individual piece preforms from a die-cutting roller assembly onto the drum for cooking, and a similar roller transfers the cooked snack food pieces from the drum to a take-away conveyor for subsequent, downstream processing. The pieces are retained by suction against molding surfaces of frying mold elements distributed over the periphery of the frying drum.